Postdoctoral Research Associate
QM London
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London is an established university in London's vibrant East End committed to high-quality teaching and research; offering both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.3741
Faculty Medicine & Dentistry Location QM London Contract Type Fixed Term Duration Until the end of funding Working Patterns Full TimeFull Time Equivalent (FTE)
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About the Role
Applications are invited for the role of Postdoctoral Research Associate on CanDetect: a multidisciplinary research programme which aims to accelerate the detection of upper gastro-intestinal (UGI) cancers in primary care. The successful candidate will use large longitudinal healthcare datasets, including The Clinical Practice Datalink (CPRD), to develop and validate conventional and machine learning based diagnostic prediction models for cancer. They will be supported by a multidisciplinary team with expertise in general practice, health data science and statistics.
About You
You will be a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a PhD (or equivalent experience) in statistics, epidemiology or other quantitative health research discipline. Experience working with large-scale longitudinal healthcare datasets and interpreting results (e.g. CPRD, QResearch, UK Biobank etc) is essential, plus experience in the efficient preparation and statistical analysis, using conventional statistics and / or machine learning, of healthcare data. You will be proficient in one or more statistical/coding packages such as Stata, R or Python.
About the Institute and Centre
The Wolfson Institute of Population Health (WIPH) is an exciting and dynamic environment, home to more than 450 staff, 100 PhD students and c500 postgraduate taught students. It harnesses expertise across a wide range of population-based research and education activities and aims to be an internationally recognized centre of excellence in population health, primary care and preventive medicine.
The Centre for Cancer Screening, Prevention and Early Diagnosis forms part of the WIPH and brings together globally leading researchers focusing on cancer prevention, cancer screening and detection and early diagnosis across two units.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. We continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.
13/10/2024, 23:55
Tags: Machine Learning PhD Python R Research Stata Statistics
Perks/benefits: Career development Competitive pay Flex hours Health care
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