Researcher in Statistical Methodology (3-year fixed-term position)
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The Oslo University Hospital (OUH) is one of the largest hospitals in Scandinavia. More than 50% of all biomedical research in Norway is published by researchers affiliated with OUH. Research undertaken covers basic translational and clinical research. This is the result of the hospitals research strategy and its extensive international network cooperation together with the Medical Faculty of University of this way OUH complies with its role as national reference hospital responsible for introducing and developing new disease preventing strategies new diagnostic methods new treatments and follow-up plans.
Regional Research Support ( is part of the Oslo Hospital Services division at Oslo University Hospital (OUH). The unit delivers services and advice to research groups and employees at OUH and other hospitals that are part of the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority. FST consist of the following 5 departments; Administrative Research Support Oslo Center for Biostatistics & Epidemiology Clinical Trials Unit Biobank and Health Registry Support and Comparative Medicine. Research support has approximately 130 employees and collaborates closely with a broad range of academic areas and dicliplines within the University of Oslo.
The Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) has a broad clinical research skills base and currently employs 40 staff. We offer advising courses and operational services to a wide spectrum of clinical trials within the health region. The department aims to strengthen its biostatistical and epidemiological research activities and offers a stimulating academic environment with opportunities for publication collaboration and methodological development. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to engage in related research activities across OUH and through collaboration with the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE).
We are seeking a candidate for a 3-year fixed-term research position in statistical methodology focused on the design and analysis of adaptive clinical platform trials. The successful candidate will contribute to ongoing international collaborations aimed at developing and implementing innovative trial designs as well as combining evidence across global clinical studies.
The position is embedded within an international group of statisticians and clinical trialists working on trials in mpox and other infectious diseases through the PROACT EU-RESPONSE and MPX-RESPONSE projects. These initiatives are at the forefront of developing federated and platform-based approaches to clinical research in public health emergencies.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in causal inference and is motivated to further develop statistical methodology and operational procedures for complex clinical trials. Prior experience in clinical and/or methodological research is expected along with strong programming skills (e.g. in R or similar environments).
The position reports administratively to the head of the CTU and is professionally led by the work package leader of the EU projects Inge Christoffer Olsen.
Commencement upon agreement.
Oslo University Hospital is a workplace with great diversity. We believe this is a key quality to perform the tasks required from us. Therefore we pursue diversity also among our job applicants and encourage everyone to apply regardless of who you are and what background you have.
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Duties and responsibilities
- Join the statistical team responsible for analyses of the EU-SyndAct trials
- Lead the work on triangulating results from the randomised and open label arm in the MPX-RESPONSE project
- Develop and expand on methodological challenges in adaptive platform trials for infectious diseases especially towards causal inference and target trial emulations
- Work with the OUH work package leader in the EU/MPX-RESPONSE projects on project and data management and statistical tasks
- Join and contribute to the statistical/methodological group of EU/MPX-RESPONSE
- Contribute to research and development of new statistical methodology for clinical trials in
collaboration with the OCBE Clinical Trials Research Group and other research teams nationally and
internationally
Qualifications
- A PhD or having submitted the PhD thesis in statistics is required
- Knowledge of causal inference especially on target trial emulations equivalent methods (e.g. instrumental variables) is required
- Experience from statistical analysis and reporting in R Stata or SAS is required
- Experience with statistical analysis and writing of original peer-reviewed articles is required
- Excellent English language skills is required
- Knowledge of regulatory aspects from eg. pharmaceutical industry is preferred
- Experience in the analysis publication and methodology of (academic) clinical trials is preferred
Personal qualities
For us it is important that you:
- Have the ability to collaborate across different professional environments
- Thrive in working in a large and complex organization
- Thrive in the team-work setting
- Like to share experience and learn from others
- Are a good communicator
- Take initiative and deliver tasks as agreed
- Like to work independently when required
- Are curious energetic and have attention to details
We can offer
- A workplace characterized by trust openness and respect
- A safe workplace with good colleague support
- A journey towards a new and modern hospital
- As a new employee of OUH you will be part of a welcome program
- You become part of an important social mission
- Salaries for researchers at OUH are competitive
- Salary will depend on qualifications and seniority
- A dynamic and engaging internal work environment with leading expertise in most aspects of running and analysing clinical trials
- Access to a large international network of clinical trials researchers/methodologists
- Membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
- Full public health insurance
- Attractive welfare benefits
Does this sound like a position for you We look forward to reading your application.
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Oslo University Hospital is a highly specialized hospital in charge of extensive regional and local hospital assignments. As Scandinavia’s largest hospital, we carry out more than 1.2 million patient treatments each year. The hospital has a nationwide responsibility for a number of na ... View more
