LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE


Lectureship in Epidemiology

Salary on grade 7 (£28,290 - £31,840)

Closing date: TBA

Applications are invited for a Lectureship in Epidemiology within Lancaster
University's recently established Department of Medicine. The Department
contains the Centre for Medical Education which collaborates with the
University of Liverpool in the delivery of Liverpool's innovative,
highly regarded undergraduate medical curriculum with its emphasis on
problem-based learning and early patient contact. The Department wishes
to expand its activities in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching,
and in research.

The appointee will contribute to the epidemiology research in the 
Department
of Medicine currently being undertaken by a group which includes Professor
Peter Diggle, four post-doctoral researchers and five research students.
The appointee will be expected to develop their own programme of research,
either in substantive epidemiology or in epidemiological methods, and will
be encouraged to develop collaborative research with other groups in 
cognate
areas. Current application areas include: real-time disease surveillance;
environmental exposure measurement; tropical disease prevalence mapping;
spatio-temporal evolution of campylobacters; clinical trials in
cardio-thoracic surgery. This work within the Department of Medicine
complements that being carried out by the Medical Statistics Unit in
the Department of Maths and Statistics and will be developed with
colleagues in NHS Trusts and other public sector agencies both locally
and nationally.

The appointee will contribute to the teaching and administration of the
undergraduate medical degree to an annual cohort of 50 Lancaster-based
students and to the development and delivery of new postgraduate degree
programmes, either within the Department of Medicine or in collaboration
with other departments. In particular, the appointee will be responsible
for the development of assessment procedures in undergraduate and
postgraduate programmes within the Department. This will include taking
overall responsibility for the design and delivery of valid and robust
written and clinical assessments and developing and training University
and NHS staff in appropriate standard-setting procedures.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact
Professor Anne Garden, Head of Department (tel +44 (0)1524 593383,
email [log in to unmask]) or Professor Peter Diggle, Department
of Medicine (tel +44 (0)1524 593957, email [log in to unmask]).