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IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE MEDICAL STATISTICIAN A vacancy exists for a suitably qualified Medical Statistician to work with a diverse team in an active clinical and research department. The successful candidate will be involved in a variety of projects investigating occupational and environmental causes of lung disease, with particular emphasis on asthma. Within the post there will be opportunities for teaching and some statistical consultancy in the Institute. Applicants must have a first degree in Mathematics, Statistics or a related subject and ideally an MSc in Medical Statistics. Practical experience with SAS or Stata is essential and knowledge of databases would be an advantage. The starting salary will be on the ORS 1 scale £18,420 - £22,945 per annum, inclusive of London Weighting. The position is available for two years in the first instance, with the possibility of a further extension. For an informal discussion of the post, please contact Jessica Harris (020 7351 8355) or Stephanie MacNeill (020 7351 8349). To apply please send a CV with the names and addresses of two referees who may be contacted, to the Recruitment Assistant, Royal Brompton Campus, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY quoting reference no. OEM/607. Closing date 2 June 2000. The College is striving towards Equal Opportunities National Heart and Lung Institute is a smoke free environment. IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE NATIONAL HEART & LUNG INSTITUTE JOB DESCRIPTION POST: Medical Statistician DEPARTMENT: Occupational and Environmental Medicine HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: Professor AJ Newman Taylor LOCATION: Emmanuel Kaye Building, Manresa Road, London SW3 THE NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE The National Heart and Lung Institute, with its associated hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, is the UK's national centre for research and postgraduate teaching in heart and lung disease. The Institute was recently awarded a 5-star for research in the RAE rating. The department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine carries out research, teaching and specialist clinical investigation on lung disease caused by occupational and environmental factors, and has a particular interest in asthma. A wide range of epidemiological and laboratory-based projects is underway. This post offers the opportunity to join a small but diverse team within an active clinical and research department. The group includes epidemiologists, medical statisticians, research nurses and a research co-ordinator involved in a variety of projects. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Statistical Contribution to Departmental Projects The post holder will be the principal statistician for a number of research projects. These currently include: i) Occupational surveys One of the roles of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is as an independent assessor of prevalence and causes of occupational asthma within a number of occupational settings. Within a focused time frame, a cross-sectional survey of the workforce is undertaken, including measuring each employee's allergies and recording reported symptoms. The post-holder would be responsible for all statistical analyses, along with dissemination of results leading to joint authorship in publications of findings. Opportunities for assisting with fieldwork will also be available. ii) Gene-environment interactions in laboratory animal allergy This project involves the study of epidemiological aspects of laboratory animal allergy with a particular interest in the relationship of inherited host characteristics and allergen exposure. Fieldwork, in relevant occupational settings, is currently being undertaken as part of a case-control study. The post-holder would be solely responsible for statistical advice, support and direction to the principle investigators in this study. iii) Asthma Multi-centre Infant Cohort Studies (AMICS) Since 1993, the department has run a large, prospective birth cohort of childhood asthma and allergy. Four other European centres (Barcelona, Menorca, Munich and Kuopio in Finland) have since assembled similar cohorts using common protocols and there are currently many opportunities for undertaking pooled analyses of these five cohorts. Within each of these projects, the post holder's main responsibility will be data management and analysis, but they will also be able to contribute on many other levels, from design issues to the dissemination of results leading to joint authorship in publications of findings. 2. Other The statistician will also be offered the opportunity to be involved in the following: i) Statistical teaching on courses organised within the Institute and Royal Brompton Hospital. ii) Some statistical consultancy and advice within the Institute. QUALIFICATIONS First degree in Mathematics, Statistics or a related subject. Ideally, MSc in Medical Statistics. Practical experience with SAS or Stata is essential. Knowledge of Access, dBASE, EGRET, word processing and graphics packages would be an advantage. PERSON SPECIFICATION Essential Desirable Qualifications BSc MSc Computing Knowledge SAS or Stata Word processing, graphics packages Skills Ability to work on own Teaching and within a team Consultancy Communication Writing reports Time management Organisation Attitude Flexible Good interpersonal skills Experience Working with large datasets Data management %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%