Projeto PRR

Sumário

The prospective employee is expected to work as an Assistant Professor in the field of Biostatistics. The employee is expected to work in research and teaching activities at the Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS) of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. In particular, the employee is expected to work on the analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal data of clinical studies and real-world health data, modeling techniques, and reliability and agreement studies. The employee is expected to have knowledge and experience in doing research and teaching in these fields. In addition, the employee is expected to have a mathematical background and knowledge and experience in Biostatistics.MEDCIDS has a relevant research and teaching track record in the Biostatistics field. This is indicated by (i) the high number of studies with a strong data analysis published by its members, (ii) the participation of some of its members in funded scientific projects using data analysis and data science, (iii) and the participation in technology transfer and services provision activities (involving public, private, national or international entities – e.g., participation in consultancy services and community training programs through Summer and Winter schools). This research activity is done in close connection with the Associate Laboratory RISE (Health Research Network). In fact, Thematic Line 4 of RISE is dedicated to health policy and digital transformation, having as its scope “development and assessment of methods and technologies to improve biomedical sciences and healthcare”.MEDCIDS has also displayed a vibrant teaching activity in the Biostatistics field, with contents on generalized linear models, survival analysis, reliability and agreement studies being one of the cornerstones of the Health Data Sciences Doctoral Programme and the Master’s Degree in Evidence and Decision in Health. In addition, these contents are taught in the Doctoral Programme in Clinical and Health Services Research and Master’s Degree in Primary Healthcare (all these programmes are hosted at MEDCIDS). Topics on Biostatistics will also be of key importance to the BSc course in Digital Health in Biomedical Innovation, in particular to its branch of Clinical Research and Innovation Management in Health. Of note, several of the partners of this BSc course correspond to public or private entities with whom MEDCIDS has collaborated in technology transfer or service provision activities. Given this background and the need to further develop research and teaching activities in this field, hiring an Assistant Professor in the Biostatistics area is necessary.