About us
Our mission is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates funding by submitting high-quality proposals to public, charitable, and industrial funding bodies and disseminates research findings through publication in medical and scientific literature, targeting clinicians, policymakers, and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across various teaching and lifelong learning programmes addressing the needs of students and professionals interested in child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.
About the role
The Vision and Eyes Group at UCL is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced postdoctoral epidemiologist or data scientist to join us in a novel and ambitious multidisciplinary project aimed at improving the health, educational, and social outcomes of childhood vision impairment. The project involves investigating long-term outcomes using two unique datasets: the British Childhood Vision Impairment Study (BCVIS) and BCVIS2, which include clinical data and individual record linkage to the National Pupil Dataset (NPD) and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES).
This is an opportunity for an experienced epidemiologist or data scientist to conduct high-impact research, lead a multidisciplinary project, and develop expertise within an internationally leading Vision and Eyes research group.
The post is funded by a research grant from the Medical Research Foundation.
The successful candidate will be based within the Vision and Eyes Group UCL in the Population, Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department at GOS ICH, UCL. Responsibilities include working independently and collaboratively, leading or contributing to publications, and presenting research findings at meetings and conferences.
The salary is £52,487 per annum, funded for 36 months initially. The position is available from July 2025, with a negotiable start date.
The closing date for applications is 15th June, and interviews will be held on 30th June.
About you
Applicants must have a PhD in Epidemiology or Data Science, with relevant postdoctoral experience in applied health research, including analysis of large healthcare datasets and peer-reviewed publications. Candidates should have strong research methods knowledge in epidemiology and/or data science and excellent statistical analysis skills.
Customer advert reference: B02-08347
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