An exciting position has become available in Professor Vyse’s group at Hammersmith hospital, which is the foremost group in the UK involved in research into the genetics of lupus. The group’s work is focused on the identification of lupus susceptibility genes and the exploration of potential functional consequences of polymorphisms in these genes. The post is funded for three years by a Special Strategic Award from the Arthritis Research Campaign to Prof Tim Vyse.
We are seeking a Research Associate to work in all areas of genetic association studies. The research group has a rich source of data, taken from patients at Hammersmith and international collaborative partners, and is currently leading the largest SLE GWAS in the world. The new GWAS dataset will be completed during 2010 and the successful candidate will be an important part of this project. The person appointed will become part of a multidisciplinary group that uses a variety of genetic and molecular immunology tools to identify novel susceptibility genes for lupus and to seek understanding of their function.
The successful candidate, who will be supervised by Professor Timothy Vyse and Dr David Morris, will be based at the Hammersmith campus, Hammersmith Hospital.
Summary of Duties:
The successful applicant will have experience in statistics, epidemiology, mathematics, or a related discipline, have experience of statistical analysis software, and have good communication skills.
As a key member of the lab, you will:
Be responsible for quality control of data coming into the lab.
Use your statistical expertise in the analysis of genetic data.
Research different statistical methodologies to enhance future analysis strategies.
Applicants should be educated to degree level MSc/PhD in Statistics or equivalent.
An application form and full CV quoting reference number HM20100031 should be sent, by the closing date of 25 March 2010, online via the Imperial College iRecruitment website, REF HM2010031
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