NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

Are you excited about working with big data to gain fresh insights into young people’s digital and social media habits, and how this contributes to their mental health and wellbeing? This is your opportunity to join the Bradford Centre for Health Data Science, the leading centre for applied data science and public health research in the north of England.

We are seeking a dynamic quantitative researcher for a long-term role with substantial opportunity to develop a research agenda and career.

Bradford Institute for Health Research hosts:

• Born in Bradford, a birth cohort study including over 12,000 young people and their families;
• BiB: Age of Wonder, which is collecting data about the health and wellbeing of 30,000 adolescents in Bradford over the next 7 years;
• Born in Bradford’s Better Start, the world’s first interventional cohort study that is evaluating early life interventions such as breastfeeding support;
• Connected Bradford, a research database of linked administrative records from the from the NHS and local authority, covering the whole population of Bradford.

These resources, together with a large multidisciplinary research team and strong connections with the local community, make Bradford Institute for Health Research one of the most exciting places for health data science and epidemiology in the world.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of this post is to use these resources to do scientific studies that can improve the health of people in Bradford. You will develop and contribute towards a research agenda examining the role digital and social media plays in adolescent mental health. You will also contribute towards the research support service offered by the Bradford Centre for Health Data Science, and support colleagues doing quantitative research.

This post will be 3 years, full-time.

Application deadline: 7th July 2024