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Job Reference Number: UOS001295 Job Title: Research Associate Contract Type: Fixed-term for 2 years Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Department: Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) Salary: Grade 7 £28,139- £31,671 per annum Closing Date: 2nd July 2010 Summary: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate in the Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) section of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR). HEDS is one of the largest groups of health economists in the UK, and aims to promote excellence in national and international healthcare resource allocation decisions, through applied and theoretical research. The post-holder will spend approximately half their time working with a team of health economists on a Medical Research Council (MRC) funded project: Preparatory study for the Re-evaluation of the EQ-5D Tariff (PRET). This research project will explore a number of methodological issues in health state valuation. The post-holder will also contribute to another MRC-funded project called NICEQoL (Generic and condition-specific quality of life measures for NICE decision-making), which is a joint project with the Brunel University, and other research projects in HEDS, one of which involves assisting in the analysis of NICEQoL data. The post-holder will be responsible for the day-to-day running of PRET, which will include coordinating surveys of members of the general public (a large scale web-based on-line survey and three separate face to face interview surveys), and carrying out econometric analyses of the results. Work on literature reviews and secondary data analyses, will also be required, as will liaising with the project team at the Brunel University for NICEQoL. You will have a Masters or PhD (or be working towards a PhD) in health economics or a related discipline, and have an understanding of research governance and ethics. You will also have experience of designing surveys, and excellent quantitative analytical skills. An understanding of preference-based measures of health is also essential. This post is available immediately and is fixed term for a period of 2 years. Website link is http://www.shef.ac.uk/jobs/current -- Marianne Lewis Clerical Officer Health Economics and Decision Science ScHARR, University of Sheffield Regent Court, 30 Regent Street Sheffield S1 4DA Tel: 0114 2220865 Fax: 0114 272 4095 www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/sections/heds