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CAREERS IN MEDICAL STATISTICS With GLAXO WELLCOME SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY FOR AN M Sc IN STATISTICS Glaxo Wellcome is a World Leader in the discovery of prescription medicines. Our wide portfolio of medicines stems from an ongoing commitment to research which sees more than £1.2 billion spent each year. Drug discovery is driven by data and information. Statisticians are responsible for designing scientific experiments to obtain the data needed, and for analysing and using them to support major decisions. The company employs more than 120 professional statisticians worldwide. They have the opportunity to apply their mathematical and statistical knowledge in an exciting and challenging career, which will ultimately lead to the production of major new medicines. Graduates studying for a first degree will usually need to complete an M Sc in statistics to have sufficient knowledge to apply for one of the many statistics vacancies in the pharmaceutical industry. Glaxo Wellcome considers it important to invest in the education of statisticians and will provide scholarships again this year to enable students to study for an M Sc during the 2000/2001 academic year. These will consist of a maintenance grant (at least equivalent to that paid by government funding agencies - £8265 in London, £6620 outside London) together with all fees to allow fulltime study. Scholarship holders may wish to apply for employment at Glaxo Wellcome at the conclusion of the course, and will be considered for vacancies at that time. One scholarship will be available to study on each of the following four courses which provide advanced training in statistics theory and practice. More information about the courses can be obtained from the websites and University Contacts: Southampton Statistics with Applications in Medicine Phil Prescott 023 80593690 pp @soton.ac.uk www.maths.soton.ac.uk Leicester/De Montfort Medical Statistics Derek Teather 0116 257 7472 dte @dmu.ac.uk www.prw.le.ac.uk/teaching/msc Reading Biometry Mike Denham 0118 931 8914 m.c.denham @rdg.ac.uk www.rdg.ac.uk/ statistics London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Medical Statistics Diana Elbourne 0207 927 2629 [log in to unmask] www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/study/msc/ms.htm To be considered for a scholarship, you will have obtained or be expecting to obtain an upper second or first class honours degree in mathematics or statistics or in a subject with a substantial mathematics/statistics content. To apply, please send your CV to Dr Alan Ebbutt, Statistics Director, Medical Data Sciences, Glaxo Wellcome, Greenford Road, Greenford, Middlesex, UB6 0HE (0208 966 2631, afe4362 @glaxowellcome.co.uk) stating which of the above courses you are interested in. The closing date for applications is 18/2/00 and interviews at Glaxo Wellcome will take place on 3/3/00. In addition you must apply directly to the M Sc course(s) of interest and must fulfill their entry requirements to be accepted for a Glaxo Wellcome sholarship. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%