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NIHR REASERCH METHODS (SUMMER) INTERNSHIP IN MEDICAL STATISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER- closing date: 24th April 2015

We are currently advertising a summer internship available in the Biostatistics department at the University of Manchester (see advert below). The ideal candidate is a penultimate year student (including students in their third year of the four year MMath programmes) based at a UK institution. There is a very generous stipend of £3500 for the two month period.

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Dr. Christopher Foley

NIHR Research Methods Fellow/ Research Associate

Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Population Health

Faculty of Medicine and Human Sciences

Room 1.320, Jean McFarlane Building

University of Manchester

Manchester, M13 9PL

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Applications are invited for a two month summer internship at the Centre for Biostatistics and School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Manchester. The internship is funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) for 2 months starting mid-June and will be based in the Jean McFarlane building, Oxford Road, Manchester.

The intern will gain practical experience of the work of a statistician working in clinical research in the public sector, whilst developing their understanding of statistical methods. The intern will be introduced to some fundamental aspects of this role including: interpreting and processing clinical data, performing analysis using statistical software and working on research projects (whose data are related to wound healing research provided by the Wounds Research Group).

The internship will be based at the Centre for Biostatistics and will be jointly supervised by Dr Chris Foley and Professor Chris Roberts from the Centre for Biostatistics. Additional guidance will be provided by Dr Jo Dumville and Professor Nicky Cullum of the Wounds Research Group in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work.

The successful candidate will be a home or EU undergraduate student at a UK university. They could currently be studying mathematics or statistics. However, undergraduates from other fields (e.g. economics or physics) who have quantitative skills and a familiarity with statistical ideas may also apply.

The position is open to undergraduates who are currently in the second year of their degree (or the third year of a 4 year degree). The total remuneration for the two month placement is £3,500.

As part of the application process we are asking applicants to write a short critical appraisal of the clinical trial “Use of Probiotic Lactobacillus Preparation To Prevent Diarrhoea Associated With Antibiotics: Randomised Double Blind Placebo Controlled Trial” Hickson, D’Souza, Muthu, Rogers, Want, Rajkumar & Bulpitt British Medical Journal 2007;335:80. The PDF version of the article can be found at http://www.bmj.com/content/335/7610/80. Please note that there are other electronic versions of this paper on the BMJ website and also online responses by readers.

Using not more than 500 words discuss whether you consider the researchers have shown that a probiotic drink can successfully reduce diarrhoea associated with taking antibiotics.

· Your CV including details and marks, where available, of the undergraduate course modules that you will have completed by the end of the 2014-15 academic year

Applications are invited up to and including 24^th April 2015 and should be sent by email to [log in to unmask] with the subject line NIHR Internship Application.