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Research Assistant - £24,775 - £28,695 Research Associate - £28,695 - £37,394 An opportunity has arisen for a talented medical/applied statistician to work on world-leading large-scale studies of cardiovascular diseases. In addition to applied projects, the post-holder will be encouraged to develop relevant statistical methods and take a leading role in writing methodological papers. This position can be filled by an appropriate candidate at the Research Associate or Research Assistant level, depending on relevant qualifications and experience. The post-holder will have the opportunity to work on a number of applied projects using statistical techniques in the areas of longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis and risk prediction. The main responsibilities of this role include: (i) work studying the development and long-term sequelae of abdominal aortic aneurysm and its complications following surgery based on a number of internationally-leading clinical trials, (ii) analyses for ongoing work in the newly formed Blood Transfusion Research Unit, including a 30,000-person study on the comparison of strategies to assess haemoglobin levels in whole blood donors, (iii) providing statistical support for aetiological and risk-prediction projects in cardiovascular disease arising from the large-scale European EPIC-CVD consortium, (iv) developing statistical methods in the areas of personalised and dynamic risk-prediction with application to the INTERVAL study of 50,000 blood donors. The post is based in the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit (CEU) which conducts world-leading interdisciplinary research into the prediction and prevention of cardiovascular disease, with a portfolio of studies that comprises >2.5 million participants. Professor John Danesh is the Unit's overall Director and Professor Simon Thompson is the Unit's Director of Research in Biostatistics. The post-holder will have: (1) relevant statistical qualifications (eg, a PhD or Masters in Medical/Applied statistics) or equivalent experience, (2) a sound understanding of statistical concepts, ideally in relation to biostatistics and in particular survival and longitudinal data analyses, (3) comprehensive experience of using Stata or R, (4) high-level report writing and presentational skills. The post-holder should also be able to work independently, accurately judge priorities, and have excellent organisational and communication skills. Informal enquiries are very welcome to Dr Michael Sweeting by email ([log in to unmask]) or telephone + 44 (0)1223 761950. Location of post: Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN The funds for these posts are available for 3 years from start date. Closing date: 15th November 2015 Interview Date: week commencing 23rd November 2015 Appointment at Research Associate is dependent on having a PhD (or equivalent experience), including those who have submitted but not yet received their PhD. Where a PhD has yet to be awarded appointment will initially be made at research assistant and amended to research associate when the PhD is awarded. To apply online for this vacancy, please go to http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8397/. Clicking on the 'Apply' button on this page will route you to the University's Web Recruitment System, where you will need to register an account (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form. You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.