ATTENTION: ALL NEW GRADUATES OR EXISTING RESEARCHERS WISHING TO GAIN FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS
OPPORTUNITY TO DO A FULLY FUNDED MSC AND PHD AT UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
MRC Funded PhD Studentships at the MRC Midland Hub for Trials Methodology Research at the University of Birmingham
The Midland Hub for Trials Methodology Research based at the University of Birmingham is one of a national network of seven hubs funded as an exciting new initiative by the Medical Research Council. As a centre of excellence for trials methodology research, we provide local and national researchers undertaking trials with innovative methodology for design, conduct and analysis, thereby improving quality of trials and ultimately patient care.
The Midland Hub has three remaining four-year Medical Research Council PhD studentships available to start in 2009/10 at the University of Birmingham. PhD studentships will be offered to outstanding graduates who wish to pursue a career in clinical trials, health care evaluation and research.
PhD students will have the opportunity to undertake a relevant MSc followed by 3 years of PhD research. Projects are available from the Hub's specialist methodological areas and include the following specific areas
(1) Evidence synthesis of diagnostic and prognostic biomarker studies: development of statistical models using individual patient data (Supervisors: Professor Jon Deeks and Dr Richard Riley)
(2) Investigating the potential of grouped frailty models to describe centre effects in multi-centre trials in which survival is an outcome (Supervisors: Professor Nick Freemantle and Dr Melanie Calvert)
(3) Use of Bayesian methods for the design and analysis of clinical trials (Supervisors: Dr Lucinda Billingham, Dr Alan Girling; Collaborators: Professor Richard Lilford, Professor Keith Abrams)
For further information and one page summaries of these projects, please see http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/education/student_recruitment_advert.shtml
We are seeking applications from new graduates or existing researchers who have a background in trials methodology, medical statistics, health care evaluation, health informatics or other relevant area. The studentships will be supervised by Hub members who are leading experts in trial methodology.
The studentships will cover full student fees, a research training support grant and conference allowance, and a basic stipend of £15,000 per annum. To be eligible for a full MRC studentship candidates must be: (i) a UK national who can demonstrate a relevant connection to the UK; (ii) an individual who was not born in the UK but has been granted UK citizenship or can has come to settle in the UK and can demonstrate that they have a relevant connection through ordinary residence; (iii) a European Economic Area (EEA) citizen who is a migrant worker (or their spouse or children) and can demonstrate ordinary residence in the EEA; (iv) an EU national who has spent the three years prior to application resident in the UK (this can include residence whilst undertaking undergraduate study).
For further informal information, please see http://www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/education/student_recruitment.shtml
or contact Lucinda Billingham, Hub Director ([log in to unmask]) or Melanie Calvert, Deputy Director ([log in to unmask]).
To apply, please e-mail a copy of your CV with details of two referees, and a covering letter indicating which research area you are particularly interested in (no more than 1 page) to: [log in to unmask]
The closing date for applications is August 31st 2009.
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