R sig jobs - Jun 2013 - JOB: Funded PhD studentship in applied statistics / veterinary epidemiology

JOB:  Funded PhD studentship in applied statistics / veterinary epidemiology

Do you want to be able to predict something useful in horse racing?

A 3.5 year funded PhD position is available at the University of Glasgow (School
of Veterinary Medicine), with a tax free stipend starting at ?13,726 per year

The long-term aim of this work is to quantify the risk of (fatal) injury for
individual horses on entering a race in North America and develop automated
start entry risk indicators in conjunction with US Jockey Club software
developers, so that horses at particular risk can be identified and the risk of
fatal injury reduced.

Specific objectives include:
1. Validate previously developed models of fatal injury to examine their
predictive ability.
2. Develop and validate new predictive models for horses ending races with
Triage (injury) scores of two and above.
3. Develop and validate models of fatal and non-fatal injury (Triage score of
two and above) at the level of the race; race meet or season.
4. Identify models with the greatest predictive ability and develop tools, in
conjunction with the US Jockey Club to best prioritise individuals in terms of
the risk of fatal and non-fatal injury.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, independent and lateral thinking student to take
on this studentship, to start July/August 2013 (negotiable).  Previous
experience of statistical analysis is required, knowledge of a programming
language such as Python/C/R is preferred.  Candidates with an undergraduate or
masters degree in any relevant field such as (applied) statistics, engineering,
epidemiology, quantitative ecology/biology will be considered.  The successful
applicant will be working within the Boyd Orr Centre for Population and
Ecosystem Health (http://www.gla.ac.uk/boydorr/), so will also be exposed to
wider research interests.

Informal enquiries for more details/information are welcomed by either:

Tim Parkin: tim.parkin at glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:tim.parkin at
glasgow.ac.uk>
Matt Denwood: matthew.denwood at glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:matthew.denwood at
glasgow.ac.uk>

Applications (in the form of CV and covering letter) should be emailed to
tim.parkin at glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:tim.parkin at glasgow.ac.uk> - closing
date is 1st July 2013.


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