As part of its programme to provide postdoctoral research opportunities for scholars of proven academic excellence, University College Dublin is pleased to announce it has renewed funding to support a Newman Fellowship in Prostate Cancer Outcomes Research. The appointment of a Newman Fellow is established with the generous support of the Movember Foundation and Janssen Ireland.

About IPCOR

IPCOR – the Irish Prostate Cancer Outcomes Research (IPCOR) Project - is a clinically-led study that aims to improve the treatment and care of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in Ireland thus maximising their quality of life. Established in 2014 with funding from the Movember Foundation in partnership with the Irish Cancer Society, IPCOR captured clinical data and patient-reported information on men recently diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in 16 hospitals in Ireland.

UCD Newman Fellowship Programme

The post holder is expected to assist the Irish Prostate Cancer Outcomes Research (IPCOR) study in analysing IPCOR data to address research questions of importance to clinicians, patients and their families. Duties will include: prepare public facing reports, working papers for key stakeholders, research papers for publication as part of the dissemination strategy, carry out advanced analysis of the IPCOR dataset on research questions and contribute to IPCOR’s research strategy, and assisting with grant applications. The Fellow will be based in the UCD School of Medicine.

Applications are invited from candidates who hold a doctoral degree and have experience in research methodology. Applicants should have a qualification in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics or another relevant field and ideally have experience in prostate cancer research. The successful applicant will have already published in high impact journals and will show an interest in analysing complex datasets using a variety of statistical techniques and packages (e.g. R, Stata). The successful applicant will have strong written and verbal communication skills and have experience of contributing to research strategies for large studies. They must be able to work under their own initiative, deliver to deadlines and manage multiple priorities. Ideally, the successful candidate will have experience of working with large clinical datasets, cancer registration data and/or patient report outcomes measurements.

UCD supports an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy for all its recruitment competitions.

The Newman Fellowship comes with a tax-free stipend of €35k p.a. and is tenable for two years.

How to Apply

The candidate must complete the Newman Fellowship Candidate Form and provide an updated and detailed CV with a cover letter showing how their skills and experience are suitable for the post, and send both documents to: newmanfellowship@ucdfoundation.ie with ‘Newman Fellowship’ in the subject line.

Two nominated referees must separately submit their confidential reports using the Newman Fellowship Referee Form and send to: newmanfellowship@ucdfoundation.ie with ‘Candidate Name Report for Newman Fellowship’ in the subject line.

Informal enquiries to: newmanfellowship@ucdfoundation.ie

Deadline: The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 5pm, 14 August 2024