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Tuesday 5 December 2017

Vacancy: Research Associate in Public Health Economic Modelling


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The School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint a Research Associate with experience in quantitative research methods to contribute to the health economic modelling of tobacco and alcohol tax in the UK. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to contribute to internationally important public health economic research at a world-leading university. The project, funded by the National Institute of Health Research's Public Health Research Programme is a collaboration between the Universities of Sheffield and Bath.
Job Title: Research Associate in Public Health Economic Modelling
Salary: Grade 7, £30,688 - £32,548 per annum
Closing Date: 5 January 2018
This post is full-time and fixed-term for 3 years from 1 March 2018.
The three-year post will work within the Public Health Section (https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/sections/ph/index) in the Sheffield Alcohol research group (SARG) (https://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/sections/ph/research/alpol) as part of a multidisciplinary public health economics research programme that has extended Sheffield’s alcohol research to tobacco as a member of an 11 University collaboration called the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS).
For informal queries about this job and the recruiting department, contact: Professor Alan Brennan on a.brennan@sheffield.ac.uk or + 44 (0)114 222 0684, or Dr Duncan Gillespie on duncan.gillespie@sheffield.ac.uk or +44 (0)114 222 4310
For queries about the application process, contact: Jenny Doole at j.doole@sheffield.ac.uk.