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LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE & TROPICAL MEDICINE

DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH

Lecturer/Research Fellow in Medical Statistics and Epidemiology in the
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit



The Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit is a 
leading international group working on the 
epidemiology  and control of infectious diseases. 
We have a vacancy for a Lecturer/Research Fellow 
to work in the unit’s Tropical Epidemiology Group 
on the design and analysis of research studies in 
developing countries. Areas of work are likely to 
include HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and other 
infections in sub-Saharan Africa.  The person 
appointed will contribute to the design and 
organisation of new field studies, the 
statistical analysis of results and the 
preparation of research findings for publication. 
Based in London, periodic visits to field sites 
in developing countries will be necessary. The 
successful candidate will also contribute to the 
School’s postgraduate teaching programme, and 
will be encouraged to pursue methodological 
research arising from the Unit’s activities.

Applicants should have a postgraduate 
qualification in statistics and several years 
experience of working as a medical statistician, 
preferably in an epidemiological context. The 
ability to work both independently and as a 
member of a multidisciplinary scientific team is 
essential. Experience of working in developing countries would be an advantage.

The appointment will be for two years in the 
first instance, and will be made on the School’s 
Lecturer or Research Fellow (£32,542 to £43,530) 
scales depending on qualifications and experience.

For further particulars and an application form, 
please contact The Personnel Office, LSHTM, 
(telephone 020 7927 2203 (24 hour answer phone) 
or e-mail 
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quoting reference RH12.   Only applications in 
the format outlined in the recruitment pack will 
be considered. Closing date for applications is 31 January 2008.

Interested applicants are invited to contact 
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for further information.

The  London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 
is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.




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James Miller
Department of Statistics
University of Glasgow
15 University Gardens
G12 8QQ
0141 3302474
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