Postdoctoral Epidemiologist - Oxford, United Kingdom - University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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Oxford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Oxford Population Health (Nuffield Department of Population Health) contains world-renowned population health research groups and provides an excellent environment for multi-disciplinary research and teaching.

Oxford Population Health is a key partner in the Big Data Institute (BDI), contains world-renowned population health research groups, and is an excellent environment for multi-disciplinary teaching and research.

We are seeking an early career epidemiologist with a strong interest in aetiological research on cancer to join our team in the Cancer Epidemiology Unit.

You will be joining our collaborative research team of epidemiologists and statisticians, conducting innovative epidemiological research on risk factors for cancer-based on large prospective cohort studies and consortia.

You will write scientific reports and work on data from several large cohort studies and will be responsible for incorporating new datasets, database management, and statistical analyses including prospective cohort data.

To be considered you will hold (or be close to completion of) a PhD in epidemiology.

You will also have an excellent understanding of common statistical of biomarker data including on endogenous hormones and experience of analysing and interpreting data from large prospective studies and/or consortia in nested case-control and/or cohort analyses.

Experience of analysing dietary questionnaire data would be desirable.