Data and Study Coordinator (Fixed Term)

Department/Location: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit

The Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit (CEU), directed by Professor John Danesh, is an internationally recognised interdisciplinary group dedicated to understanding and preventing cardiovascular disease. CEU is part of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care (DPHPC), one of Europe's leading centres for population health research.

Guided by a commitment to scientific excellence, public benefit, and a supportive research culture, CEU is seeking an individual to coordinate access to health data and support the management of major population-health cohort studies in the UK and South Asia.

Health Data

The post-holder will coordinate access to external population-health resources, including UK Biobank, Our Future Health and All of Us. They will also manage the end-to-end process for accessing CEU cohort data, supporting internal and external researchers from application through to secure data access.

One aspect of the role will be establishing and maintaining relationships with electronic health record (EHR) data providers and coordinating governance, contractual and operational arrangements to enable secure, high-quality data linkages for CEU's large-scale cohort studies.

Cohort Studies

The role will also support the coordination of CEU's cohort studies, including BELIEVE, a major global health study of 74,000 participants in Bangladesh. BELIEVE investigates the biological, behavioural, environmental and social determinants of non-communicable diseases through long-term follow-up and multi-omics research. Further information is available at https://www.believestudy-bangladesh.org/. Our UK Blood Donor Studies includes INTERVAL, COMPARE, STRIDES and SHAPE-Plasma, involving approximately 170,000 participants. Further information is available at https://www.donorhealth-btru.nihr.ac.uk/.

Reporting to the Senior Study Manager and working closely with the Research Programme Manager, the successful candidate will bring strong organisational, communication and research coordination skills, together with an understanding of health data governance and collaborative research.

The funds for these posts are available until 31 March 2029.

This is a full-time position.

Location - Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute, Biomedical Campus, Papworth Road, Trumpington, Cambridge CB2 0BD (approx 2 miles south of city centre), next to the Cambridge South Railway station.

Informal enquiries can be made to Barbara Graves, Research Programme Manager, via email bg339@medschl.cam.ac.uk

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the 'Apply' button above.

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and CV in the Upload section of the online application. The covering letter should outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

Closing Date: 1st November 2026

Interview Date: week commencing 9th November 2026

Please quote reference RH51436 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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