Research Fellow at University of Birmingham

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £34,980 to £44,263 with potential progression once in post to £46,974

Contract Type:

Fixed Term Contract up to September 2024

Please note: We are advertising for both a Research Associate and a Research Fellow, however there is only 1 post available.

Background

Ovarian Cancer survival in the UK is significantly lower than other western countries and it is unclear as to whether this could be attributed to delay in diagnosis or differences in treatment received. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and capable researcher to work on assessing the costs and consequences of ovarian cancer diagnosis screening pathways at primary and secondary care. This will involve contributing to the health economic aspects of the ROCkeTS and SONATA studies. The ROCkeTS study is a single arm prospective cohort diagnostic test accuracy study to evaluate existing & novel risk prediction models for pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women with symptoms in secondary care. The Sonata study will assess a new diagnostic pathway in primary care for pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women with symptoms in primary care. The post will be for 12 months in duration. The post holder will be based in the Health Economics Unit in the IAHR.

Role Summary

The post holder will have a knowledge and experience of health economics in order to undertake a model-based economic evaluation as appropriate and carry out appropriate analyses. 

Main Duties

• Develop an appropriate decision analytic model to undertake cost-consequence analyses of ovarian cancer screening diagnostic pathways.
• Extract relevant data from published economic evaluations and other economic literature. Such data is likely to include costs, outcomes, assumptions and other parameters used to carry out the study.
• Attend relevant project meetings with colleagues.
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding.
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results.
• Undertake management/administration arising from research.
• Support the writing of reports and papers for publication.
• Support the dissemination of research findings using appropriate and effective media, including publications in leading journals, presentation at conferences and meetings.
• Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines.
• To a limited degree, to support the HEU teaching programme, particularly in relation to the Masters programme in Health Economics and Health Policy/Econometrics.
• Support any other appropriate activities that will help to achieve the objectives of the Health Economics Unit.

Person Specification

• A Masters degree in Health Economics and preferably a PhD (or near completion of a PhD) in Health Economics.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly as demonstrated by conference presentation and publications where possible.
• Fluency in relevant models, techniques or methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones.
• High level analytical capability.
• Co-ordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort.
• Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively.
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes.

Further particulars can be found here

Informal enquires to Mark Monahan, email: m.monahan.1@bham.ac.uk

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