Senior Scientist (S) - (R707A) at The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise in study design towards research on multi-morbidity/multiple long-term conditions.
• Lead advanced statistical analysis, management and interpretation of data from large datasets.
• Conduct systematic reviews of scientific literature.
• Lead and/or contribute to papers for publication in national and international peer-reviewed journals
• Disseminate research findings through national and international conference presentations
• Contribute to and lead protocol development to generate income for research on multimorbidity/ multiple long-term conditions.
• Manage research projects including human resource and financial management.

Core Requirements:

• A Master’s degree in Public Health, or similar qualification or higher
• At least 10 years’ experience working in a health research environment (post Master’s degree)
• Experience in injury epidemiology, multimorbidity, burden of disease and/or related research methods
• PI on a proposal or managing research, staff and budgets
• Evidence of having conducted statistical analysis (using STATA or other quantitative data analysis packages) on large projects
• At least 1 first author publication in an ISI accredited journal
• At least 1 oral/poster presentation of findings at an international conference, in addition to minimum experience
• Experience in nationally representative survey datasets
• Registered for PhD with substantial progress made

Advantageous:

• A PhD in Public Health or similar, with at least 1 years’ experience post-PhD
• Advanced statistical analysis skills
• 5 or more first author publications in an ISI accredited journal