CPRD Senior Researcher

The MHRA is transforming. Through enabling innovation, making the right judgements of the benefits and risks of medical products and forging the right partnerships in the UK and internationally, it aims to deliver world class regulation and improved outcomes for UK patients.

We are currently looking for a Senior Researcher to join our Clinical Practice Research Datalink function within the Safety and Surveillance group.

Within a week of working here, your day could look like this: you will be applying your epidemiological, statistical and leadership expertise to a range of studies to develop and deliver CPRD research services. Responsibilities include leadership of commissioned research; characterising, validating, and integrating new sources of data; developing methodologies and algorithms to add value to the data. The role will also be exposed to novel methods for integrating observational and real-world interventional studies and developing technical solutions for research.

Our successful candidate will be PhD, or equivalent experience, in epidemiology, medical statistics, or a related discipline.  You will also have a track record in publishing epidemiological research analysing large electronic health records databases.

• Experience in data characterisation and developing tools to add value to, or analyse, complex datasets.
• Excellent organisational, analytical and communications skills, knowledge of information governance relating to health data, and experience of data management and analysis using Stata and/or R software.

Good team player, actively building and maintaining a network of colleagues and contacts to achieve progress on shared objectives.