Please draw this to the attention of potential candidates. 


 


Deborah Ashby 


 


Research Fellow


 Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine. 

 

MRC funded study: Ethnicity and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

 

There is an exciting opportunity for a research fellow with advanced
statistical skills and knowledge to contribute to a 2 year research project
funded by the Medical Research Council. This project aims to explore the
relationship between ethnicity and a chronic fatigue like syndrome using a
data from the EMPIRIC study. These data include a large national
quantitative dataset of six ethnic groups and qualitative transcripts for a
smaller sample from each of the ethnic groups. The aims of the study are to
review the literature on chronic fatigue and ethnicity, and explore the
relationship between ethnicity and chronic fatigue and the influence of
common mental disorders as well as other social and cultural
characteristics.

 

Salary will be up to £32,136 per annum (including London Allowance) on the
RA1A salary scale depending on experience and seniority. The post may be
suitable for a post masters student with sufficient experience.

 

To apply for the post you must seek out an application pack, using our 24
hour recruitment line on 020 7882 6149 or e-mail [log in to unmask]
Alternatively please visit the Human Resources website on
http://www.admin.qmul.ac.uk/humanresources/vacancies/. Informal enquiries
about the posts can be made to Professor Kamaldeep Bhui
([log in to unmask]).

 

Your application should be returned by 3rd May 2006 quoting reference number
06126/AB and be addressed to: Recruitment Team, Campus Management
Recruitment Office, The Lodge House, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ.

 

Interviews are likely to be held in the week commencing 8 May 2006.

 

 

 

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