Overview
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow. Reporting to: Prof. Frank Doyle. Location: RCSI Dublin. Contract/Duration: Specified purpose contract for up to 24 months. Remuneration: Post-Doctoral PD1 salary scale commensurate with experience. Closing Date: 17 September 2025. This is a Research Ireland funded project to evaluate treatments for depression and their costs in an Irish context, using network meta-analytic and health economic approaches.
Responsibilities
* Lead the application of network meta-analytic techniques to depression treatments, including collaboration with internationally-renowned researchers.
* Obtain and apply Irish cost estimates to calculate incremental cost-effectiveness ratios and current Irish costings for results.
* Conduct qualitative interviews and/or focus groups with a broad range of stakeholders, including managing Public-Patient Involvement input, to obtain perspectives on the results.
* Work closely with a Research Assistant on the above tasks.
* Assist with drafting grant applications for forthcoming relevant grant calls, including managing stakeholder involvement.
* Coordinate day-to-day work to support the ongoing project.
* Facilitate communication and dissemination of project outputs, including conference presentations and authored peer-reviewed articles.
* Liaise with the Principal Investigator, colleagues and stakeholders on matters relating to this and future projects.
* Undertake duties assigned by the Principal Investigator or nominee in support of the project.
Qualifications – Essential
* A PhD degree or equivalent in psychology, health economics, health services research, data science or a related discipline.
Knowledge & Experience – Essential
* Excellent database management and quantitative analysis skills.
* Ability to work independently and efficiently, with excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Excellent organisational, interpersonal, report writing and IT skills.
* Robust knowledge of statistical analysis using Stata, R or equivalent.
* Experience of randomised experiments/trials.
* Experience of systematic reviews, preferably to peer-reviewed publication.
* Track record in scientific publication and dissemination.
* Experience of working in a multidisciplinary research team.
* Robust knowledge of quantitative research methods, design and data analysis.
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