Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow in Statistics

Overview of the Role

Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow in Statistics

Leeds Institute of Health Sciences

This role will be based at the Academic Unit for Ageing & Stroke Research (ASR) on the Bradford Teaching Hospitals site, with co-location at the Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research (LICTR) on the main University of Leeds campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you an ambitious and talented statistician with expertise in individual participant data meta-analysis (IPDMA) of clinical trials and related methodological projects? Do you want to join a leading research centre to implement high quality health and social care research?

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic statistician to join our centres of excellence in the Academic Unit for Ageing & Stroke Research (ASR), part of Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, and in the Complex Interventions Division at Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research (LICTR).

This role is an exciting opportunity to take a role in the development, management and analysis of a new repository of Individual Participant Data (IPD) from ageing research trials. The work is an international partnership, funded through a prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Professorship award, overseen by the global Ageing Research Trialists (ART) collaborative, alongside a new UK Multiple Long-Term Conditions Collaborative (UK MTC) funded by NIHR.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 14.5% of salary
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information, please visit the Government’s Skilled Worker visa page .

Interviews to take place w/c 1 September 2025

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Andrew Clegg, Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Head of the Academic Unit for Ageing & Stroke Research.

Amanda Farrin, Professor of Clinical Trials and Evaluation of Complex Interventions and Director of the Complex Interventions Division, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research