Senior Research Associate/Research Associate (Impact)

The Division of Health Research (DHR) within Lancaster University’s Faculty of Health and Medicine is seeking to appoint a Senior Research Associate or Research Associate, to work as part of the International Observatory on End of Life Care in conjunction with the Centre of Health Informatics, Computing and Statistics. The post holder will play a key role in a study mapping illness trajectories for people with advanced cancer receiving immunotherapy treatment, with Lancaster Medical School (LMS) and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The research is funded by North West Cancer Research (NWCR).  The post holder will work with Dr Sarah Brearley and colleagues from DHR, Lancaster Medical School (LMS), Centre of Health Informatics, Computing and Statistics (CHICAS) and The Christie in the preparation and delivery of the study. There will be a particular responsibility for the management and statistical analysis of quantitative data (both routine NHS data and survey responses), ideally using R software. They will demonstrate excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work alongside a range of staff and other stakeholders (such as patient representatives and NWCR) from across the Northwest.  The International Observatory on End of Life Care conducts high quality cutting edge research and provides innovative educational programmes to improve palliative and end of life care for patients and family members.  See www.lancaster.ac.uk/fhm/research/ioelc/. CHICAS focus is on statistical and epidemiological methods and their implementation in open-source software. They have long-standing expertise in longitudinal, spatial and spatio-temporal methods. See https://chicas.lancaster-university.uk/about.html.  The Faculty provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, promoting a healthy work-life balance. We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education.  We are open to considering flexible working arrangements including part-time working and job share, working week and days/hours worked, flexible start and finish times or condensed hours. You will join us on an indefinite contract however the role remains contingent on external funding which at this time is due to come to an end 31st December 2024. For further information, please contact: Professor Catherine Walshe c.walshe@lancaster.ac.uk or Dr Anastasia Ushakova a.ushakova@lancaster.ac.uk     Email details to a friend Apply Online Further details: Job Description Job Description Person Specification Please note: unless specified otherwise in the advert, all advertised roles are UK based. Find out what it's like to work at Lancaster University, including information on our wide range of employee benefits, support networks and our policies and facilities for a family-friendly workplace. The University recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address all inequality in higher education. We warmly welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity, and equality of opportunity.