Postdoctoral Research Assistant: Environment and Health Spatial Analyst
Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health (CRESH)
University of Edinburgh
Available from 01 June 2011 for 16 months
We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the field
of Health and the Environment. Based at the School of GeoSciences,
University of Edinburgh you will join the Centre for Research on
Environment, Society and Health (CRESH) which is a virtual centre
joining scientists from the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Our
research is focused on exploring how physical and social environments
can influence population health, for better and for worse.
The successful candidate will work with an active research team based in
Edinburgh and Glasgow on two research projects. First, they will play a
key role in an ESRC funded project that will investigate whether aspects
of the physical environment exert an influence on physical activity
levels at the individual-level. Second, complete a pilot study to
investigate the role of the local physical and social environment in
understanding inequalities in health amongst children and adolescents.
Both roles will involve working with large social survey, health and
environmental datasets, the application of statistical techniques to the
data, interpretation of the results, dissemination of findings and
developing new research proposals.
Closing date: 07th March 2011
Further details:
http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3014050
Informal information regarding the post is available from Dr Niamh
Shortt ([log in to unmask]), Dr Jamie Pearce ([log in to unmask])
and Prof Richard Mitchell ([log in to unmask])
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Dr Jamie Pearce
Reader in Human Geography
Institute of Geography, School of GeoSciences
University of Edinburgh
Drummond Street
Edinburgh EH8 9XP
Tel: + 44 131 650 2294
Centre for Research on Environment Society and Health (CRESH)
http://cresh.org.uk/
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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