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    Research Fellow in Epidemiology - London, United Kingdom - Imperial College London

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    Full time, Fixed-Term/Contract
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    Location: White City Campus

    Job Summary

    For this new and exciting Fellowship opportunity, we are looking for exceptional candidates with a PhD, strong epidemiological and quantitative skills and broad experience in research on environment and health. This fellowship aims to support the development of an c independent researcher within a stimulating, multidisciplinary working environment, that will provide a platform to fulfil long-term career goals.

    Candidates are required to produce a research proposal describing their plans to carry out an innovate and collaborative research programme in the UK Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU) within the MRC Centre for Environment and Health (MRC-CEH). Proposals must relate to the theme of Social and Environmental Determinants of Healthy Ageing and relevant to the Unit's research scope:

    • Environmental Epidemiology
    • Spatial Epidemiology, including small-area and GIS
    • Climate Change and Health

    This Fellowship offers an opportunity for an experienced and collaborative epidemiologist to join the multidisciplinary team in SAHSU to advance research into how social, environmental and household factors influence the health of ageing populations. Candidates will develop and undertake a research programme to provide insights into policy, public health intervention and wider public services. This research will use and develop the SAHSU research database, a secure repository of national demographic data from the Office for National Statistics and health and healthcare utilisation information from NHS England that is geo-spatially linked to social and environmental exposure data.

    Candidates will also join the Health Data Research UK Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Driver Programme (HDRUK-SEDH) and contribute to establishing national infrastructure and methods to link localised social and environmental health-related data to longitudinal administrative records. There will also be opportunities to analyse multidimensional data from national cohort studies including the REACT study and Airwave Study.

    Duties and responsibilities

    • You will be responsible for the development of your research programme, establishing collaborations with other internal and external partners where relevant, under the supervision of your mentor.
    • You will be expected to present your work at significant conferences, publish in high-quality international peer-reviewed journals and obtain research grants from national and international funding bodies.
    • You will also contribute to the supervision of postdoctoral researchers, postgraduate students and undergraduate research projects.

    Essential requirements

    • PhD in epidemiology, biostatistics or a closely related quantitative discipline, or equivalent research, industrial or commercial experience
    • Demonstrated appropriate technical skills to perform research in the field, and to design, plan and lead high quality original research, project managing the research activity, ensuring deliverables are achieved and, if applicable, supervising and taking responsibility for research team colleagues
    • A record of high-quality publications in international peer-reviewed journals

    Further Information

    This post is offered full time and fixed term until 31st March 2028. You will be based at White City Campus.

    Applications must be submitted via the Imperial College Jobs page using the guidance and forms provided:

    1. Online application form
    2. CV Template Form
    3. Project Proposal Form

    Late or incomplete applications, those without an agreed mentor or not submitted via the Imperial College recruitment system will not be accepted.

    For further information and advice on the application process, please contact Ami Bhavsar ). For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Dr Bethan Davies ).

    Closing date: 22 May 2024

    £51,417 to £60,855 per annum



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