Job Reference Number: UOS001295
Job Title: Research Associate
Contract Type: Fixed-term for 2 years
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
Department: Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS)
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
Salary: Grade 7
£28,139- £31,671 per annum
Closing Date: 2nd July 2010
Summary:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate in the Health Economics and Decision
Science (HEDS) section of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR). HEDS is one of the
largest groups of health economists in the UK, and aims to promote excellence in national and
international healthcare resource allocation decisions, through applied and theoretical research.
The post-holder will spend approximately half their time working with a team of health economists
on a Medical Research Council (MRC) funded project: Preparatory study for the Re-evaluation of
the EQ-5D Tariff (PRET). This research project will explore a number of methodological issues in
health state valuation. The post-holder will also contribute to another MRC-funded project called
NICEQoL (Generic and condition-specific quality of life measures for NICE decision-making),
which is a joint project with the Brunel University, and other research projects in HEDS, one of
which involves assisting in the analysis of NICEQoL data.
The post-holder will be responsible for the day-to-day running of PRET, which will include
coordinating surveys of members of the general public (a large scale web-based on-line survey and
three separate face to face interview surveys), and carrying out econometric analyses of the
results. Work on literature reviews and secondary data analyses, will also be required, as will
liaising with the project team at the Brunel University for NICEQoL.
You will have a Masters or PhD (or be working towards a PhD) in health economics or a related
discipline, and have an understanding of research governance and ethics. You will also have
experience of designing surveys, and excellent quantitative analytical skills. An understanding of
preference-based measures of health is also essential.
This post is available immediately and is fixed term for a period of 2 years.
Website link is http://www.shef.ac.uk/jobs/current
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Marianne Lewis
Clerical Officer
Health Economics and Decision Science
ScHARR, University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA
Tel: 0114 2220865
Fax: 0114 272 4095
www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/sections/heds
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