Job Reference Number: UOS018323
Job Title: Research Associate in Public Health Economic Modelling
Contract Type: Fixed-term to start as soon as possible with an end date 
of 28 February 2021.
Working Pattern: Full time
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
Department: School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) Public Health
Salary: Grade 7 £30,688 - £32,548 per annum
Closing Date: 2 March 2018
The School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of 
Sheffield is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to contribute to 
the health economic modelling of tobacco and alcohol tax in the UK. This 
is a unique and exciting opportunity to join the Sheffield Alcohol 
Research Group, an internationally leading public health economic 
research team at a world-leading university.
You will work on the SYNTAX project “Integrated evidence synthesis for 
joint appraisal of tobacco and alcohol tax interventions for harm 
reduction in the UK”. This three-year project is funded by the National 
Institute of Health Research's Public Health Research Programme and is a 
collaboration between the Universities of Sheffield and Bath. 
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/sections/ph/research/alpol/research/syntax
You will contribute to modelling of the impact of potential changes to 
taxation on tobacco and alcohol consumption, health, economic and other 
societal outcomes e.g. work absence. Using health economic, statistical 
and epidemiological approaches, these analyses will make use of national 
survey data on individual consumption and spending, and health outcomes. 
You will be expected to develop detailed protocols, negotiate access to 
relevant data, analyse this data using appropriate methods (likely to 
include econometric analyses of price elasticities), prepare manuscripts 
and disseminate results to the public and scientific peers.
You will have direct research experience of statistical modelling using 
techniques such as regression or latent class analyses. You will also 
have either experience and an enthusiasm to learn health economic 
modelling techniques. You will have postgraduate qualifications in a 
numerate discipline such as statistics, epidemiology, economics, 
operational research or related subjects.
The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a 
generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access 
to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal 
and professional development. We build teams of people from different 
heritages and lifestyles whose talent and contributions complement each 
other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers 
greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.
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