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Two Research Fellow Positions available to work on OR and Statistical
Modelling linking Weather and Health (2 year project).
The ability to predict weather offers the potential to provide valuable
information that
can be used in planning health services. For example, imagine a hospital
planning
system that was able to predict fluctuations in demand for different
services as a
consequence of meteorological predictions and forecasted major meteorological
events. An EPSRC funded project will design and build such a decision
support tool
by exploring and quantifying the relationship between weather patterns and
extreme
weather events, and their impact on various health conditions, such as heart
attacks,
stroke, asthma, and fractures. Two Research Fellow positions are available
as part of
this exciting collaborative project involving Cardiff University (Prof. Paul
Harper),
the University of Southampton, (Dr Sujit Sahu), the Met Office, Cardiff and
Vale
NHS Trust, and Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust. Both Research
Fellows will work closely with one another as well as the project partners.
School of Mathematics, Cardiff University
Research Fellow in Operational Research
Salary £29,704 - £35,469 per annum
You will have a PhD in OR, or equivalent research experience. A background in
discrete-event simulation modelling and queueing theory, with strong computer
programming skills, is highly desirable. The main role of the research
associate will
be to design and build a web-based hospital decision-support tool for
predicting
demand and corresponding hospital resource needs over a short-term planning
horizon.
This post is fixed-term for 2 years and will commence on 1 January 2010, or
as soon
as possible thereafter. Informal enquiries may be made to Prof. Paul Harper,
telephone +44 (0)29 2087 6841, email: [log in to unmask]
The closing date for this position is 5pm on Monday 26th October 2009.
Interviews
are likely to be held in the week beginning 16th November. For an
application pack
and details of the vacancy, visit www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs (vacancy number
0507).
Alternatively email [log in to unmask] or telephone +44 (0) 29 2087 4017.
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton
Research Fellow in Statistics
Salary £29,704 - £35,469 per annum
You will have a PhD in Statistics, or equivalent research experience. A
background in
Bayesian statistical modelling and Markov chain Monte Carlo computation is
highly
desirable. The main role of the fellow will be to conduct high-level
Statistics research
into the quantification of the relationships between weather patterns and
emergency
hospital admissions for a number of different health conditions through the
development of hierarchical Bayesian models.
This post is fixed-term for 2 years and will commence on 1 January 2010, or
as soon
as possible thereafter. Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Sujit Sahu,
telephone
+44 (0)23 8059 5123, email: [log in to unmask] .
The closing date for this position is 12 noon on Monday 26th October
2009. Interviews are likely to be held in the week beginning 16th November.
For an
application pack and details of the vacancy, visit www.jobs.soton.ac.uk
(reference
number 3854-09-L).
For both posts, the appointed salary will be determined by the relevant
University and
the related internal salary scales. This is likely to be at the lower end of
the salary
scale, depending on candidate's skills and experiences.
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