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The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has PhD scholarships with an emphasis on complex systems and quantitative methods. The following joint project between the School and the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford is on offer. Exploring multiple mechanisms of action of complex interventions using trial data and causal inference methods. This project is motivated by a multi-site randomised trial of acute care in the home (complex intervention) compared with hospital admission for older people; it provides a unique opportunity to extend current statistical methods for exploring causal pathways and apply them to a topical health system intervention, as countries around the world plan for a growing ageing population. By identifying and understanding the causal pathways, and potential effect modifiers, this PhD research will provide policy-makers and healthcare providers with evidence on the types of health system interventions that might be implemented to reduce the risk of functional and cognitive decline in older people who experience an acute health event. The successful PhD candidate will have strong statistical skills and will have an opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team that will include statistical, health system research/epidemiology and qualitative expertise; and to engage with healthcare policy-makers and providers. The successful candidate will have an excellent academic record, including an undergraduate degree, and ideally a masters degree in a quantitative discipline (mathematics, statistics or similar). To discuss this opportunity, send a CV and cover letter to Professor Linda Sharples by email to [log in to unmask] Formal applications and further details can be found on the website at: http://mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/files/2019/10/Sharples-Shepperd.pdf Closing date for online applications to the scheme 1st January 2020. You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.