About Western

Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the "Western Experience" - an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference.

About Us

The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is dedicated to advancing health equity across the life course, from local to global communities. Through excellence in education, research, service, and advocacy, the Department develops, applies, and teaches leading epidemiological and biostatistical methods. Its work drives transformative impact in population health, clinical outcomes, and health services research to inform policy and practice. The Department also supports a vibrant academic community with a strong research profile and extensive undergraduate and graduate programs.

Responsibilities

Research Associate – Health Economics and Health Equity

We are seeking a Research Associate/Research Assistant to support a program of research focused on health equity, population health, and decision-making in health care. The successful candidate will contribute to projects involving the analysis of survey datasets and the development of preference-elicitation studies examining how society values different approaches to allocating health-care resources.

Qualifications and Skills The successful candidate should have:

- At least a Master’s degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, health economics, public health, health services research, or a related discipline.
- Strong experience in the statistical analysis of survey data, including working with population-based datasets.
- Proficiency in Stata, R, or equivalent statistical software.
- An understanding of, and interest in, health equity and health-care decision-making.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
- Experience with, or an interest in learning, methods for eliciting societal preferences, including trade-off and stated-preference experiments.
- Strong academic writing skills and the ability to contribute to the preparation of peer-reviewed manuscripts.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple research and administrative tasks.




- Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative research team.

Key Responsibilities The successful candidate will contribute to a range of research activities, including:

- Conducting statistical analyses of existing survey and population-based datasets.
- Developing, piloting, and conducting trade-off experiments and related preference-elicitation studies to understand societal preferences for health-care resource allocation and inform economic evaluation.
- Preparing and submitting applications to Research Ethics Boards and supporting other study approvals and documentation.
- Conducting data management, statistical analysis, interpretation, and presentation of study findings.
- Preparing manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed academic journals.
- Contributing to research reports, presentations, and other knowledge dissemination activities.
- Providing administrative support for research grants and other academic activities, including, but not limited to, supporting grant applications and submissions, preparing and coordinating required documentation, tracking project-related activities and deadlines, coordination within and outside the research group, and assisting with other research and academic administrative tasks.
- Working collaboratively with investigators, trainees, and research partners across multidisciplinary projects.

This position would be particularly suitable for someone interested in developing expertise at the intersection of health economics, health equity, population health, and quantitative health-services research.

Research lead:

Shehzad Ali MBBS, MPH, MSc, PhD

Professor and Canada Research Chair, Public Health Economics e: [email protected]; t: (phone hidden) ext: 80573

w: https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/epibio/people/faculty/core_faculty/dr_shehzad_ali.html

Why Western?

Western offers a broad and exciting variety of part-time and temporary employment opportunities with ample room for job exploration and growth. Within our beautiful campus,



you are part of a progressive work environment that promotes work/life balance including access to our state-of-the-art recreation centre. Apply for an chance to be part of the Western community and contribute to its success!

Affirmation Policy

Western, like many postsecondary institutions in Canada, is moving beyond sole reliance upon Indigenous self-identification in its hiring processes. This is to safeguard against the use of incorrect, incomplete, or misleading information in circumstances in which a candidate has made a declaration of Indigenous citizenship or membership. Candidates who are invited for an interview or who are short-listed, and who have made a declaration of Indigenous citizenship or membership for material advantage at Western, including where required or preferred for the position, will be asked to have their declaration of Indigenous citizenship or membership affirmed through a relational accountability process, led by the Office of Indigenous Initiatives (OII), that is consistent with Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing. Please contact the OII directly for details on the affirmation processes: https://indigenous.uwo.ca/.

The policy can be viewed at: POLICY 1.58 - Affirming Declarations of Indigenous Citizenship or Membership at Western University.

Applying at Western

To ensure that your application is given full consideration, please complete all relevant sections of the application. In addition, you can choose to supplement your application with a cover letter and current resume.

Consideration of applicants will include an assessment of previous performance, experience, and qualifications. Applicants should have oral communication skills in English.

Western Values Diversity

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources or phone (phone hidden).

Please Note:

This position is an existing vacancy. This position is fully in-person, on-site. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

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