Dear All,
I am reposting this for people who missed it due to holidays etc. (and the
fact that as luck would have it I initially posted it on 'FForde day' and
so people may have missed it in the crowd of other E-mails!)
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Please find below details of a 2 year DEFRA funded statistics post that
will be available from 1st October 2008. Please also note the fairly short
deadline for applications! For more details see
<http://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/ads?ID=74090>
Regards,
Bill Browne
Research Associate (vacancy ref. 14243)
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Based in the School of Clinical Veterinary Science, Langford, North
Somerset, you will work on a project funded by DEFRA entitled ‘A county
parish holding herd (CPHH) level spatial and temporal analysis of the
Randomised Badger Culling Trial (RBCT) dataset’ in collaboration with
Professors Laura Green and Graham Medley at the University of Warwick and
researchers at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
You will be involved in the selection of appropriate data from the VETNET
and RBCT databases, construction of predictor variables including numbers
and percentages of close infected and non-infected individuals and cattle
movement variables. You will then need to develop survival models to
examine risk factors for all the trial areas within the RBCT both using
existing software packages such as MLwiN and WinBUGS and probably through
the development of your own code. You will modify the models to account for
the imperfect sensitivity and specificity of the TB test and look at
extending the models to competing risks models that model both risk of
infection and probability of cure.
You should hold a higher degree in statistics or a related discipline with
a strong statistical component. Experience of statistical model development
and familiarity with the MLwiN and/or WinBUGS statistical software packages
are essential as are familiarity with MCMC methods and random effect
modelling. Experience of C/C++ programming is desirable together with
familiarity with discrete time survival models, competing risks and spatial
modelling and experience of research in infectious disease epidemiology. As
the project involves liaison with non-statisticians, excellent verbal,
written and interpersonal communication skills are also required.
If successful, you may be appointed either on a fixed term or a permanent
contract depending on the extent of your previous relevant research
experience. Further information can be found at
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/personnel/ftc/
Grade : Level b in Pathway 2
Salary : £31,840
Contact: Prof WJ Browne
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 0117 928 9428
Alternative Contact: Miss A Foxwell
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 0117 928 9401
The closing date for applications is 9.00am, 09 September 2008
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WJ Browne
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