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The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

The school is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow in Medical Statistics, Data Science or Health Economics to join the Department of Health Services Research and Policy.

The post holder will support three important studies. The first study is MRC funded, examining advanced methods for establishing causal effects from routine data ). The second study is NIHR funded, evaluating ‘urgent’ versus ‘planned’ surgery for patients with common vascular conditions (), using large-scale routine data. The third study is an NIHR-funded platform trial evaluating alternative thresholds for platelet infusion for critically-ill patients ().

Reporting to Dr. Stephen O’Neill and Prof. Richard Grieve, the postholder will handle large complex datasets, and use advanced quantitative methods to establish comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alterative interventions.  

Applicants must have a clear conceptual understanding of common causal inference methods. Relevant experience of handling administrative or routinely collected electronic health record data, for example Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), and of undertaking quantitative analyses for assessing comparative effectiveness is essential. An interest in cost-effectiveness analysis is desirable.

The post is full time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term until 31 August 2026 (part-time appointments will be considered at 0.5 FTE and above). The post is funded by the NIHR and the MRC and is available from 01 September 2024.

The salary will be on the Academic Pathway salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £43,947 – £49,908 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.

Applications should be made on-line via our . Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to . 

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as “Please see attached CV” will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.