Database Analyst

University of Queensland

SCHOOL OF POPULATION HEALTH
Herston

The School of Population Health is central to the University's role of providing quality research and education in the multi faceted areas of Public and Population Health to the community both in Australia and internationally. The School is committed to excellence in teaching, research training and scholarship, service provision and community linkages.

The Cancer Prevention Research Centre (CPRC) is part of the School of Population Health, in the Faculty of Health Sciences. CPRC's research focus is on understanding and influencing the major behavioural risk factors for cancer via epidemiologic and intervention studies. Current studies focus on the environmental and social determinants of physical inactivity, weight gain, cigarette smoking, and sun exposure, as well as health behaviour interventions in chronic disease prevention and management.

The Role: The applicant will be expected to conduct and provide oversight of the statistical analyses activities of the various Cancer Prevention Research Centre (CPRC) descriptive epidemiology and behavioural intervention trials datasets. The opportunity also exists to develop a line of research in the context of the CPRC research program.

The Person: You should possess a degree in statistics or in a related field, with a statistics component, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training. You should have experience with statistical software packages, including SAS, SPSS, STATA. Experience with analysis of descriptive epidemiology and randomized trials data is highly desirable.

Remuneration: This is a full or part-time, fixed term appointment for 2 year at HEW Level 7. The remuneration package will be in the range of $70,949 to $77,601 including employer superannuation contributions of 17%.

Contact: Obtain the position description and selection criteria online or contact Prof Nevilie Owen on (07) 3365 5528 or email n.owen@uq.edu.au or A/Prof Liz Eakin on (07) 3346 4692 or email e.eakin@uq.edu.au Send applications to the Personnel Officer, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Public Health Building, Herston Road, Herston Qld 4006 or email w.pitman@uq.edu.au

Closing Date for Applications: 15 February 2008

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