Fwd: FW: [ISCB] PhD opportunity in Biostatistics (Melbourne, Australia)
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Subject: [ISCB] PhD opportunity in Biostatistics (Melbourne, Australia)
PhD opportunity in Biostatistics (Melbourne, Australia)
Scholarship Description
We seek expressions of interest from prospective students to undertake a methodological PhD in biostatistics. The proposed PhD project focuses on investigating the pitfalls and possibilities of multiple imputation, a widely used statistical method for handling missing data in medical research studies. In particular, the PhD student will both evaluate and develop methods for conducting sensitivity analyses to assess departures from assumptions regarding the mechanism leading to missing data. This is a very topical area of research in biostatistics. The PhD student will engage directly with the application of these methods in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, a nationally representative longitudinal study of 10,000 children managed by the Department of Social Services on behalf of the Australian Government. The PhD will be conducted through the University of Melbourne and the successful candidate will be based at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. The candidate will become a member of our missing data research group which includes Prof John Carlin, A/Prof Julie Simpson, A/Prof Katherine Lee, Dr Margarita Moreno-Betancur and Dr Cattram Nguyen. This research will also be supported by the broad research group of the Victorian Centre for Biostatistics (ViCBiostat). See the ViCBiostat website (http://www.vicbiostat.org.au/) for more information on our group’s research program on missing data and multiple imputation. Graduates with majors in biostatistics or statistics are encouraged to apply. Please contact Assoc/Prof Katherine Lee kather...@mcri.edu.au for more details.
Payment information
The supervisors would support the prospective candidate’s application for an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) (Australian applicants) or a Melbourne Research Scholarship or an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (International applicants) starting in Semester 1 (February), 2017. These scholarship schemes support students for a period of 3 years, including tuition fees and a stipend of approximately AUD $26,000.00pa which is not subject to income tax. For more details see:
Australian Postgraduate Award: https://studenteforms.app.unimelb.edu.au/apex/f?p=153:2:0:::2:P2_ID:50
Melbourne Research Scholarship https://studenteforms.app.unimelb.edu.au/apex/f?p=153:2:0:::2:P2_ID:641
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship
https://studenteforms.app.unimelb.edu.au/apex/f?p=153:2:0:::2:P2_ID:245
Students who successfully attract a competitive scholarship will also be eligible for a top-up studentship, depending on availability of funds but currently to the value of AUD $5,000.00pa through the Victorian Centre for Biostatistics (ViCBiostat). There are also opportunities for further paid teaching work to supplement this income.
Application
To apply for this opportunity please email kather...@mcri.edu.au attaching your CV by the 7th of October 2016.
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