Diabetes Data Scientist (GRA/PDRA) — NHS Health Data

British Society; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Exeter in Exeter offers a full-time fixed-term Graduate Research Assistant or Postdoctoral Research Associate position. The role involves working with large electronic health datasets (e.g.

CPRD) to define diabetes phenotypes and cohorts, and to contribute to the NHS Secure Data Environment network. Applicants should have a first degree or PhD (depending on level), with strong data skills, analytical ability and experience handling large health datasets.

Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale health datasets and data processing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for research data.
• Ability to communicate research progress clearly in writing and verbally.

Responsibilities

• Manage, curate and process large-scale health data.
• Develop robust, reproducible data processing pipelines.
• Define and validate clinical phenotypes for diabetes research.

Education

First degree level

PhD (for PDRA)

Data analysis

Large-scale data handling

Scientific communication

Tools

NHS Secure Data Environment

Job description

University of Exeter in Exeter offers a full-time fixed-term Graduate Research Assistant or Postdoctoral Research Associate position. The role involves working with large electronic health datasets (e.g.

CPRD) to define diabetes phenotypes and cohorts, and to contribute to the NHS Secure Data Environment network. Applicants should have a first degree or PhD (depending on level), with strong data skills, analytical ability and experience handling large health datasets.