JOB : Research Associate, MRC Biostatistics Unit at University of Cambridge

An exciting opportunity for a talented statistician interested in applied medical research to work with Dr Brian Tom at the internationally-renowned MRC Biostatistics Unit at the University of Cambridge.

As part of its commitment to Stratified Medicine and involvement in the Gaucherite Consortium, the Unit is seeking to appoint a research statistician with experience in Biostatistics to take the lead in analysing data collected from the most extensively phenotyped cohort of Gaucher patients in the UK. The Gaucherite Consortium was funded through the MRC Stratified Medicine Initiative and aims to identify predictive measures which can be used to stratify clinical outcomes in children and adults with Gaucher disease and response to specific therapies.

The post holder is expected to have a PhD in statistics or MSc in statistics with a number of years experience in applied medical research. They should have experience in regression modelling for longitudinal and time-to-event (survival) data. The post is up to one year and will involve interaction with the members of the Gaucherite Consortium. The post holder must have good communication skills and be able to contribute substantially to the writing of scientific papers.

The MRC Biostatistics Unit aims to advance medical science by the development, application and dissemination of statistical methods. It is one of Europe’s leading biostatistics research institutions and includes many internationally renowned statisticians. It provides a privileged environment for conducting research within the Cambridge biomedical environment.

For an informal discussion about this post please contact brian.tom@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 1 years in the first instance.

To apply online for this vacancy, please go to http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/12795/ click on the ‘Apply’ button below. This will route you to the University’s Web Recruitment System, where you will need to register an account (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and CV in the Upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

The closing date for applications is the 6th March 2017.

Interviews are likely to take place on the 16th March 2017.

Please quote reference SL11343 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.