Research Fellow

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, highly motivated individual to join our vibrant, multidisciplinary rare disease research team. This postdoc will work within a multidisciplinary, multi-centre team as part of an international collaborative project – the LifeArc Centre for the Acceleration of Rare Disease Trials. This role provides an opportunity to work in partnership with academic and clinical colleagues, professional support teams, community groups, policy makers, and industrial collaborators. You will work within a collaborative research environment that fosters a culture of trust and mutual respect. The role requires excellent interpersonal skills alongside scientific and technical understanding relevant for rare diseases.

The LifeArc Centre for the Acceleration of Rare Disease Trials based at Queens University Belfast (QUB) is looking to appoint a Post-Doctoral fellow in Health Economics, to work on Life Cycle Health Technology Assessment for rare diseases. The post is for 36 months in the first instance will have a specific focus on the implications of Risk Base Pricing for the design of on market evidence generation and the Return on Investment for developers of therapies for ultra-orphan conditions. The post holder will be working directly with Professor Christopher McCabe and his team based in the QUB’s Centre for Public Health, and collaborating closely with Dr. Gurdeep Sagoo at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. There will be opportunities to work with clinical trialists and regulatory scientists. You will work closely with Professor McCabe and two doctoral students, to develop methods to support the development and adoption of innovative therapies addressing severe unmet needs.

About the person:

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Have or about to obtain* a PhD in health economics or a cognate discipline (*must be obtained within 3 months of commencement of employment)
• Significant relevant research experience.
• Experience of undertaking systematic literature reviews of applied and methodological studies in the economic evaluation of health care programmes.
• Experience of the development, validation, analysis and reporting of complex decision analytic cost effectiveness simulation models.
• Experience of the application of advanced value of information analysis techniques
• Experience of project management, delivering research outcomes, and proven ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment as part of a research team.
• A publication track record commensurate with the stage of career.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information on our website.

This post is available for 36 months. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.