Post-doctoral Research Associate in Cardiovascular

3 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE07, £37,099 - £44,263 per annum**
**College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, Deanery of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences**
**Fixed term, 2 years**
**Full time, 35 hours per week**

We are looking for a motivated postdoctoral researcher that is enthusiastic about cardiovascular health data science.

Areas of particular interest include prevention strategies, cardiovascular epidemiology, inequalities, cardiac biomarkers, routine health care data, multi-state joint models.

**The Opportunity**:
The post-holder will be responsible for conducting original research, focussing on the design, implementation, and evaluation of primary prevention strategies for cardiovascular disease. The successful applicant will work closely with Dr Dorien Kimenai and collaborate with colleagues in the Centre for Cardiovascular Science.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Strong analytical and statistical skills
- Excellent data science programming skills (such as R)
- Expertise in the areas of interest above evidenced by related publications in well-regarded venues
- A demonstrable ability to work both individually and on collaborative research projects
- Good communication skills and ability to work within a team

**Click **here **to view a copy of the full job description.**

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme **, **staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

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