[Forum SIS] NIHR Research Methods Summer Internship

[Silvia Liverani]

Vi chiedo cortesemente di inoltrare a gli studenti di Lauree triennali e 
specialistiche dei vostri dipartimenti.

Cordiali saluti,
Silvia Liverani

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NIHR Research Methods Summer Internship

School of Public Health / Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics / 
MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health

Set salary of £3,500 plus £1000 in consumables (for the duration of the 
contract)

The MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health led by Professor Paul 
Elliott, with over 240 researchers in more than 25 research groups 
across Imperial and King's College London 
(http://www.environment-health.ac.uk/Default.aspx). The Centre includes 
the Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU) which has a strong 
methodological focus on the health effects of environmental pollutants 
including air pollution, unparalleled access to small area (postcoded) 
health data on mortality and hospital admissions (by specific cause), 
and a thriving Geographical Information Systems (GIS), statistical and 
database team.

The unit is now advertising for a Research Methods Summer Internship, 
funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), to allow a 
talented graduate to receive training and mentoring in statistical 
methodology for environmental and spatial epidemiology. The internship 
would be ideal for an undergraduate student following the second year of 
their degree or between the third and fourth year of a four year degree. 
The applicant will need to demonstrate a strong performance in their 
undergraduate training to date in a relevant degree (statistics, 
mathematics or a related quantitative subject) and will be required to 
provide a letter of support from a tutor/academic supervisor. Knowledge 
of Bayesian statistics and statistical packages R is also an essential 
requirement for the post.

The applicant will be shown current best practice for statistical 
analysis of spatial/environmental data and will have the opportunity to 
contribute to the development of a model to study the determinants of 
road accidents in the UK.


The post is full time and fixed term for the 2013 summer period (approx. 
3 months), specific dates to be finalised with the successful candidate 
and the post holder will be based at St Mary’s Campus, Paddington.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Marta 
Blangiardo (m.blangiardo a imperial.ac.uk) or Areti Boulieri 
(a.boulieri a imperial.ac.uk).

Closing Date

         12 May 2013 (midnight BST)

See here for more info:

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AGF389/nihr-research-methods-summer-internship/
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Silvia Liverani
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Imperial College London
www.silvialiverani.com