Here are further particulars of posts advertised in today's
Guardian (G2 section, page 17).
STATISTICIAN (3 posts) at
St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London,
Department of Public Health Sciences
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Three statisticians are required to assist with the
Department's active and varied programme of research in
epidemiology and health care evaluation.
The first post (327/99) relates to a new project to develop
and validate quality control methods of monitoring the
clinical performance of individual cardiologists and
surgeons.
The post will be tenable for 2 years on the R1B or R1A
scale, œ17,869 to œ22,241 (including London weighting) per
annum, depending on experience and qualifications.
The second post (328/99) relates to two projects requiring
analysis of data from a large birth cohort study to explore
predictors of asthma prognosis and determinants of allergy
in children.
The third post (329/99) will involve analysis of data from
ongoing or completed projects and provision of general
computing and IT support to the department.
Posts 328/99 and 329/99 will be tenable for 2 years on the
R1B scale, œ17,869 to œ19,704 (including London weighting)
per annum, depending on experience and qualifications.
Statistical analysis on all projects will be carried out in
collaboration with medical and statistical colleagues. Other
duties may include assistance with practical and project
work in the teaching of statistics to medical students.
The posts will suit applicants with an MSc in statistics or
first degree in mathematics or statistics. Experience in
either a health services research or medical research
environment would be an advantage.
Further details from Professor David Strachan on 0181 725
5429 or E-mail [log in to unmask]
Further information on http://www.sghms.ac.uk/ or from the
Personnel Office, St George's Hospital Medical School,
Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, 0181 725 5020 (24-hour
answerphone) or E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Closing date 9 June 1999, interviews to be held on 24 June
1999. Please quote reference 327/99, 328/99 or 329/99, as
applicable.
The School is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Further Particulars - General
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Three medical statisticians are required in the Department
of Public Health Sciences, for a period of two years in the
first instance.
The Department of Public Health Sciences includes staff
drawn from medical, statistical and social science
backgrounds. The active research programme includes a
variety of epidemiological and health service research
projects, mainly relating to cardiovascular and respiratory
epidemiology, health effects of air pollution, and health
care evaluation. The Department carries out undergraduate
teaching at all stages of the medical curriculum. This
includes statistics, sociology, epidemiology and public
health medicine in the undergraduate medical course.
Postgraduate teaching includes statistics, epidemiology,
sociology and health information courses in the School's MSc
programme. The Department has good computing facilities,
including Pentium-based PCs connected by network to the
School's own Sun system and the University of Manchester
mainframe. Within the Department we have a teaching room
equipped with Pentium PCs.
The Department has a professor, one senior lecturer, one
full-time and three half time lecturers in statistics, with
primary responsibility for undergraduate teaching and
statistical aspects of the Department's research programme,
statistical aspects of post graduate training, work with
service colleagues and statistical advice to the NHS R&D
programme. There are currently seven other statisticians in
research posts in the department. The new statisticians will
work with this group, under the overall directorship of the
Head of Department.
There are good opportunities for contact with statistical
colleagues at St George's. In addition to the 13
statisticians in Public Health Sciences, there are five
statisticians in other departments, and several of the other
members of the Department of Public Health Sciences have
considerable statistical expertise. There is a weekly
seminar programme which is shared with the Department of
Primary Care. The new statisticians will be encouraged to
take advantage of the other opportunities offered by the
University and the many meetings of statistical societies
held in London.
Further details of the Department of Public Health Sciences
appear on our web site
http://www.sghms.ac.uk/depts/phs/index.htm. For more
information concerning the Medical Statistics Group see the
web page http://www.sghms.ac.uk/depts/phs/stats/medstat.htm.
For all three posts, the closing date for applications is 9
June 1999. Interviews for all three posts are planned for 24
June 1999.
Job Description - post 1 [Reference 327/99]
Statistician in the Department of Public Health Sciences
"Detecting changes in death rates"
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Background
The advertised post relates to a project funded by the
Regional NHS Research & Development scheme to develop
methods of comparing and monitoring the performance of
individual clinicians. There is great public interest in the
performance of surgeons, following the Bristol Royal
Infirmary Inquiry
http://www.bristol-inquiry.org.uk/bristol.htm. The
statistical topics which arise are the detection of abrupt
changes and estimation of the current mean of a time series.
The project is led by Dr Jan Poloniecki, in collaboration
with Prof Peter Littlejohns of the Health Care Evaluation
Unit (http://www.sghms.ac.uk/depts/phs/hceu/index.htm)
and Prof Martin Bland
(http://www.sghms.ac.uk/depts/phs/stats/medstat.htm).
Responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced medical statistician with an
interest in breaking new practical and theoretical ground.
Computing skills will be valuable for implementing and
installing software for use by our clinical collaborators.
Teaching responsibilities may include practical groups in
the first year course in medical statistics and advice to
clinical students in a final year course in public health
medicine. Other duties, including occasional assistance with
field projects, will be as directed by the Head of
Department, currently Prof Ross Anderson.
Terms and Conditions
Available on request from the Personnel Office, St George's
Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE,
telephone: 0181 725 5020 (24-hour answerphone) or E-mail:
[log in to unmask]
Closing date for applications is 9 June 1999. Interviews are
planned for 24 June 1999.
Job Description - post 2 [reference 328/99]
Statistician in the Department of Public Health Sciences
"Studies of asthma and allergy"
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Background
The advertised post relates to two projects funded by the
NHS Research & Development Programme and the British Lung
Foundation. Both projects relate to longitudinal analyses of
wheezing illness, diagnosed asthma and measurements of
allergy among a birth cohort of over 10,000 children
followed to 7 years of age (the Avon Longitudinal Study of
Pregnancy and Childhood). The parents have been contacted by
postal questionnaire at approximately yearly intervals since
birth and the children are participating in skin prick tests
for allergy at age 7 years. The first project, occupying
approximately the first 12 months, will develop and validate
for clinical prediction an index of prognosis of early
childhood wheezing. The second project, during the second
year, will analyse the skin prick test responses in relation
to histories of infection, immunisation and other early
childhood exposures.
In addition the statistician will assist with analysis of
data from a nationwide case-control study of asthma deaths,
also funded by the NHS Research & Development Programme.
Responsibilities
This work will involve the maintenance and analysis of large
data sets and the application of established statistical
methods. Statistical analysis will be carried out in
collaboration with Prof David Strachan at St George's and
the ALSPAC Study Team in Bristol. Teaching responsibilities
may include practical groups in the first year course in
medical statistics and advice to clinical students in a
final year course in public health medicine. Other duties,
including occasional assistance with field projects, will be
as directed by the Head of Department, currently Prof Ross
Anderson.
Terms and Conditions
Available on request from the Personnel Office, St George's
Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE,
telephone: 0181 725 5020 (24-hour answerphone) or E-mail:
[log in to unmask]
Closing date for applications is 9 June 1999. Interviews are
planned for 24 June 1999.
Job Description - post 3 [Reference 329/99]
Statistician in the Department of Public Health Sciences
"Statistical and computing support"
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Background
The advertised post is a School-funded support post,
offering general statistical and computing/IT support to the
Department. At least half of the work will involve
statistical analysis of data from completed or ongoing
surveys, leading to journal publications. This may involve
management and analysis of large datasets and transfer of
data files between different computer systems.
Responsibilities
Statistical analysis will be carried out in collaboration
with experienced epidemiologists and statisticians in the
Department, under the general direction of the Departmental
Research Administration Group. Additionally, the support
statistician will have general administrative responsibility
for computing hardware and software within the Department.
Teaching responsibilities may include practical groups in
the first year course in medical statistics and advice to
clinical students in a final year course in public health
medicine. Other duties, including occasional assistance with
field projects, will be as directed by the Head of
Department, currently Prof Ross Anderson.
Terms and Conditions
Available on request from the Personnel Office, St George's
Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE,
telephone: 0181 725 5020 (24-hour answerphone) or E-mail:
[log in to unmask]
Closing date for applications is 9 June 1999. Interviews are
planned for 24 June 1999.
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