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Job Purpose Salary Grade 8 - £37,394 to £45,954 per annum Open ended contract subject to funding. Funding is available until December 2018 At Leicester we’re going places. Ranked in the top 20 universities in Britain our aim is to climb further. A commitment to high quality fused with an inclusive academic culture is our hallmark and led the Times Higher Education to describe us as “elite without being elitist”. In this position you will undertake epidemiological research, teaching and administrative duties in line with the Department's learning and teaching and research strategies, bringing epidemiological expertise to the Leicester Diabetes Research Centre and to NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for Leicestershire, East Midlands (CLAHRC EM). This will primarily involve support for studies led by investigators from University of Leicester, University of Loughborough and/or University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. The Diabetes Research Centre conducts research in all areas of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including: new oral treatments and combinations of treatments for diabetes; new insulins, including inhaled insulin; long-term cardiovascular outcomes; pre-diabetes and prevention of type-2 diabetes; early detection of type-2 diabetes; and intensive treatment of diabetes. You will have a relevant PhD or equivalent in a discipline such as epidemiology, demography, statistics or related discipline or equivalent research experience, and be able to demonstrate your experience and ability to support a research team in the acquisition, evaluation and/or interpretation of data and other specialised information Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Professor Kamlesh Khunti on [log in to unmask] or Professor Melanie Davies on [log in to unmask] The closing date for this post is midnight on 15 September 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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