The Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH) contains world renowned population health research groups and provides an excellent environment for multi-disciplinary research and teaching. Based within NDPH, the Health Economics Research Centre (HERC) is a well-established group involved in a wide range of methodological and applied research projects, both national and international. This post provides the opportunity to conduct health economic research on a wide range of large data sets collected as part of clinical trials, registries and administrative databases.
We are seeking for a researcher to join the existing HERC group. The postholder will work on a programme of work, including designing experiments and collecting real-world data, aimed at conducting applied and methodological modelling work, with a particular focus in participation in clinical trials. Other subject areas include cancer screening choices, genomics, and antimicrobial resistance. This is a unique opportunity to work in collaboration with health economists, clinicians, statisticians and other researchers at the University of Oxford and elsewhere in the UK, to improve our understanding of modelling health choice behaviours
To be considered you will hold a relevant Master’s degree.You will also have substantial relevant work or research experience. Strong data analysis skills, especially in statistics/econometrics are essential for this post. Experience of contributing to research publications and discrete choice experiments would be desirable.
The post is full time (part time considered) and fixed term until 30 June 2026.
The closing date for applications is noon on Monday, 23 September 2024.
You will be required to upload a CV and a cover letter as part of your online application. The cover letter should clearly describe how you meet each of the selection criteria listed in the job description.