Research Assistant - London, United Kingdom - University College London

University College London
University College London
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Description

Ref Number
B


Professional Expertise
Research and Research Support


Department
School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02)


Location
London


Working Pattern
Full time


Salary
See advert text


Contract Type
Fixed-term


Working Type
Hybrid (20% - 80% on site)


Available For Secondment
No


Closing Date
26-Sep-2023


About us:

The UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is based in the Faculty of Population Health Sciences.

We conduct high-quality research and teaching in order to inform global health policy and practice and to train the next generation of research leaders.

Our research and teaching cuts across multiple disciplines.


We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Research Fellow to join the Centre for Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Modelling and Evaluation within UCL's Institute for Global Health.

The Centre contains a large number of statisticians and epidemiologists working on the design and analysis of studies of HIV infection.

Centre for Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Modelling and Evaluation (CREME), Institute for Global Health

The Centre is led by Professors Andrew Phillips and Caroline Sabin.


About the role:


The post-holder will be responsible for data management and statistical analysis relating to the Pharmacokinetic and clinical Observations in PeoPle over fiftY (POPPY) Study as well as analyses relating to other ongoing cohort studies within the Centre.

The post-holder may also provide statistical support to new and ongoing projects conducted through the NIHR HPRU.


The POPPY study (NCT is a longitudinal multi-centre cohort established to assess the effects of ageing on clinical outcomes of people with HIV in the United Kingdom and Ireland, which is led jointly by Professor Alan Winston (Imperial College London) and Professor Caroline Sabin (UCL).

The study recruitment and follow-up is co-ordinated at Imperial College London, with the statistical analysis centre being at UCL.

The cohort, recruited from April 2013 to January 2015, comprises 699 people with HIV aged >50 years selected from 7 clinical sites in the UK and 1 in Ireland, 374 demographically and lifestyle similar people with HIV aged 50 years.

Demographic, lifestyle, clinical and laboratory data from each POPPY study visit are captured electronically and are linked with historic longitudinal HIV data from two existing longitudinal cohorts of people with HIV (the UK Collaborative HIV Cohort (UK CHIC) study and the University College Dublin (UCD)-ID Cohort Study).

There have been a range of ongoing sub-studies within POPPY, most notably the POPPY-SLEEP study (funded by the National Institutes for Health and led by Dr Ken Kunisaki), and ongoing analyses have considered issues related to cognitive function, mental health, respiratory conditions, bone health and fracture risk, frailty, drug-drug interactions and multi-morbidity.

A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.


The salary for this role is within UCL Grade 6B, in the range of £36,832 - £38,466, including London Allowance.


About you:


What we offer:

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

  • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
  • Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
  • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
  • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
  • Immigration loan
  • Relocation scheme for certain posts
  • On-Site nursery
  • Onsite gym
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
  • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
  • Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.


These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.


Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.

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