MRC Biostatistics Unit

An opportunity has arisen for a talented statistician or probabilistic machine learning methods developer to join Dr Paul Kirk's group at the MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge University, as part of the MIMAH (Minimising Mortality from Alcoholic Hepatitis) Consortium; see also: https://www.mimah.org

Alcohol related liver disease (ALD) is responsible for more than 6000 deaths a year in the UK and costs the NHS £3.5 billion. Alcoholic hepatitis is a florid presentation of ALD in which patients present with jaundice and liver failure. Unfortunately, around 30% of people admitted to hospital with this condition will die within 3 months. The treatment of alcoholic hepatitis is complicated by the fact that there is inflammation within the liver whilst the patient is very susceptible to infection. As a result, treatment with drugs, such as steroids, which suppress the immune system may exacerbate the risk of infection.

We will apply state of the art Bayesian clustering and machine learning approaches to analyse data collected within the MIMAH consortium and as part of the STOPAH trial; see also https://www.mimah.org/biostatistics

https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/39231/