PhD Studentship Statistical Methods in Longitudinal Studies Applied to OralHealth Research, Dental Institute.

Applications are invited for a mathematically minded individual to undertakeresearch leading to a PhD in the area of Statistical Methods in LongitudinalStudies Applied to Oral Health Research under the supervision of Dr. NoraDonaldson and Professor Tim Newton. The use and robustness of these methodswill be evaluated using NHS datasets. You should be educated to degreelevel, ideally in a numerical discipline and with some experience of healthservices research and extensive experience of statistical analysis. AMasters Degree would be an advantage, as would experience of data analysisand statistical modelling. You should have sound IT skills and be proficientin the use of Excel and either SPSS, SAS, Minitab or STATA. Good written andverbal communication skills are essential. The ideal candidate should becommitted to develop his/her career as a specialist ResearchStatistician in Oral Health Studies.

The 3 year studentship is based within the Dental Institute of Kings CollegeLondon, King’s Denmark Hill Campus, London SE5 9RS. It will meet the costsof tuition fees at the Home/EU rate and a stipend linked to MRC rates,currently £14,350 per annum in the first year withincreases in years two and three.

Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Nora Donaldson, email:nora.donaldson@kcl.ac.uk, or telephone 020 7848 5857.To apply, please obtain an application from http://www.kcl.ac.uk/pg/apply or

King’s College London,
Central Enquiries Unit, Room 24B, Main Building,
Strand Campus, London WC2R 2LS,
telephone 020 7848 2929,
emailceu@kcl.ac.uk

and send this together with a CV and two confidentialreferences, to

King’sCollege London,
The Registry at Guy’s (Postgraduate),
2nd Floor, HenrietteRaphael House,
King’s College London, Guy’s Campus, London Bridge,
LondonSE1 1UL.

The closing date for applications is 21st December 2006