Research Assistant in Medical Statistics / Epidemiology (ref. 17294), University of Bristol

Contract:

Fixed Term Contract (18 months)

Salary:

30122-33884

Grade:

Level a - Level a in Pathway 2

Closing date for applications:

9:00am 20 Jul 2012

We are seeking to appoint a talented and able medical statistician / epidemiologist / research psychologist with quantitative research experience to join a team of researchers working on an MRC-funded study investigating the causes and consequences of self-harm with and without suicidal intent in the ALSPAC birth cohort (http://www.bris.ac.uk/alspac). Detailed data on self-harm were collected when study members were 16 years old. The researcher will: i) investigate risk factors for self-harm with and without suicidal intent; ii) analyse the medium term consequences of self-harm; and iii) investigate the validity ALSPAC self-harm data.
The researcher will join a multidisciplinary team of statisticians, epidemiologists, psychiatrists, health economists and social scientists working on studies of mental health and suicide epidemiology. The post-holder will need proven skills in both multivariable data analysis and writing-up research findings. Knowledge, understanding and previous experience of working in the area of mental health will be an advantage as will previous publications.

Download full details (17294fds.doc)

If you do not have Microsoft Word you may require a Word document reader to open this file: Open Office - download, or Word viewer are available.

Contact for informal enquiries:

Professor David Gunnell (d.j.gunnell@bristol.ac.uk | 0117 928 7253)