Dear colleagues, I would be very grateful if you could disseminate the attached research post as widely as possible. It's a post based in DCU, Dublin, Ireland, looking at Irish data on the costs of obesity and overweight. We will be combining data from a literature review with population level anthropometric data. We will be collecting cost estimates from Irish health services. We need someone with good quantitative skills. A background in public health, nutrition, or similar would be useful too. Some knowledge of economics and costing would also be handy. Candidates will have an MSc, or a PhD, or equivalent experience. Salary depends on experience. Full details are at http://www.dcu.ie/vacancies/external/nursing_research_jd20012011.pdf Informal inquiries should be made to [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Best wishes, Anthony -- Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems Research, School of Nursing, Dublin City University, Dublin 9,Ireland. Tel:- +353 1 700 7807. Mobile:- +353 86 606 9713 You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.