Dear Colleagues,
I would be most grateful if you draw this studentship to
the attention of any students who might be interested in
undertaking research in this area.
Many thanks,
Eric Renshaw
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EPSRC PhD (CASE) Studentship at Strathclyde University and
BioSS Edinburgh.
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We have recently secured EPSRC funding for a PhD student to
develop and apply new stochastic techniques, including Markov
chain Monte Carlo methods, for modelling the population
dynamics of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile under
incomplete observations, with the aim of identifying
appropriate intervention strategies. This pathogen is the
commonest cause of hospital-acquired diarrhoea and is
associated with antibiotic use. Its incidence is increasing,
it is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, and
it represents a substantial cost to the NHS. The required
mathematical developments will advance the role of
stochastic techniques as analytic tools in the study of
epidemics in small populations. The project is linked to
a forthcoming study of the disease in Edinburgh hospital
wards, and the student will have access to high-quality
data on the disease dynamics.
This project will be supervised by Professor Eric Renshaw
(University of Strathclyde) and Dr Gavin Gibson (BioSS,
Edinburgh), in cooperation with Edinburgh University
Medical School.
Applicants should have (or expect to obtain) a Degree of at
least 2(i) standard in Mathematics, Statistics or Mathematical
Physics. For further information please contact:
Professor Eric Renshaw
Department of Statistics and Modelling Science
Livingstone Tower
University of Strathclyde
26 Richmond Street
Glasgow G1 1XH
email: [log in to unmask]
tele: 0141 548 3591
fax: 0141 552 2079
or
Dr Gavin Gibson
BioSS
James Clerk Maxwell Building
Mayfield Rd
Edinburgh EH10 3JZ
email: [log in to unmask]
tele: 0131-650-4898
fax: 0131-650-4901
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