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Post title: Research Fellow in Health Economics
Job Ref No: UOS024700
Contract Type: Fixed term: 2 years
Working Pattern: Full-time Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Department: School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
Salary: Grade 8: £41,526 to £49,553 per annum
Closing Date: 6th January 2020
Summary:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in the prestigious Health Outcomes Team, led by Professor John Brazier, which is
at the forefront of the development of preference-based measures and in the application of psychometric techniques in the
development and testing of new measures.
The Outcomes Team is embedded in the Heath Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) section in the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. Here you will have the opportunity to work on applied and methodological research projects relating to health utilities and well-being, submit proposals for further research funding, and disseminate your research findings widely in peer-reviewed publications and at prestigious conferences. You will be encouraged to contribute to Masters-level teaching and supervision. and you should have a Masters Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject, for example, health economics, economics or psychology, as well as a PhD in a relevant subject.
You will be involved in the valuation and validation of a new preference-based measure that is a broad measure of quality of life for use in economic evaluations across health and social care. The new measure has been developed as part of the E-QALY project, a collaboration between researchers at the University of Sheffield and international colleagues, including policy makers from NICE, National Institute of Health and Care Excellence. More generally, you will be involved in: overseeing primary data-collection of preferences and health data; reviewing of literature; undertaking qualitative data collection including interviewing or conducting focus groups; managing data-collection in questionnaire surveys; undertaking psychometric analyses of preference-based (also known as utility) measures of health and other outcomes; undertaking statistical and regression analyses (e.g. econometric analysis) of preference data; contributing to postgraduate teaching and undertaking PhD supervision; and development of and participation in knowledge exchange projects.
You should have a Masters Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject, and a PhD in a relevant subject area. You should have experience of designing and developing research and previous work experience in a relevant field.