Research Associate - College of Medicine and Health - 102919 - Grade 6

at  University of Birmingham

POSITION DETAILS

College of Medicine and Health
Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
Full time starting salary is normally in the range £31,396 to £33,966 with potential progression once in post to £38,205
Grade: 6
Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to March 2025
Closing date: 29th September 2024
Please note: We are advertising both Research Associate (102919) and Research Fellow (102920) however, there is only 1 post available

ROLE SUMMARY

This 6 month role (100% FTE) will be responsible for assisting the lead health economist with designing, analysing and disseminating the health economics component of the CAM-PAIN project. The post-holder will be responsible for:

• Undertaking a detailed analysis of the records of children/adolescents with musculoskeletal pain from the CPRD dataset, including estimating health care resource use, sourcing and applying unit costs and calculating average costs and overall NHS burden.
• Conducting multivariable regression analysis using generalised linear modelling to explore covariates associated with higher costs.
• Contributing to dissemination of the CAM-PAIN project including writing papers, documents, reports and others, and working directly with the CAM-PAIN team in Keele.

MAIN DUTIES

• Become familiar with using the CPRD database
• Analyse research data as directed
• Present research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at seminars and as posters
• Develop or adapt techniques, models and methods
• Provide guidance as required to support staff and any students who may be assisting with research
• Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines
• Carry out administrative tasks related directly to the delivery of the research