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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear All<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Call for a Co-investigator for Postdoctoral Research Associate – Statistical machine learning for randomized clinical trials<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please find attached the role description for a co-investigator role to work alongside the Turing Programme Director for Health and Medical Sciences, Professor Chris Holmes,
on an exciting new collaboration between The Alan Turing Institute and the MRC Clinical Trials Unit (MRC CTU) at UCL, exploring the potential impact of statistical machine learning on the design, conduct and analysis of randomised clinical trials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The co-investigator will work with Professor Holmes and a postdoctoral researcher to explore novel statistical machine learning methods for the identification of treatment effect
heterogeneity in RCTs, and predictive models of personalised treatment effects. Particular attention will be paid to issues around interpretability, reproducible research, validation of AI methods and the assessment of false discovery rates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Successful candidates should have a strong quantitative background and preferably a strong statistical machine learning background and be eager to do research at the interface
of AI and clinical trials with a strong societal impact.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are available from November 2019 up until 2022 (exact dates tbc), The Alan Turing Institute will buy-out your time (0.2 FTE) from your home institution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please express your interest for the role by applying via the online portal Flexi-Grant at
<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fati.flexigrant.com&data=01%7C01%7C%7C7f28786c9887406c67a808d71a43f133%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=R7V%2BrsyCqt4SsTGiMioLyCoVdhhhdnIlDR228WelbYg%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://ati.flexigrant.com" shash="CgBP01hr2R0tZpJ23zVXLtTj38j39y9eVPMRtqEKQRgCV3jqTWCW4F/vEGa7kRmtG1XMGvwSfXSyDK40YR7zqkF484CIzIamT+WRFy8zHg7IpDLz0lPbY28KVcM0PqWMYJKP5hoDluVSDJFuLQDng5ux3TbOIcqAoDQPsxetNBQ=">
https://ati.flexigrant.com</a> by <b>Friday 13 September 2019 at 23:59. </b>You will be required to send a short CV, contact details for your referees and a two-page (maximum) cover letter on how you meet the person specification above and your research interests.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Along with a CV and covering letter, please also submit a research output to support your application, for
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">the Turing<span style="color:black"> to read before the interview.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Interviews will take place week commencing 7 October 2019.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please do not hesitate to contact
<span style="color:#993366"><a href="mailto:healthprogramme@turing.ac.uk">healthprogramme@turing.ac.uk</a>
</span>if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please let me know if you submit an application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Susan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">__________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Susan Davies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Coordination Manager,
<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/index.page?">Web Science Institute</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University Liaison Manager,
<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/alan-turing-institute/alan-turing-institute.page">
The Alan Turing Institute</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Room 3041, Building 32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Web Science Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Southampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Southampton SO17 1BJ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">023 8059 3523 | 07768 266464<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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