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Career Development Fellow Cambridge The MRC Biostatistics Unit is one of Europe's leading biostatistics research institutions. The Unit is offering an exciting opportunity to work in Bayesian hierarchical modelling, in particular statistical analysis of and methodology relating to inference on dynamical systems, i.e. where some of the model components are defined in terms of differential equations. Application areas are varied but the Unit is currently involved in areas such as glucose control in diabetes management (development of an artificial pancreas), infectious disease dynamics, e.g. swine flu, and computational biology/genomics. You will have a PhD in statistics, or relevant subject, and statistical computing experience, e.g. R, BUGS. Some knowledge/experience of Bayesian computation and/or differential equations would be advantageous, but training can be provided. You must have good communication skills and be able to contribute substantially to writing scientific papers. Depending on the skills and interests of the successful applicant, there will be an opportunity to contribute to the development of internationally renowned software at the forefront of statistical modelling (BUGS: http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/bugs/ ). The position is a 3-year Career Development Fellowship. Starting salary will be in the range of £26,022-£27,623 per annum. Applications are handled by the RCUK Shared Services Centre; to apply please visit our job board at https://ext.ssc.rcuk.ac.uk and complete an online application form. Applicants who would like to receive this advert in an alternative format (e.g. large print, Braille, audio or hard copy), or who are unable to apply online should contact us by telephone on 01793 867003, Please quote reference number IRC24337. Closing date: 22nd July 2011 This position is subject to pre-employment screening The Medical Research Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer _______________________________________________________________ RCUK Shared Services Centre Limited (RCUK SSC Ltd) is a limited company registered in England and Wales (with company number 6330639) and has its registered address as North Star House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 1FF. This email may have a protective marking, for an explanation please see http://www.ssc.rcuk.ac.uk/fin/Documents/RCUKSharedServiceCentreLtd.pdf. This email and any attachments are intended for the named addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify RCUK SSC Ltd immediately and do not disclose, distribute, or retain this email or any part of it. While RCUK SSC Ltd has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise risk of this e-mail or any attachments containing viruses, the recipient should carry out its own virus checks before opening the attachments. RCUK SSC Ltd does not accept any liability for any losses or damages which the recipient may sustain due to presence of any viruses. RCUK SSC Ltd reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks for the purposes of preventing and detecting crime. _______________________________________________________________ This message has been scanned by the WebRoot Email Security Service. For more information please visit http://www.webroot.com _______________________________________________________________ You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.