Research Associate in Environmental Epidemiology

The NIHR Leicester BRC is a partnership between the College of Leicester, College Hospitals of Leicester NHS Belief, Loughborough College and the College Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group. It has been funded £26.1 million from December 2022 to November 2027 to hold out pioneering analysis into medical developments into sicknesses linked to respiratory ailments, cardiovascular ailments, and sort 2 diabetes, persistent kidney illness and the results of inactivity will proceed to push boundaries of information in scientific drugs. Three new speciality areas have joined the NIHR Leicester BRC for the primary time. Personalised most cancers prevention and therapy, Atmosphere – how the atmosphere impacts on long run well being situations and Utilizing information to higher perceive a number of long run well being situations and components particular to the well being of ethnic minority populations. As well as, the respiratory speciality is joined by specialists in infectious ailments.    

Our total goal is to translate scientific breakthroughs in these areas into diagnostic exams, preventions and life-saving remedies for our sufferers. We do that by making a collaborative workspace that permits scientists and clinicians to share their findings and ship analysis that’s related to each sufferers and the professionals who deal with them.  At Leicester BRC, we’re dedicated to working with all specialists, and the affected person is crucial professional of all. A big group of native folks interested by our work assist us plan and ship our analysis with perception into the expertise of dwelling with sickness.  

We’re in search of to nominate a gifted and self-motivated researcher with expertise and curiosity in environmental well being science to affix the thriving Centre for Environmental Well being and Sustainability (CEHS) on the College of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Analysis Centre (BRC) Atmosphere theme.  The aim of this function shall be to assist the BRC Atmosphere theme in finishing up analysis within the area of environmental epidemiology. The publish holder will predominantly lead on information evaluation and put together educational outputs relating to those analyses. The scopes of the analyses primarily give attention to the well being impacts from environmental exposures (e.g. air air pollution, noise, chemical exposures and so on) on populations drawn from giant native and nationwide inhabitants cohorts to review panels with private publicity monitoring information in various settings. The profitable candidate will work collaboratively with members inside and exterior to the CEHS and BRC groups, and shall be inspired and supported to develop their very own private space of analysis for additional profession development.
 
 The College of Leicester prides itself on the variety of its scholar inhabitants and on being an inclusive employer. We encourage functions from candidates who symbolize the variety of our scholar inhabitants, native communities and wider society. Particularly, we welcome functions from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, as it is a workers group at the moment underrepresented within the College.
About you

To be the best candidate for this function you’ll have a PhD (or near completion) in Epidemiology, Medical Statistics, Well being Knowledge Sciences or different related quantitative disciplines and former expertise in environmental epidemiology for instance air air pollution, noise or chemical impacts on human well being. Additionally, you will be capable of present evidence of a contribution to peer-reviewed journal papers or equal resembling, technical report/writing a chunk of software program. Moreover,  evidence of confirmed analytical downside fixing functionality is crucial.
 
We’re on the lookout for somebody with a confirmed capability to work in a multidisciplinary crew with the willingness and skill to work with inside and exterior stakeholders. A person with sturdy statistical abilities with excellent communication abilities – written and verbal evidenced by the power to speak complicated info can be perfect and important. Additionally, you will be required to offer proof of continued improvement of topic experience
 
Further info

Casual enquiries are welcome and must be made to Dr Hayley King on [email protected]

Functions for job share shall be thought of.
 


As a part of the College’s ongoing dedication to skilled improvement, this function may even be thought of on a seconded foundation for present workers members. Please guarantee that is mentioned along with your line supervisor previous to making use of. Extra info concerning secondments will be discovered right here
 
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