Postdoc: Improving efficiency in oncology clinical trial methods

26 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht)

Research Field

Medical sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

15 Apr 2024 - 21:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

36.0

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

We are looking for a highly-motivated and talented post-doc with a strong background in statistics, who is interested in evaluating, developing and implementing novel statistical methodology to make early phase clinical trials in oncology more efficient. You will directly work together with biostatisticians and clinical epidemiologists, as well as bioethicists and health economic experts in our "adaptive trial design team" (4 fte junior and senior staff).

This team is part of Oncode Accelerator, a national growth fund project, that aims to accelerate the development of safe, personalized and effective cancer therapies. Within this project you will therefore also collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of investigators involved in preclinical and early phase clinical research for new cancer treatments.

You will particularly work on statistical methodology relevant for increasing the efficiency of early phase trials in addition to the use of adaptive designs, such as methods to incorporate real-world (external) control data, multivariate strategies that combine multiple endpoints, and methods for biomarker development to identify subgroups of patients that likely respond to a treatment. You will identify relevant statistical methodology and needs, and will perform simulation studies to evaluate, compare and improve the performance of different methods. With the ambition to apply these methods in actual early phase trials.

Requirements
Specific Requirements

• You are a biostatistician/clinical epidemiologist with strong medical statistics experience or equivalent who shows initiative.
• You have a broad interest in the field of biostatistics and in innovative (clinical trial) methodology in particular.
• Preferably you hold a PhD degree in statistics, biostatistics, biometrics or a related field.
• You have experience in working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• You have the ability to communicate statistical ideas to non-specialists.
• You can speak and write fluency English.

Additional Information
Benefits

The maximum salary for this position (32 - 36 hours) is € 5.292,00 gross per month based on full-time employment.

In addition, we offer an annual benefit of 8.3%, holiday allowance, travel expenses and career opportunities. The terms of employment are in accordance with the Cao University Medical Centers (UMC).

Additional comments

Contact our colleague:
Sjoerd Elias
06 43 08 39 79
[email protected]

Website for additional job details

https://www.academictransfer.com/339507/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

UMC Utrecht

Country

Netherlands

City

Utrecht

Postal Code

3584CX

Street

Heidelberglaan 100

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/339507/postdoc-improving-efficiency-in-onco…

Contact

City

Utrecht

Website

http://www.umcutrecht.nl/

Street

Heidelberglaan 100

Postal Code

3584 CX

STATUS: EXPIRED