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Research Associate in Biostatistics Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Salary: £23,850 - £34,750 Imperial College is ranked in the top ten universities of the world, according to the 2006 Times Higher Education Supplement league tables. We would like to appoint a Research Associate in Biostatisitcs to work within the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the St Mary's campus, Paddington. You will join the research team at the Imperial College node of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (www.ncrm.ac.uk) to carry out leading edge research in statistical methodology applied to social and health sciences. The overall theme of the project is to develop an analytic framework based on Bayesian graphical and hierarchical models for combining data from multiple sources, in order to reduce bias and enhance the value of inferences from observational data. You will contribute to statistical methodological developments and applications in one or more of the sub-projects been carried out within this overall theme (see project web site for further details: www.bias-project.org.uk). You will be supervised jointly by Professor Nicky Best and Professor Sylvia Richardson and will be based in the internationally-renowned Biostatistics group within the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Imperial. This group is at the cutting edge of applications and developments in Bayesian hierarchical modelling, spatial statistics, and statistical methods in epidemiology, genetics and social science. You will have a PhD in statistics or a related quantitative subject and be keen to develop your research career as an applied statistician. You will have knowledge of the major statistical packages. Previous experience of modern statistical modelling techniques, especially Bayesian hierarchical models, multi-level modelling and casual inference would be an advantage. This post is full-time and available until 31 March 2008 in the first instance. An application form and job description, along with further details may be obtained from the following link http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment/research/sm0311 You can send your complete application to the Recruitment Assistant, HR, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's campus, Medical School Building, London W2 1PG or by email to: [log in to unmask], quoting reference: SM031/07. Closing date: 14 March 2007 Valuing diversity and committed to equality of opportunity