Senior Research Fellow/ Research Fellow in Statistics

Are you an ambitious and talented statistician with expertise in individual participant data meta-analysis (IPDMA) of clinical trials and related methodological projects? Do you want to join a leading research centre to implement high quality health and social care research? We are seeking to appoint a dynamic statistician to join our centres of excellence in the Academic Unit for Ageing & Stroke Research.
Deadline: 07/08/2025
Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

Closing Date: Thursday 07 August 2025

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: Monday 01 September 2025

This role will be based at the Academic Unit for Ageing & Stroke Research (ASR) on the Bradford Teaching Hospitals site, with co-location at the Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research (LICTR) on the main University of Leeds campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you an ambitious and talented statistician with expertise in individual participant data meta-analysis (IPDMA) of clinical trials and related methodological projects? Do you want to join a leading research centre to implement high quality health and social care research?

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic statistician to join our centres of excellence in the Academic Unit for Ageing & Stroke Research (ASR), part of Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, and in the Complex Interventions Division at Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research (LICTR).

This role is an exciting opportunity to take a role in the development, management and analysis of a new repository of Individual Participant Data (IPD) from ageing research trials. The work is an international partnership, funded through a prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Professorship award, overseen by the global Ageing Research Trialists (ART) collaborative, alongside a new UK Multiple Long-Term Conditions Collaborative (UK MTC) funded by NIHR.

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information, please visit the Government’s Skilled Worker visa page.

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information, please visit the Government’s page, Apply for the Global Talent visa.

Interviews to take place w/c 1 September 2025

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Andrew Clegg, Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Head of the Academic Unit for Ageing & Stroke Research.

Email: a.p.clegg@leeds.ac.uk

Or

Amanda Farrin, Professor of Clinical Trials and Evaluation of Complex Interventions and Director of the Complex Interventions Division, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research

Email: a.j.farrin@leeds.ac.uk