Research Assistant (G5) or Research Associate (G6) in Epidemiology/Biostatistics

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant or a Research Associate at the Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science. The post will be tenable on a fixed term basis up to 12 months.

The successful candidate will work on a pilot project entitled “Effect of thiazolidinediones on preventing vascular dementia in type 2 diabetes in the UK” funded through Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK). This project aims to investigate the association between antidiabetic medications such as thiazolidinediones (TZDs) and risk for incident vascular dementia among people with type 2 diabetes using innovative statistical methods, with a particular focus on causal inference and longitudinal data modelling. The post holder will be responsible for applying these methods/models to real-world electronic health records, the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), a representative database of anonymised UK primary care electronic health records covering 20% of the population of England.

This project will build fundamental theoretical knowledge underpinning the development of drug repurposing, fostering cost-effective and fast-track drug development. This role will be particularly appealing to anyone who has an interest in applying novel data science methods to solve real-world clinical questions. The successful candidate will work within the University’s Centre for Health Informatics, and work closely with pharmacoepidemiologists, clinicians, and dementia experts across the University of Manchester and Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk. Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Dr Joyce Huang

Email: joyce.huang-2@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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