Prize Fellow in Healthcare Data Science (Bioinformatics / Epidemiology)

To further enhance its academic base, the Faculty of Science is making a strategic investment in recruiting University of Bath Prize Fellows to strengthen and develop existing research excellence.

We are welcoming applications across 13 research areas, one of which is Healthcare Data Science (Bioinformatics/Epidemiology), and we will make 6 appointments.

About the Prize Fellowship

Our Prize Fellowship offer early-stage researchers the opportunity to join a cohort of like-minded rising research stars. These two-year research fellowships in our priority research areas are part of a scheme intended to fast-track fellows to a permanent appointment at Bath. Alumni of the scheme have become scientific leaders, progressing rapidly within the university to Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor. As a University of Bath Prize Fellow you will have the opportunity to:

• conduct high quality research as an independent researcher, including securing funding via research grants and/or fellowship applications and building a research group appropriate to the academic department and discipline;
• develop international research links;
• contribute to advanced undergraduate teaching and supervision, training and research of graduate students;
• promote research in the discipline, including public engagement.

Find out more about these exciting opportunities, by viewing our interactive brochure:

Prize Fellowship Brochure

About you

To be considered for a Prize Fellowship at Bath you must hold PhD degree in subject area of direct relevance or be able to demonstrate equivalent significant relevant experience and professional qualification.

You will demonstrate a depth and breadth of specialist knowledge in order to contribute to research programmes and be able to show your potential to attract research funds

You will demonstrate expertise and knowledge in the latest developments in the field of research and in research design

About the department

Within the Department of Life Sciences, the epidemiology research group forms a major part of one of the five research themes ‘Diagnostics, Medicines and Patients’. The Prize Fellow will benefit from existing structures to support cross-department collaborations in health data science. The Centre for Mathematics and Algorithms for Data will provide opportunities for the fellow to develop wider links with on-going data science research in the Departments of Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science.

The department has current strong links with several industrial partners (e.g. Pfizer, AstraZeneca, UCB, Eli-Lilly, Janssen, Novartis), with many of these having funded epidemiological projects in recent times. Pharma companies are particularly eager to access epidemiological expertise and ‘real-world’ data to assess disease trajectory and the effectiveness of current therapy and new agents coming to the market. There are also strong links with NHS partners, national and local charities who have funded projects recently, and with national and international consortia that allows access to relevant biobanks and datasets.

For an informal discussion on this position please contact Neil McHugh.

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme;
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance;
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements.;
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce;
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities.
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups such as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and disabled people, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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Application process

Recruitment to these positions has three stages:

Stage 1. Submit an online application [click Apply Online]

Stage 2. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to submit a two-page research proposal.

Stage 3. Selected candidates will be invited to interview, expected to take place on 28 February 2023.

If you wish to apply to more than one research area then you will need to submit separate applications for the different areas. To help you with this, our online recruitment system allows you to save your previous applications and re-submit them. You can find the full list of research areas we are inviting applications for here