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Applied Statistician - Research Assistant or Research Associate Research Assistant: £25,023 - £28,982 Research Associate: £28,982 - £37,768 We seek to appoint a talented applied statistician to a new interdisciplinary research programme in population health and genomics. The post holder will analyse data from a major randomized trial and subsequent longitudinal study of 50,000 blood donors in the UK. Analyses will involve applying and adapting statistical methods for longitudinal data and handling missing data in baseline and longitudinal measures. The research focuses on the health consequences of blood donation, based on longitudinal data on haematological variables, haemoglobin and other iron biomarkers, and health outcomes. Findings from the study will have major implications for blood donation policies in the UK and internationally. A further goal is to develop and evaluate novel targeted (“personalised”) strategies to promote the health of blood donors, while maintaining the nation’s blood supply. The post holder will contribute to reports, presentations and publications based on this work. He/she will also collaborate with other statisticians and epidemiologists to plan analyses of specific hypotheses relating to genetic, biochemical and lifestyle data that should lead to methodological and applied publications. The post-holder will have: a post graduate qualification in statistics or related area or equivalent experience; a sound understanding of statistical concepts, ideally in relation to chronic disease epidemiology, and strong quantitative skills, including experience of using relevant statistical software (Stata, R). Experience of analysing longitudinal data is essential, while familiarity with the principal methods of addressing missing data is desirable. The post-holder should also be able to work independently, accurately judge priorities, and have excellent organizational, communication and presentation skills. This position can be filled by an appropriate candidate at Research Assistant or Research Associate level, depending on relevant qualifications and experience and is available from January 2016. 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. The post holder will work under the direction of Dr Angela Wood and Prof Simon Thompson. The funding for this post is available until 31st December 2018 Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Angela Wood at [log in to unmask] Location of post: National Institute for Health Research, Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Donor Health and Genomics (NIHR-BTRU), Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN Closing date: 9th May 2016 Interview Date: 25th May 2016 To apply online for this vacancy, please visit http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/10054/. This will route you to the post on 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. Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and CV in the Upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application. Previous applicants need not apply. You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.