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Equality of opportunity is College policy KING’S COLLEGE LONDON Division of Health and Social Care Research The Division of Health and Social Care Research (HSCR) comprises over fifty Principal Investigators in the Schools of Medicine, Biomedical Science, Nursing and Midwifery and Social Science and Public Policy, with collaborations with other Schools in King’s College London and links with the local NHS Primary and Secondary Care Trusts. The goal of Health Service Research at KCL is to improve the quality of services and health outcomes through research relating to individual clinical needs, service delivery and organisation and the wider social context of care. We undertake programmes of basic and translational research and evaluations of service and policy implementation in five main areas: 1) services for specific diseases and conditions; 2) services for specific population groups; 3) professional providers of health and social care; 4) quality of service provision; and 5) innovation and change. SENIOR APPOINTMENET IN MEDICAL STATISTICS Ref: A3/MHF/152/08-NY We have an exciting opportunity and seek applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates who are keen to build on our research strengths and contribute to the development and future success of our Division. This post involves a teaching and commitment, including contributing to the undergraduate work of the Division and to the Masters courses in Public Health and Primary Health Care and training in the BRC. You will be expected to strengthen and broaden the multidisciplinary approach to Health Services Research and the development and evaluation of complex interventions and analysis of large datasets. The Division is particularly interested in expanding its interests in stroke, vascular diseases and diabetes and developing and extending use of large datasets, such as the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) and chronic disease registers, such as the South London Stroke Register, to identify potential complex interventions for evaluation. You will help develop innovative ways of delivering a statistical consultancy service to researchers. This is a permanent post and can be recruited at Senior Lecturer level, Reader level or Personal Chair. Salary will be Grade 8; £44,074 to £51,095 per annum plus £2,323 per annum London Weighting Allowance. Information on the Division of Health and Social Care Research and the BRC can be found at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/medicine/research/hscr/ or www.biomedicalresearcgcentre.org For an informal discussion only, please contact Professor Charles Wolfe Tel: +44 20 7848 6604. For an application pack and further details please visit http://www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs or email [log in to unmask] Please quote reference number A3/MHF/152/08-NY on all correspondence Closing date: 20 June 2008