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                                                    Division of 
Community Health Sciences 

Statistician

Fixed term for 18 months


A medical statistician is required to join a research team who are 
undertaking a range of projects in the field of environmental 
epidemiology. These include a number of ongoing systematic reviews of 
the literature on the health effects of outdoor air pollution. These 
projects, sponsored by the Department of Health and other organisations, 
have made a significant contribution to policy reviews by the Department 
of Health, the World Health Organisation and the Health Effects 
Institute in America. A new project to identify and evaluate evidence 
for the effects of air pollution on asthma prevalence has been fun

ded by the Department of Health. This work will require the 
identification of studies from the world literature; the development of 
appropriate procedures to extract relevant information and the design of 
databases to store and manage the data collected. The team has also been 
involved in numerous time series studies of the short term health 
effects of air pollution and has participated in both European and 
international collaborations in this area.

The post holder will be responsible for

·                the maintenance and development of new and existing air 
pollution epidemiology databases

·                statistical analyses of data using meta-analysis (incl. 
publication bias) and meta-regression techniques

·                preparation of figures, tables and text for reports and 
research papers

·                statistical support for other air pollution 
epidemiology projects as required

You should have an MSc or equivalent qualification in biostatistics or a 
related discipline and good computing skills in relation to statistical 
analysis and manipulation of data. You should also have experience in at 
least one major statistical software package and in database software.

Starting salary will be £30,030 pa inclusive.

For an informal discussion on either of these posts please contact Ross Anderson /Richard Atkinson on 020 8725 5419/5174. 


For further information and details on how to apply visit 
www.sgul.ac.uk/jobs <http://www.sgul.ac.uk/jobs>  or contact the 
Personnel Office on 020 8725 5020 (24-hour answerphone) or email: 
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Please quote reference 503/08

Closing date:  28th March 2008

Interview date: 11th April 2008

 


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Richard Atkinson

Department of Community Health Sciences
St. George's, University of London
Cranmer Terrace
London
SW17 0RE

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