Senior Research Associate (Health Data Science)

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive Senior Researcher to join the Innovation Observatory a £16M initiative, funded by the National Institute for Health Research, based at Newcastle University with an academic home in the Population Health Sciences Institute. You will lead research shaping and developing novel AI tools.

The Observatory brings together information specialists, data scientists, text mining, horizon scanning and evidence synthesis researchers to provide essential intelligence to several national agencies, whilst developing new methodology and novel AI tools. Our outputs support our stakeholders (and others) to make informed decisions about the innovation pipeline and access to innovation. As part of a large multi-disciplinary team, you will contribute to the delivery of a range of Evidence Synthesis Group research projects and the National Institute for Health Research Innovation Observatory (NIHRIO), Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University.

You will be a health data scientist/researcher with experience of combining and integrating evidence synthesis methods with AI methods to support novel tool development and translational insights.

This post is available fixed-term initially for 2 years.

For informal queries contact: Dawn Craig by email at: [email protected]  or [email protected] .

Key Accountabilities

• Show academic leadership in health data science and evidence synthesis methods in the Evidence Synthesis Group and Population Health Sciences Institute.
• Carry out research within agreed timelines, meeting project milestones and to an appropriate standard.
• Lead on multi-disciplinary research at the intersection of computer and data science, health innovation horizon scanning, and evidence synthesis methods.
• Show a commitment to high quality research and a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Monitor workload and supervise junior staff who may be working on several projects across the Innovation Observatory and the Evidence Synthesis Group.
• Prepare bids for submission to prestigious funders.
• Publish in peer reviewed journals and present findings at conferences nationally and internationally.
• Lead on the design, development, and deployment of novel AI-based data science tools to support Innovation Observatory processes and external (i.e., public) facing outputs.
• Contribute to the development of a series of relevant short courses in evidence synthesis, leading on relevant courses whilst supporting colleagues in the development of others.
• Undertake teaching of evidence synthesis on the PHSI and Faculty of Medical Science postgraduate and undergraduate courses as required.
• Build internal and external contacts and participate in networks for the exchange of information and to form relationships for future collaboration.
• Identify and undertake a programme of professional development, including further training in research methods and other transferable skills.
• To contribute to the wider activities of the Evidence Synthesis Group and Innovation Observatory at Newcastle University.
• Carry out administrative tasks and other duties to support the Innovation Observatory/Evidence Synthesis Group as required by the Director (NIHRIO) or Dean (NUPHSI).

Qualifications

• A PhD in a relevant topic area, such as computer sciences or data science (or a closely-related subject).