Research Assistant (G5) or Research Associate (G6) in Epidemiology/Biostatistics

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant or a Research Associate at the Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science. The post will be tenable on a fixed term basis up to 12 months.

The successful candidate will work on a pilot project entitled “Effect of thiazolidinediones on preventing vascular dementia in type 2 diabetes in the UK” funded through Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK). This project aims to investigate the association between antidiabetic medications such as thiazolidinediones (TZDs) and risk for incident vascular dementia among people with type 2 diabetes using innovative statistical methods, with a particular focus on causal inference and longitudinal data modelling. The post holder will be responsible for applying these methods/models to real-world electronic health records, the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), a representative database of anonymised UK primary care electronic health records covering 20% of the population of England.

This project will build fundamental theoretical knowledge underpinning the development of drug repurposing, fostering cost-effective and fast-track drug development. This role will be particularly appealing to anyone who has an interest in applying novel data science methods to solve real-world clinical questions. The successful candidate will work within the University’s Centre for Health Informatics, and work closely with pharmacoepidemiologists, clinicians, and dementia experts across the University of Manchester and Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

What you will get in return:

Fantastic market leading Pension scheme Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays Additional paid closure over the Christmas period Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers