First announcement of 2016 NOSOVE course - save the date

Interested in epidemiology, outbreaks, zoonoses, parasites?

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The next NOSOVE course will take place

18.-20. July 2016

(right before EMOP XII)

in Turku, Finland

The Nordic Society for Veterinary Epidemiology (NOSOVE) is an informal organization

with the vision of advancing veterinary epidemiology.

http://nosove.blogspot.fi/

https://www.facebook.com/TheNOSOVE/

OPEN POSITION: LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER IN VETERINARY INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ONE HEALTH

School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey

Location:	Guildford
Salary:	£37,756 to £55,375 plus 10% Veterinary Market Allowance if applicable
Post Type:	Full Time
Closing Date:	Monday 21 April 2014
Reference:	018114 https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=018114

The University of Surrey is an international University with a world-class research profile and an enterprising spirit. Inventive and forward-thinking, our heritage shows a recurring theme of doing things differently – and achieving notable results. We are expanding our activity under our One Health – One Medicine agenda, and we opened a new School of Veterinary Medicine in 2013.

The University of Surrey offers excellent facilities within which to advance your research and the opportunity to work with experts from world-class veterinary institutes and practices through our many collaborative partnerships. You will use your skills to further develop veterinary teaching and research within the new School of Veterinary Medicine, which is already supported by highly successful activity in the area of biosciences. This will allow you to directly contribute towards training the multidisciplinary veterinary leaders of the future.

Educated to PhD level and ideally with a veterinary qualification that enables you to be registered with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS), you will have an enthusiasm for, and experience of advancing research within your field and of having made a recognised contribution to the field of veterinary sciences through professional activities. In this key role you will be expected to provide expert advice, guidance and input in the development and delivery of the veterinary curriculum.

This is an exciting opportunity for dynamic individuals to play a leading and important role in helping shape our new School of Veterinary Medicine. Informal enquiries can be made to Alex Cook, Head of the Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health via email at alasdair.j.cook@surrey.ac.uk

Our benefits package includes substantial holiday allowance, relocation assistance where appropriate, childcare and leisure facilities.

NOVA Postgraduate course in Advanced Veterinary Epidemiology - Data Quality

New NOVA course in veterinary epidemiology focusing on data quality.
Tallinn, Estonia September 17-23, 2014

Please note that this course is running just before the NOSOVE course, and also in Tallinn! This is an excellent opportunity to get two courses in one run. Do not miss out!

More information about the NOVA course:
Course information and application
NOVA course website

Open position in department of Production and Population Health, Royal Veterinary College, UK

[Forwarded from SVEPM announcement]

Postdoctoral Researcher
Location:  nr Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Salary:  £32,196 per annum inclusive of London Allowance
Closing Date:   Thursday 13 February 2014
Interview Date:   Thursday 27 February 2014
Reference:   PPH-0014-14

We are looking for a 3-year fixed term Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group at the Royal Veterinary College.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day running of a Horserace Betting Levy Board-funded project entitled 'Nature versus Nurture: modelling environmental and genetic contributions to risk of racecourse injury in UK Thoroughbreds’. This will include collation, processing and analysis of a large dataset including injury, performance and pedigree data of UK flat racing Thoroughbreds, writing progress reports and publishing findings in peer-reviewed journals. You will be expected to communicate with stakeholders in the UK racing industry.

The ideal candidate would have a PhD in a relevant subject (quantitative veterinary epidemiology, biostatistics, quantitative genetics or similar) and experience of handling and analysing large datasets using advanced statistical methods. Knowledge of, or a keen interest in, the UK racing industry would be advantageous.

For further information about this post including job description and person specification please visit http://jobs.rvc.ac.uk/.

Open position as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer and Fellow/Group Leader in Veterinary Epidemiology

[Posted from announcement by SVEPM]

The University of Surrey, in collaboration with the Pirbright Institute, is advertising a position as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer and Fellow/Group Leader in Veterinary Epidemiology.

Follow this link for more information.