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Lecturer (Medical Statistics or Health Econometrics) £42,563 to £48,610 per annum and Research Fellow (Health Economics) £36,378 to £41,313 per annum Department of Health Services Research and Policy London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Closing Date: Wednesday 04 June 2014 Following successful fellowship applications in the area of analytical methods for health economic evaluation, we wish to appoint new researchers at Lecturer and Research Fellow level. The successful applicants will join a growing team of statisticians and health economists working on improving and applying quantitative methods to health economic evaluations that use randomised trials, and observational studies. The posts offer excellent opportunities for researchers to develop their own research agendas in methodological and applied research at a London-based university. LSHTM has large programmes of work in health economics, health policy and medical statistics. We have excellent collaborations with researchers in the UK and the United States whose expertise is in improving analytical methods, for studies that can directly inform health policy. The posts will focus on improving methods for handling the problems of confounding, treatment switching, missing data and external validity in the context of health economic evaluation. The posts are funded alongside a senior NIHR fellowship that aims to improve the relevance of economic evaluations for decision-making. The post holders will consider alternative methods for studies with patient-level data from trials and observational studies, in for example evaluating interventions in emergency medicine, critical care, elective surgery, and alternative pay-for-performance schemes. The post holders will be encouraged to develop their analytical skills in extending approaches proposed in the general methodological literature to address additional challenges typically raised in cost-effectiveness analyses. The post holders will lead aspects of project dissemination including writing peer-reviewed journal articles. The posts will be based in the Department of Health Services Research and Policy (HSRP), LSHTM and will involve close collaboration with leading statisticians from the Department of Medical Statistics (James Carpenter and Michael Kenward), the University of California, Berkeley (Jasjeet Sekhon), and with experts in health policy (Nicholas Mays). For the lecturer post, you will have a PhD in medical statistics, econometrics or a related discipline, and publications in high-ranking, peer-reviewed journals. A demonstrable interest in improving quantitative methods is essential. This post is for four years in the first instance. The salary will be on the Academic Pathway in the range £42,463 to £48,610 (Lecturer, Grade 7) per annum inclusive. The post is based in London. To apply for the role of Lecturer, click on the link below (Reference RGL): http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/RGL For the research fellow post, you will have a Master’s degree and a PhD (or equivalent) in health economics, econometrics, or a related discipline. Previous experience of applying advanced quantitative methods is essential. This post is for three years in the first instance. The salary will be on the Academic Pathway in the range £36,378 to £41,313 (Research Fellow, Grade 6) per annum inclusive. The post is based in London. To apply for the role of Research Fellow, click on the link below (Reference RGRF): http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/RGRF Informal enquiries are welcome and should be to Professor Richard Grieve ([log in to unmask]). You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.