Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast

Duration: Fixed Term for up to 22 months, or available until 31/08/2025, whichever is sooner

The Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences (MDBS) at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint a Research Fellow.

The principal aim of the post is to undertake a CRUK funded project to investigate the association between antibiotic use on survival from breast cancer. The study will be conducted in collaboration with researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Nottingham. 

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:

• A primary degree or Master’s degree in mathematics/statistics or a health-related subject.
• Obtained or be about to obtain a relevant PhD in epidemiology, public health, pharmacy, applied mathematics/statistics or related discipline.
• Specific, recent research experience and skills relevant to this project e.g. database management, statistical analysis, working with large epidemiological datasets.
• Experience of using statistical packages such as STATA.
• Contribution to authorship of articles in international scientific peer reviewed journals, commensurate with stage of career.

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list.

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

Key Dates

Closing Date: 25/09/2023

Anticipated Interview Date: 23/10/2023

Further Information

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr John Busby at John.Busby@qub.ac.uk

Information about the Centre can be found at www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentreforPublicHealth

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Further information on our attractive package can be found at www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity; www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QueensGenderInitiative and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks

For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please visit www.qub.ac.uk/jobs or click to Apply.