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Statistical Geneticist - Research & Development Genetics (RDG) £competitive Alderley Park, Cheshire Experienced in statistical genetics? Then why not use that expertise to help us deliver innovative and effective medicines? About the role This role will see you joining a specialist team of statistical geneticists at Alderley Park - one of our major research facilities. Using state-of-the-art techniques, you'll develop our understanding of genetic variability and its impact on the drug discovery and development process. This will require you to support a wide variety of drug projects at different stages of the pipeline. Using your statistical genetics expertise, you'll help various colleagues across Research & Development with study design, protocol and analysis plan development. As well as carrying out hands-on programming and analysis, you'll play a key role in developing our methodological and technical processes within this field. About you The successful candidate will most likely have a higher degree (MSc/PhD) in statistical genetics, medical statistics or genetic epidemiology. You will certainly have a basic knowledge of genetics (including association analysis of SNP data) plus experience of applying statistics in the pharmaceutical industry or academia. Experience of working with genomic biomarker data, handling large and complex datasets, and carrying out experimental design would all be real advantages. About us One of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca is focused on providing innovative, effective medicines that make a real difference in key areas of healthcare. With 66,000 staff around the world, we invest $16 million every working day on research and development. To apply, please visit www.careers.astrazeneca.co.uk and search for job reference DECS162. Closing date: 29th November 2009 For informal enquiries about the role please email: [log in to unmask] Many thanks Sarah Bujac, Statistical Genetics Team Leader, R&D Genetics, AstraZeneca, Alderley Park, Cheshire. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- AstraZeneca UK Limited is a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number: 03674842 and a registered office at 15 Stanhope Gate, London W1K 1LN. Confidentiality Notice: This message is private and may contain confidential, proprietary and legally privileged information. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system and note that you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. Any unauthorised use or disclosure of the contents of this message is not permitted and may be unlawful. Disclaimer: Email messages may be subject to delays, interception, non-delivery and unauthorised alterations. Therefore, information expressed in this message is not given or endorsed by AstraZeneca UK Limited unless otherwise notified by an authorised representative independent of this message. No contractual relationship is created by this message by any person unless specifically indicated by agreement in writing other than email. Monitoring: AstraZeneca UK Limited may monitor email traffic data and content for the purposes of the prevention and detection of crime, ensuring the security of our computer systems and checking Compliance with our Code of Conduct and Policies.