Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics

University of Sydney
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY - Australia
S: $127K - $147K base plus super

• Be an integral member of Academic research in the Health Economics program at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
• Located at Clinical Trials Centre, Camperdown Campus
• Fixed Term, full-time/part-time, 3 years opportunity and base salary $127,585 – $147,115 p.a plus superannuation

About the opportunity

We are in a period of exciting and significant investment in our Faculty of Medicine and Health and in order to deliver on the University's ambitious strategic plan, we are looking for a Senior Research Fellow to join the Health Economics team at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre.

The CTC is looking to recruit a Senior Research Fellow (Academic Level C), to lead the economic modelling stream of research, under the senior leadership of the Director – Health Economics. Drawing on their extensive expertise in health economics, the incumbent will conduct within-trial and modelled economic evaluations, quality of life and value of information analysis across a range of applied areas. They will develop their own applied or methodological research interests, lead competitive grant applications, and write scholarly papers for publication in high quality medical or economics journals. There will be opportunities to teach in the Master of Clinical Trials Research and Master of Public Health degrees.

The Senior Research Fellow will contribute to the Health Economics program and Research goals of the CTC, as required.

This position can either be full-time or part-time, for a fixed term of 36 months, with renewal subject to funding and business need.

Some of your key responsibilities will be:
• Conducting within-trial and modelled economic evaluations
• Conducting analysis of resource use and costs using linked administrative data
• Collection and analysis of patient reported outcomes
• Preparing high quality written reports and peer-reviewed journal articles.
• Supervision of Research Higher Degree students as appropriate
• Contributing to or leading competitive grant applications
• Management of junior research staff
• Managing key stakeholder/client relationships.


About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Senior Research Fellow who possesses the below qualifications and experience:

• PhD in economics, health economics, epidemiology, statistics, mathematics or a related field.
• strong quantitative research skills as evidenced by coursework in econometrics, statistics
• demonstrated track record in peer-reviewed publications including as first author
• track record in category 1 research grants (e. NHMRC, MRFF, ARC, Cancer Australia)


About us

The NHMRC CTC, established in 1988, is a leading Australian clinical trial and research centre, with a world class international reputation for designing, conducting and translating collaborative clinical trials research into improved health care practice. CTC is also known for its innovation in clinical trials methodologies and its teaching excellence. It is committed to excellence in its contribution to evidence-based health care with the mission to improve outcomes in Australia and internationally through the use of clinical trials research.

The Health Economics team at the CTC has led innovative academic research since 2001, in economic evaluation alongside public-good investigator initiated trials, quality of life analysis, patient preferences, and value of information analysis. Current projects include large-scale trials and cohort studies in Oncology, Cardiovascular disease, Kidney disease, Diabetes and Perinatal medicine, assessing genomic technologies, screening and diagnostic tests, practice-changing surgical and drug innovations, models of care and public health interventions. The team also supports the technical modelling components of contracted assessments for the Australian Government's Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC).

Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion, and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We're Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 7600 academic and non-academic staff who support over 60,000 students.

We are undergoing significant transformative change which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.


How to apply

For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job's listing on the University of Sydney careers website.

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 760/0419F to apply.

Please note that visa sponsorship is only for full tiime appointments.

Closing date: 11:30pm, 29 May 2019

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

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