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PhD Studentship - Using Large-scale Routine Data To Monitor And Improve Ethnic Inequalities In Cancer And Cardiovascular Disease (Vacancy ref: 1817261)
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Do individuals from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups with overlapping cancer and CVD are less likely to have access to healthcare and worse outcomes? The project will focus on heart attacks and coronary bypass surgery and lung, colorectal and breast cancers in terms of cardiovascular disease and cancer respectively. First, the project will investigate quality of ethnicity reporting in two large databases (VICORI, which combines national cardiovascular and cancer registries, and Global Burden of Disease, GBD, data), comparing with routine hospital data. Second, VICORI and GBD data will be used to identify burden of these diseases by ethnic groups, and to study access to health services. By highlighting reporting of ethnicity in healthcare data, and burden of cancer and cardiovascular disease in BME groups, health inequalities and future targets for public health improvement will be identified.
Key requirements
Entry requirements: We invite applicants who have or expect to obtain a 1st or upper 2nd class honours degree or relevant Masters degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, health informatics, data science or related disciplines.
Eligibility: Applications are invited from UK and EU citizens who have been ordinarily resident in the UK for the 3 years immediately preceding the start of the programme. Candidates must also have no restrictions on how long they can remain in the UK.
Additional information
Application procedures: Application is by CV and covering letter emailed to ihi.hr@ucl.ac.uk. The successful applicant will then need to apply online to UCL by submitting the PhD application form via https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/apply
If you would like an informal discussion about this post, please contact Dr Amitava Banerjee (ami.banerjee@ucl.ac.uk) for further information about the project
If you have any queries regarding the studentship or the application process, please contact IHI HR at ihi.hr@ucl.ac.uk.