Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow

University of Sydney

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WESTMEAD
SYDNEY MEDICAL SCHOOL
REFERENCE NO. 1236/0711

Research role in child and adolescent health

Contribute to health outcomes and policy development

Full-time fixed term 12 months: $102K - $144K p.a. including leave loading and up to 17% super; A part-time appointment may be considered

The University of Sydney is Australia's premier University with an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence, and employs over 6,800 permanent staff supporting over 46,000 students.

The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) is a national resource, established in 1993 to facilitate active surveillance of uncommon childhood diseases including infectious, vaccine preventable, mental health, congenital and genetic conditions and injuries to support clinical and public health policy.

The National Centre for Immunisation and Research Surveillance (NCIRS) has a national coordination role in research and surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases in Australia and provides evidence to support national immunisation policy.

The APSU and NCIRS and a group of national collaborators work together to run the Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) system.

We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow to work on existing surveillance projects and to develop new surveillance studies. In this role you will:

conduct literature reviews and manage data uploads, ensure data quality, accuracy and confidentiality

contribute to the writing of proposals for funding to bodies such as the NHMRC, applications for ethics clearance, and funding bids to the Department of Health and Ageing

liaise with the APSU and PAEDS teams; attend and contribute to all relevant meetings held internally or externally

provide high level advice on population health methodology and statistical analysis to the APSU and PAEDS team

contribute to the writing of journal articles and other publications

write reports to funding bodies or government departments; Contribute to the development of presentations and present these at conferences

develop queries in Microsoft Access and perform data analysis including descriptive statistics, multiple comparisons, regressions and predictive models.

To succeed in this role you will have:

Masters Degree or PhD in medicine, epidemiology, population health or related discipline (Level B) and extensive post-doctoral experience (Level C)

demonstrated experience in research in the area of epidemiology, population health, medicine and related health and good project management skills; Previous experience in the child health field will be highly regarded

a demonstrated track record of peer reviewed publications and presentations

experience in scientific writing including grant applications, publications and reports for government bodies

experience in conducting literature searches and reviews using PubMed or equivalent

proficiency in epidemiological methods and statistical analysis using SPSS or similar and experience in data management using Access databases or similar

excellent interpersonal and liaison skills with experience working in multidisciplinary research teams

demonstrated experience in data management including writing simple queries in MS Access and basic database updates.

You will have the opportunity to contribute to the national research effort on rare diseases and to generate data to support changes in clinical practice and policy development focused on improving health outcomes for children and adolescents.

The position is full-time fixed term for 12 months subject to the completion of a satisfactory probation period for new appointees with the possibility of further offer of employment dependent upon funding and need. A part-time position may be negotiated with the right candidate if desired.

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit http://sydney.edu.au/positions and search by the reference number for more information and to apply.

CLOSING DATE: 21 August 2011

The University is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity and social inclusion. Applications from equity target groups and women are encouraged.

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