[Forum SIS] Research Fellow in Statistical Epidemiology in Oral Health, School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Plymouth

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Cari colleghi,

vi inoltro l'annuncio di una interessante opportunità presso la
School of Computing and Mathematics dell'Università di Plymouth.

Vi prego di darne massima pubblicità. Cordiali saluti, Elena S.

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Research Fellow in Statistical Epidemiology in Oral Health

Faculty of Science and Technology

School of Computing and Mathematics

Ref: A1670

Salary £30747 to £35646 pa – Grade 7

The University of Plymouth is consistently ranked one of the top modern
universities in the UK. Plymouth has a strong record of excellence and
innovation across its research, teaching and learning activities. In
research Plymouth has a national and international research profile and
has been hailed as one of the major winners for government funding for
research for 2009/10 and thanks to a successful RAE in 2008 Plymouth has
seen an increase of £4.9 million (125%) in this type of funding. Plymouth
is keen to strengthen collaborations with the Peninsula Dental School, an
organisation which has considerable research ambitions and which is
committed to undertake high quality research in oral health. To promote
collaborations Plymouth has committed to provide £500,000 funding to
pursue three important areas of research within the School.

As a result of this substantial investment Plymouth is seeking to appoint
a Research Fellow in Statistical Epidemiology in Oral Health within its
Faculty of Science and Technology. You will be based in the School of
Computing and Mathematics where you will contribute to research in
statistical models for dental health. You will be required to review
existing methodology applied in the field and formulate statistical models
which capture the spatial and temporal structure of the data. You must
have a first degree or PhD in Statistics or equivalent experience in
Mathematics or Statistics and have experience in statistical computing
using R, S-PLUS or similar software.

This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week on a fixed-term
basis for 3 years.

For an informal discussion please contact Professor Dave Wright on 01752
586852 or email
dave.wright at plymouth.ac.uk<mailto:dave.wright at plymouth.ac.uk> although
applications must be made in accordance with the details shown to the
left.

Closing date: 12 noon, Friday 21 May 2010

Job Description & Further
Particulars<http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/files/extranet/docs/JOB/A1670%20-%20Job%20Description.doc>

Taken from

http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=30171