MRC Biostatistics Unit
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious researcher to join an internationally renowned research Unit and a team carrying out high profile work in the field of intervention evaluation.
The post-holder will work within the Population Health Them at the MRC Biostatistics Unit (MRC-BSU).
The project, funded by an MRC Career Development Award, aims to develop generic methods for Bayesian causal inference using time-series observational data. Potential directions for research include the modelling of causal effect heterogeneity, the use of geographical locations of sampling units to improve statistical efficiency and the relaxing the no-interference and no-treatment-reversal assumptions made by most existing approaches. These methodological challenges are motivated by substantive problems, including the evaluation of ongoing efforts to eliminate the Hepatitis C virus, non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19, and dietary health interventions.