CLOSED: Statistician, Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network Centre for Tropical Medicine

Statistician, Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network
Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Closing date for applications: Monday 9 November 2009
Ref: B9-09-011-PP
Salary scale for University Grade 7: £28,839-£35,469
 
The Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will set up a global drug resistance information resource so that more of the right drugs can get to the right people at the right time, and the drugs will last longer. Details can be found at www.wwarn.org.
This exciting new post will support the Clinical Module of WWARN, ensuring that the clinical database i) meets the requirement of the clinical team and other stakeholders, ii) works with the database architecture (designed in collaboration with the informatics team), and iii) allows cross-referencing between the Clinical, In Vitro, Molecular and Pharmacological Modules of WWARN. The post-holder will work with data collection agencies around the world and a strong informatics team in Oxford.
 
You will have a postgraduate qualification in data analysis or statistics (or equivalent work experience), and experience working with database developers. Experience of working with data from countries in Africa, Asia or Latin America is highly desirable.
 
The post is available up to 31 December 2012 in the first instance.
 
We welcome informal enquiries and these should be addressed to patrice.piola@wwarn.org. An application form and a job description are available from the Senior Personnel and Finance Officer at CCVTM, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford OX3 7LJ  (tel: 01865 857413, email: tropical-personnel@ndm.ox.ac.uk) or from the web site http://www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/jobs. Please quote the reference B9-09-011-PP closing date for applications is Monday 9 November 2009.