Senior Research Fellow in Data Science and Operational Research

About the role

Project HERCULES

• Securing data from clinical examination equipment at Brent Cross, primarily with respect to timing of start/finish of a patient’s test on that device
• To work with colleagues at UCL Bartlett CASA to “triangulate” timing of patient tests with (1) data from equipment, (2) from the UWB tracking system (Prof Duncan Wilson) and (3) directly observed timing (Prof Kerstin Sailer).
• To curate demographic data (age, sex, race) and draw on clinical record data to generate measures of ophthalmic disease severity, and systemic comorbidity for these research participants
• To lead the analysis of the agreement (or not) between these numerical data, and to work with Hari, Sobha and I to look at how demographic and medical characteristics influence patient journey time in the Brent Cross Diagnostic Hub.

Longitudinal trends in MEH Glaucoma data related to “major events”

To lead a project drawing on routinely collected data in Moorfields glaucoma patients, with particular emphasis on visual field and IOP data, and to analyse the longitudinal trends in individual patient values for IOP, mean defect and VF reliability indices with variations in climatic variables, primarily temperature, with the hypothesis that the values of the ophthalmic variables become become “worse” during extreme temperature events, and especially with very temperatures.

About you

The successful applicant will have a strong biomedical engineering and data analytics background. Experience with ophthalmic data processing, including fundus photography, optical coherence tomography, and standard automated perimetry is essential.

Application Process

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy please contact Prof Paul J Foster (p.foster@ucl.ac.uk)

If you have any queries regarding the application process please email: ioo.hr@ucl.ac.uk.

Please ensure you attach your CV and highest academic qualification. In addition, please ensure you provide a personal statement outlining how you meet the criteria to support your application.

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