Research Assistant - Biostatistician

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

RESEARCH ASSISTANT - BIOSTATISTICIAN
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Closing Date:26 September 2013

The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI), based at the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne, is the largest child health research organisation in Australia. MCRI's vision is to be a major global contributor to the creation of knowledge, and MCRI's Mission is to obtain knowledge to improve the health of children in Victoria and globally.

This position is in the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (CEBU). CEBU is supported jointly by the MCRI and the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics to provide a core level of support and training in (epidemiological and clinical) research methods, with a particular focus on biostatistics, to researchers on the RCH campus. CEBU is a well-established unit with a national and international reputation for its high level of biostatistical expertise and engagement in a wide range of research. In conjunction with its role in providing training, advice and direct support in research design and analysis, the team has a substantial research profile, primarily by way of collaboration as co-investigators in clinical and epidemiological research projects, but also for independent methodological research work.

The research assistant/biostatistician will contribute to the research program of CEBU and its parent organisations by providing data processing and statistical support to a wide range of research being conducted on the RCH campus. The appointee will contribute to training, advice and support in research design and analysis to students and researchers on the Royal Children's Hospital campus. In particular the appointee will play an important role in performing data analysis on a range of projects with supervision from more experienced members of the Unit. The position reports to a senior CEBU statistician; day-to-day supervision on some projects may be delegated to other members of the Unit.

Further information, including selection criteria that must be addressed, may be obtained from http://www.mcri.edu.au/careers-students/careers/current-vacancies/#job1108

Further information about CEBU is at: http://www.mcri.edu.au/research/core-facilities/cebu/

Informal enquiries may be directed to A/Prof Susan Donath, phone: (03) 9345 4742 or email: susan.donath@mcri.edu.au