Overview
Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine – University of Southampton. The position is based at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre and is part of an NIHR-funded programme of research aiming to inform how people can be better supported to plan and prepare for pregnancy and parenthood.
The post holder will lead and contribute to quantitative studies to strengthen the scientific evidence on the importance and impact of health before pregnancy on maternal and child health.
Responsibilities
* Develop data analysis plans, organise data management, and conduct statistical analyses of national and local routine health datasets, including the Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data (ECHILD) data resource.
* Quantify the effects of preconception intervention scenarios on adverse maternal and child health, health service use and educational outcomes, and on reducing inequalities in these outcomes.
* Lead and contribute to writing of peer‑reviewed publications and disseminate findings to maximise policy and practice impact.
* Collaborate with statisticians, health professionals, policy makers and public contributors to ensure effective dissemination and practical impact of the research.
Qualifications
* PhD or equivalent professional qualification in statistics or epidemiology, with experience or interest in medical or public health research.
* Experience applying statistical methods to epidemiological studies, including causal inference methodology (desirable).
* Excellent organisational, communication and computing skills; experience working with multi-disciplinary colleagues and partners.
Additional information
* Fixed-term, full-time (1.0 FTE) for 2 years from the start date (as soon as possible).
* Hybrid working options can be discussed; due to data access requirements it is expected that at least 60% of time is spent in the office. Part-time applications will be considered.
* For an informal discussion about the position, please contact Dr Danielle Schoenaker (D.Schoenaker@soton.ac.uk).
Location
Based in Bournemouth/Southampton, United Kingdom.
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