Research Associate - Pharmacoepidemiology and Causal Inference

Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) include conditions affecting the skin, joints, and/or the gut. They lead to a big burden on the body and mind for 7% of people globally. New high-cost treatments that target inflammation-controlling proteins have transformed the lives of people with IMIDs. When deciding whether to take these treatments, patients and their doctors rely on evidence. This includes information from randomized controlled trials (RCTs), where two or more different medicines, of which one may be a dummy medicine, are given randomly to groups of participants. There are also observational studies, where large groups of people are observed in routine settings without being allocated medicines. Observational studies are representative, large, and relatively cheap but can be biased. RCTs are more reliable but people from underserved populations, such as people from lower socio-economic backgrounds, are often excluded or under-represented. Only using evidence from RCTs to guide treatment decisions could introduce privileges or disadvantages for different groups of people, leading to an overestimation of benefits and an underestimation of risks overall.

This project, entitled “Mastering Effectiveness Research by Meta-Analysing Trial and Real World Evidence in Immune-mediated inflammatory Diseases (MERMAID)”, aims to use RCTs and observational studies together to find better ways of using current IMID treatments and test treatment effects in underserved populations.

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

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Zenas Yiu

Email: zenas.yiu@manchester.ac.uk

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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