Research Assistant - Medical Statistician

UCL Department / Division
Cancer Institute
Specific unit / Sub department
Cancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre
Location of position
London
Grade
6
Hours
Full Time
Salary
(inclusive of London allowance)
£31,542 - £33,257 per annum
Duties and Responsibilities
The CRUK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre (CTC) is one of the largest cancer clinical trials units in the UK, based in central London (>115 staff). The CTC is part of University College London, ranked 16th in The Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2021.


The CTC develops and conducts high quality phase I-III clinical trials in oncology, as well as having expertise in screening and early detection, systematic reviews, and large scale genomic and observational studies. Our aim is to improve patient care and clinical practice, by driving collaborative research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
The postholder will work alongside senior clinical trial statisticians across a variety of disease areas within oncology: from trial concept through to analysing, interpreting and publishing the trial results as co-author. With experience and professional development, the postholder will be encouraged to progress to a more senior role which can include developing their own research interests and collaborative projects. Another exciting part of the role is the opportunity to help with teaching at a world-leading university. The CTC delivers medical statistics and computing courses, offers a one-to-one consultancy service, and contributes to UCL-led BSc and MSc courses
The post is funded for 3 years in the first instance.
Key Requirements
This position is particularly suited to those who recently had or will soon have a Masters postgraduate degree in medical statistics (or related), with statistical programming knowledge (e.g. Stata, SAS, R, SPSS). We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic to join us, with good communication skills and who will enjoy working as part of a team. 
The postholder will be provided with excellent training opportunities, ranging from internal/external courses to international conferences, where they will be able to learn about new statistical methodology, computing packages or disease-specific topics.
Further Details
A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
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If you have any queries regarding the vacancy, please contact Allan Hackshaw - ([email protected]).
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UCL Taking Action for Equality
Closing Date
4 Aug 2021
Latest time for the submission of applications
23:59
Interview date
TBC
Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.
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