Research Fellow in Medical Statistics

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a background in medical statistics? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research intensive Universities?

You will provide statistical support to a project funded by the National Institute of Health Research’s (NIHR), Health Service and Delivery Programme. This funded study is UK-SAFE, a study looking at follow-up care pathways in hip or knee arthroplasty (replacement joints). Led by Professor Philip Conaghan from the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Research (LIRMM), you will join a research team that includes amongst others, a data scientist, qualitative researcher, orthopaedic surgeon and specialists, health economist, information scientist and a professor of Biostatistics. Based with colleagues within the Centre for Health Services Research (CHSR) and located in the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS) you will be responsible for the writing of the statistical analysis plan, undertaking analyses of large linked datasets and survey data and reporting the study findings. You will work with other team members which will include liaison with the research team in Oxford. You will be responsible for preparing and writing the statistical sections of the final report for submission to the NIHR and drafting the paper for publication. Although working mainly on this specific project, you will also be required to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and may be required to contribute your expertise to complement other programmes of research within the CHSR, LIHS or School of Medicine. This might include contributing to the development and design of future research proposals, development of statistical methodologies, dissemination of findings in peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences and teaching. 

You will have a first degree and PhD (or close to completion) or equivalent experience in a quantitative discipline - specifically with experience of survival analysis, and working knowledge of R or STATA.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: Professor Robert West, Professor of Biostatistics

Tel: +44 (0)113 343 2735, email: R.M.West@leeds.ac.uk