Dear all,
Please follow link for details:
https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.cgi?selection=912366432
though the main advert text is copied here too
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The HPA is an independent body that protects the health and well-being of
everyone in England and Wales. The Agency plays a critical role in protecting
people from infectious diseases and in preventing harm when hazards involving
chemicals, poisons or radiation occur. We also prepare for new and emerging
threats, such as a bio-terrorist attack or a virulent new strain of pathogen.
The Microbial Risk Assessment (MRA) team within the Health Protection
Agency (HPA) currently has a vacancy requiring a candidate with a PhD in
Statistics or Mathematics, or substantially equivalent experience to that which
would be gained by PhD, preferably with Bayesian statistics as a significant
component. The role demands employing your considerable statistical skills in
order to develop predictive and/or inferential models to help assess and
mitigate the risks posed by disease threats arising from emerging exotic,
zoonotic and vector-borne infections. Such diseases may be introduced
through deliberate or accidental releases, or through importation, whilst
change to the ecology and/or epidemiology over time must be considered in
the developed models. A robust knowledge of probability distribution theory is
essential and the application thereof to Bayesian/frequentist inference
techniques. The MRA team is a multidisciplinary group of mathematical
modellers, infectious disease biologists, epidemiologists, geographic information
system (GIS) and IT development specialists that provides a range of
underpinning research, and technical and scientific support to assist in
emergency preparedness and response operations. This includes developing
evidence-based risk assessments to help advise the Department of Health,
Health Protection Agency and related sister agencies and departments on
policy, contingency planning and public health countermeasures ahead of time
for new and (re-) emerging infectious disease threats, including those posed
by bioterrorism. The group also develops and provides specialist systems to
help with training exercises and real-time outbreak management and control
based on its recognized capabilities in GIS, data analysis, visualisation and
modelling. With excellent computer literacy and proficiency in the application
of mathematical and statistical software to the interpretation of data you will
be able to produce formal reports and peer-reviewed scientific research
papers. With some experience of or a strong interest in modelling infectious
disease processes you will be able to work in a team and collaborate
effectively with key groups within and outside the Agency. The successful
candidate will be encouraged to apply for UK Security Clearance. Interview are
due to take place the week commencing 7th December 2009
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