KEELE UNIVRSITY, FACULTY OF HEALTH, INSTITUTE FOR PRIMARY CARE & HEALTH
SCIENCES
ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CAMPAIGN NATIONAL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
and
THE NIHR RESEARCH DESIGN SERVICE (RDS) FOR THE WEST MIDLANDS (KEELE HUB)
RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN BIOSTATISTICS
Three year fixed-term contract
Grade 6a (Starting salary £27,319)
The Arthritis Research Campaign National Primary Care Centre, at Keele
has a large and dynamic research programme in Pain and Osteoarthritis,
underpinned by a wealth of cohort and trial datasets, with linkage to
medical records. The Centre includes a multidisciplinary grouping of
clinicians working alongside epidemiologists, statisticians and social
scientists, and our funding framework gives us a strong remit to
increase research capacity by providing training opportunities and
career support for early experience researchers.
The Centre now wishes to appoint a Research Assistant in Biostatistics
who is interested in working with an established group of
biostatisticians to develop our programme of health modelling, in both
methodological and applied research, and have the role of a statistical
advisor, working closely with a senior statistician, in the Keele Hub of
the NIHR Research Design Service for the West Midlands. The post holder
will be based at the ARC National Primary Care Centre at Keele, working
closely with our multi-disciplinary team to:
1) Contribute to statistical research methods and techniques, for the
range of studies being undertaken within the Pain and Osteoarthritis
programmes of the ARC National Primary Care Centre.
2) Provide methodological support and guidance in the area of
quantitative research to clinicians wishing to access the Keele Hub of
the NIHR Regional Design Service for the West Midlands.
Applicants should have a Masters degree in a relevant discipline (e.g.
biostatistics, epidemiology, other subject with substantial quantitative
component) with an understanding of quantitative research methods and
health care research.
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the Centre, please
contact Dr John Belcher on 01782 734728, email:
[log in to unmask] or Dr Roger Beech on 01782 734844, email:
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Job packs available: www.keele.ac.uk/jobs, [log in to unmask], Human
Resources, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG or Fax: 01782 733471.
Please quote post reference: RE10/03
Closing date for applications: 22nd February 2010
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Dr Kelvin Jordan
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Reader in Biostatistics
Arthritis Research Campaign National Primary Care Centre
Primary Care Sciences
Keele University
Keele
Staffs ST5 5BG
UK
Tel: (+44) 1782-733924
Fax: (+44) 1782-733911
email: [log in to unmask]
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