Open position: Teaching Fellow in Veterinary Public Health

Department of Veterinary Medicine

West Cambridge Site

University of Cambridge

Stipend scale: £37,756 - £47,787

Applications are invited for the role of teaching fellow in Veterinary Public Health, available from 1 August 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The role is a teaching post with a remit to develop veterinary public health teaching in the Department in conjunction with the Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health (VPH). The post-holder’s goal will be to drive the design and implementation of a new learning environment for VPH in Cambridge, building on the existing programme with its extensive government and industry links and taking advantage of the on-going world class, international VPH research in the Department. 

The post-holder will oversee VPH teaching as required under RCVS and EAEVE guidance (including epidemiology, transboundary epizootic diseases, zoonotic and food-borne diseases, emerging and re-emerging diseases, food hygiene and food technology), integrating as far as possible with other related subjects including Farm Animal Studies. This challenging role will also aim to support a new generation of Cambridge veterinary graduates to be better equipped to participate effectively in One Health issues at an international level.

The successful applicant will participate with other academic staff (including 2 diplomats of the European College of Veterinary Public Health), in the teaching of Veterinary Public Health to undergraduates in the Department, through the medium of lectures, practicals, abattoir visits, seminars and small group teaching. This will include responsibility for specified areas of veterinary public health, with the post-holder taking responsibility for food hygiene and food technology teaching for example. In addition, s/he will develop innovative approaches to the teaching of Veterinary Public Health; contribute to the integration of Farm Animal teaching with Veterinary Public Health, especially in relation to population medicine / epidemiology; contribute to the training of Clinical Training Scholars (Interns and Residents); undertake any other duties in connection with the teaching of Veterinary Public Health as are specified from time to time by the Head of Department or a person nominated by the Head of Department.

It is essential that the successful applicant should have a veterinary degree registerable with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; have attained or be eligible to sit the forthcoming examinations for the European or American Diploma in Veterinary Public Health, or should have attained or be registered for an RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Public Health.

It is desirable that the successful applicant should have an Official Veterinarian qualification, or be prepared to take this qualification when in post; experience of veterinary public health activities in government, overseas, or industry-related contexts; some undergraduate teaching experience (for example, supervision of veterinary students on EMS).

Informal enquiries: Dr Dan Tucker, 01223 330885, awt1000@cam.ac.uk

Further details: see advert under Academic Related on University’s Job Opportunities web pages: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/

Information about the Department: www.vet.cam.ac.uk

To submit an application for this vacancy, please click on the link in the ‘Apply online’ section at http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/  This will take you to the University’s Web Recruitment System, where you will need to register an account (if you have not already done so) and log in before completing the online application form.

You should upload the following documents: a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a brief statement (no more than one side of A4) about how your experience fits the profile for this role.

Closing date for applications: 12 May 2014.

Interview date:  6 June 2014.

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.

One Health Summer School in Copenhagen 2014 - registration before April 9.

Dear Colleagues,
University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark are hosting a ‘One Health Summer School' with emphasis on approaches to control zoonoses and food safety.
It is a 5-ECTS course that will be held in Copenhagen, August 11-22, 2014 preceded by a 9-week e-learning part that will be accessed through a closed Coursera.org-site from April 28, 2014.
Master and PhD students are welcome, but other post-graduates who are interested are also welcome.
The only requirement is that you have a B.Sc. degree. Other backgrounds than veterinarian, medical and public health are also welcome.

For more information visit: http://healthsciences.ku.dk/education/summerschools/one-health/
The Summer School also has an email, you can write for more information: onehealth@foodsciencecopenhagen.dk
Hope to see you there,
Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen

STATISTICAL PRACTICE IN EPIDEMIOLOGY USING R

Tartu, Estonia, Friday 30 May to Wednesday 4 June 2014

(See also the attached flyer)

The course is intended for epidemiologists and statisticians who wish to use R (www.r-project.org<http://www.r-project.org>) for statistical modelling and analysis of epidemiological data. The aim of the course is to give participants access to a set of tools in current use by statisticians in epidemiology. The course requires fairly good understanding of statistical principles and some familiarity with epidemiological concepts and study types.

The course will be mainly practically oriented with more than half the time at the computer.

Contents:
* History of R. Language. Objects. Functions.
* Interface to other data formats. Data frames.
* Tabulation of data.
* Logistic regression for case-control-studies.
* Poisson regression for follow-up studies.
* Causal inference.
* Parametrization of models.
* Graphics in R.
* Graphical reporting of results.
* Time-splitting &  Standardized Mortality Ratios.
* Survival analysis and competing risks.
* Multi-state models.
* Nested and matched case-control studies.
* Case-cohort studies.

Venue:
Department of Mathematical Statistics
University of Tartu
J. Liivi 2,
EE - 50409 Tartu
Estonia

Price: 550 EUR for academic participants, 800 EUR for non-academic participants
- Includes tuition, course material, lunches, coffee breaks and social events (welcome cocktail and course dinner).
- Excludes travels, accommodation, and other meals

The course is a self-supporting entity, and there are NO grants or stipends available for travel or participation.

Registration: Send an e-mail which briefly states your qualifications in epidemiology and statistics to the organizers
* Bendix Carstensen: BxC@steno.dk<mailto:BxC@steno.dk>
* Esa Läärä: Esa.Laara@oulu.fi<mailto:Esa.Laara@oulu.fi>
* Krista Fischer: Krista.Fischer@ut.ee<mailto:Krista.Fischer@ut.ee>

Deadline for application: 1st April 2014.
Further information to applicants will be given by e-mail shortly after the deadline.

Course homepage: http://BendixCarstensen.com/SPE

Network Analysis Workshop and NOSOVE General Assembly

Update 14.07.2014
Sadly we have had to cancel the course due to lack of registered participants. We hope it will be possible to organize the course at a later date.

Time:
September 24th -26th, 2014

Venue: 

Hotel L’Ermitage

Toompuiestee 19, 10137 Tallinn, Estonia 

Website: www.lermitagehotel.ee/en/

Instructor: 

Rob Christley

Reader in Epidemiology

Department of Epidemiology & Population Health

Institute of Infection & Global Health, and 

School of Veterinary Science

University of Liverpool,

UK

Provisional Outline

The course will introduce the terminology, methods and some of the software available to analyse networks. The workshop will be a combination of short lectures, discussions and hands-on analysis (half of each day will be spent completing exercises designed to give participants practical experience of network analysis). By the end of the workshop participants will be able to design and undertake studies appropriate for the collection of network data, and use such data to create network images, describe important features of the network and identify important individuals and subgroups within the network. In addition, we will cover aspects of the statistical analysis of network data and the impact of networks on infectious disease dynamics.

Data will be provided for the practical sessions; however, participants will be encouraged to bring their own data to work on during the workshop. In addition, participants are encouraged to discuss their ideas for network analysis with the group.

The course outline below provides the basic course structure and topics to be covered. This may be subject to some modification.

Requirements:

• Course material with notes, practicals and solutions to the exercises will be provided during the first session of the workshop.

• Participants will be required to bring their own laptop.

• Software required: UCINET. A free trial version will be provided for the course.

Costs for participation:

Participation in the whole programme: 300 EUR (includes teaching all days, teaching material, workshop, AGM, all lunches, dinners and coffe breaks) 

Accommodation:

Hotel L’Ermitage; Toompuiestee 19, 10137 Tallinn, Estonia  www: www.lermitagehotel.ee/en/

Rooms have been booked for participant in the NOSOVE workshop/course 

Per night in a single room: 60 EUR including breakfast

Per night in an advanced single room: 72 EUR including breakfast

Per night in a twin or double room: 60 EUR including breakfast for two (30 EUR per person) 

Detailed program and Registration: 

Please click this link

Deadline for registration: 30th of May 2014

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/.