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A 4 year PhD studentship is available in the Department of Genomics of Common Disease, School of Public Health at Imperial College London in collaboration with Professor John Whittaker at GlaxoSmithKline, funded by a MRC CASE studentship. The aim of the project is to use copy number variation in the human genome as a tool for stratified medicine. The project will commence by defining a high resolution haplotype map of copy number variation in the human genome from UK10k and 1000 genomes sequence data, and then subsequently impute this variation in densely genotyped pharmacogenetic datasets from GlaxoSmithKline. The project will be supervised by Professor John Whittaker (GSK), Dr Lachlan Coin, Dr Michael Johnson, Dr Inga Prokopenko (Imperial College). The post is full time for a fixed-term for 4 years, commencing 2013/2014 and will be based at the Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, with the opportunity to spend up to a year at GlaxoSmithKline in Stevenage. The studentship will pay UK/EU tuition fees and a starting stipend of £18,398 per annumn For general eligibility details please see the following Research Council terms and conditions: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/ResearchCareers/postgrad/Pages/home.aspx The successful candidate will be strongly motivated and capable of independent work and will have a degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or a related numerate subject and preferably an MSc in a related area or equivalent experience. For further information and an informal discussion, contact Dr Lachlan Coin ([log in to unmask]) or Dr Inga Prokopenko ([log in to unmask]). All students will belong to the Graduate School which provides a full programme of training in research and transferable skills. Further details of the Department can be found at: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/graduateschools You should send an electronic version of a full CV, including names of two referees, and a letter stating why you are interested in your preferred project to [log in to unmask] Please note that candidates must fulfil College admissions criteria. For an informal discussion please contact our postgraduate admissions team at [log in to unmask] The position will remain open until filled. Best regards, Lachlan Coin You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.