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Senior Medical Statistician - £35,663 to £46,759
Medical Statistician - £25,888 to £33,780
Trainee Medical Statistician - £23,002 to £25,135

Applications are invited from medical statisticians who wish to advance their research career within this successful Clinical Trials Unit.   The appointed candidates will play a central role in the Unit's research, consultancy and educational activities including designing trials and assessing their feasibility, oversight of trial processes, analysis and reporting of trials, meta-analyses and methodological research.

BCTU is directed by Professors Richard Gray and Keith Wheatley, and is core-funded by the Department of Health to undertake and support clinical research across a wide range of diseases.  The main in-house studies are in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, renal disease, surgery, women's health, cancer and leukaemia. BCTU also provides an advisory service to researchers wishing to undertake clinical trials elsewhere, and has provided advice and support to over 100 externally run studies. BCTU's approach is proactive, undertaking meta-analyses of current evidence, and instigating new clinical trials in key areas where current evidence is inadequate.  Since its establishment in 1997, the BCTU has been awarded over £20 million in external funding.  At its recent quinquennial review, BCTU's research was rated high A (maximum score) for both quality and relevance and commended as world class in terms of quality and significance for health. The BCTU is centrally located close to the University campus and University Hospitals.   

Applicants should have a postgraduate statistics qualification and, preferably, at least 2 year's experience (5 years for appointment at senior level) in clinical trials and meta-analyses along with strong statistical and computing skills, a detailed knowledge of statistical packages (preferably SAS), good attention to detail, the ability to work both independently and with others, the ability to communicate statistical issues to non-statisticians and a desire to develop their career in medical research. Less experienced candidates, or candidates wishing to cross-train into medical statistics, will be considered for appointment as trainee Medical Statistician 

Further information about BCTU and these vacancies can be found at www.bctu.bham.ac.uk . Informal enquiries can be made to Richard Gray or Keith Wheatley: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] or +44 121 415 9120.

The posts are available until 31/03/10 in the first instance, with the expectation that the contracts will be extended.

Application forms (returnable by January 15th 2006) and details from:
Hayley Walton
Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit
University of Birmingham
Division of Medical Sciences
Robert Aitkin Research Institute
Edgbaston B15 2TT
Tel: 0121 415 9100  Fax: 0121 415 9135  
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