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Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER)
School of Public Health and Family Medicine
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

The International epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa collaboration (IeDEA-SA) is looking to appoint a biostatistician with a particular focus on HIV cohort epidemiology. The main purpose of the position is to lead statistical analyses undertaken by IeDEA-SA and CIDER and to provide statistical support to the data centre of IeDEA-SA and related projects, hosted by CIDER at the School of Public Health & Family Medicine, UCT.

IeDEA-SA is a regional data collaboration funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address research questions in HIV/AIDS that require large patient numbers in multiple sites and contexts. Seventeen antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes in six Southern African countries (Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe) contribute data and participate in collaborative regional and multiregional analyses led by data centre researchers. The current database includes patient-level data on ±630 000 adults and 36 000 children on ART. IeDEA-SA also develops and implements methods to harmonise and analyse data from multiple different sources. In addition, IeDEA-SA has spearheaded linkage with provincial and national databases such as the National Population Register and the National Cancer Register, improving its ability to accurately ascertain mortality and other health outcomes.

This is a full-time post which will entail leading statistical analyses on combined cohort data, providing biostatistical support to other epidemiologists in IeDEA-SA and participating cohorts, participating in writing up results, preparing manuscripts and presenting research findings, and assisting in developing new methodologies for the analysis of cohort data. The successful candidate will also provide statistical support to research and students within CIDER, deliver seminars on statistical methods and supervise students.

Requirements include:

• A Masters or PhD degree in Statistics, preferably Biostatistics; or a PhD in Epidemiology or Public Health with substantial biostatistical training
• A good understanding of the study designs and statistical methods most commonly used in biomedical research;
• Experience working as part of a team, and assisting others in the analysis and interpretation of data;

The following would be advantageous:

• experience working with cohort data and longitudinal analyses;
•  experience working with HIV treatment data.;
•  post-PhD experience in providing data analysis/statistical support in the health sciences.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading analyses on data from HIV treatment programmes
• Providing statistical support to researchers and students in CIDER and collaborating treatment programmes
• Participating in writing up results, preparing manuscripts and presenting study findings
• Assisting in developing new methodologies for the analysis of cohort data.

The successful candidate will be supported in further professional development appropriate to their prior training and experience.

This is a two-year contract appointment at Researcher or Senior Researcher level, which aligns with Lecturer and Senior Lecturer salary scales.

To apply, please e-mail the below documents in a single pdf file to [log in to unmask]

- UCT Application Form (download at http://forms.uct.ac.za/hr201.doc)

- Cover letter, and

- Curriculum Vitae (CV)

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An application which does not comply with the above requirements will be regarded as incomplete.

Telephone: 021 406 6808
Website: http://www.publichealth.uct.ac.za
Reference number: E60201
Closing date: 29 February 2016

UCT is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress in achieving its equity targets. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at http://www.uct.ac.za/downloads/uct.ac.za/about/policies/eepolicy.pdf. For this post we seek particularly to attract candidates from the designated groups.

UCT reserves the right not to appoint.

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