This is an exciting opportunity to join the UK's leading research establishment in Biostatistics as part of a collaborative project aimed at tackling the problems associated with attrition in cohort studies. You should have a good honours degree and a postgraduate qualification in statistics, preferably medical statistics. Ref: 2006-150/SPHSU Researcher in Social Science/Epidemiology (18 months) Glasgow - Social and Public Health Sciences Unit £24,933 - £26,555 pa This is an excellent chance to join a leading research institution as part of a collaborative project aimed at tackling the problems associated with attrition in cohort studies. You will have a good honours degree and a PhD (awarded or submitted) in epidemiology or social sciences and experience in social or public health science research. Ref: 2006-151/SPHSU For an application pack and full job description please e-mail [log in to unmask] or contact Jill King on 01793 301158 quoting the appropriate reference. Closing date: 5 January 2007. Further information about the MRC is available at http://www.mrc.ac.uk Leading Science for Better Health ================================================================= Alastair H Leyland MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, Scotland, U.K. Tel: +44 (0)141 357 7504 Fax: +44 (0)141 337 2389 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.msoc-mrc.gla.ac.uk