April 2023 newsletter

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will be going out around 17th april- please comment with any content you'd like included

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https://rss.org.uk/training-events/training/public-courses/software-training/introduction-to-r-statistical-modelling-in-r/introduction-to-r-statistical-modelling-in-r-v-(1)/

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OPPORTUNITY ALERT! A summer school in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology is being organised by Health Data Research UK and sponsored by Roche. Participants will have the opportunity to apply for exclusive Roche internships following the school. This activity is being enabled by a UKRI Turing AI Fellowship awarded to the Professor Christopher Yau (Oxford). If you are interested in participating, sign up and we will alert you when applications open! https://forms.gle/ATFVubM2xddLH49Y6

HDRUK: HDRUK-Roche Summer School - Expression of Interest

Date: SHDRUK: HDRUK-Roche Summer School - Expression of Interest

Date: Summer 2023

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https://twitter.com/RoyalStatSoc/status/1638110850778013697?t=v36ycZ0-l3JxyHiV35bFiQ&s=19

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It was great talking to you at AI UK. Could you please help share our FIVE openings below- specifically welcoming female candidates.

FIVE 3-year (Senior) AI Research Engineer positions at University of Sheffield

FIVE 3-year Senior AI Research Engineer / AI Research Engineer positions at University of Sheffield for those with a passion for AI/machine learning research AND software development.

We are creating a new AI Research Engineering team by recruiting two Senior AI Research Engineers and three AI Research Engineers. This team is part of the University’s multi-million-pound investment to establish the new Centre for Machine Intelligence. This team will be led by Haiping Lu, Professor of Machine Learning.

Deadline for application: 24th April 2023. Application link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CYI206/senior-ai-research-engineer-ai-research-engineer

Welcome to register for a hybrid information session for introduction and Q&A from 13:30 to 14:30 (UK time) on 31st March 2023 via https://forms.gle/MocZaFiyvay4gnLB6

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https://healthdata.gov/stories/s/k3s4-88z4

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https://twitter.com/PSIupdate/status/1639243167278186496 mention chris and robin speaking?

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The HDR UK Big Data for Complex Disease Driver Programme is looking to award funding to host organisations for up to five PhD studentships that apply the potential of large-scale data to address challenges in cardiovascular disease and cancer research. Find out more and apply by 28 April: https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/funding-opportunities/big-data-for-complex-disease-call-phd-project-proposals/

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https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220638 publication of the month

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Royal Statistical Society: RSS International Conference 2023

Date: Monday 4 - Thursday 7 September 2023 Deadline (talks): Wednesday 5 April 2023 Deadline (attendance registration): Monday 5 June 2023

The RSS International Conference regularly attracts more than 500 attendees from over 30 countries providing one of the best opportunities for anyone interested in statistics and data science to come together to share knowledge and network.

We are delighted to be holding the conference in Harrogate, Yorkshire for the first time in 2023.

As usual, the conference programme will feature top keynote speakers, invited topic sessions, professional development workshops, contributed and rapid-fire talks, and poster presentations, as well as many opportunities for networking.

The line-up of keynote speakers for the conference will include Anuj Srivastava (Florida State University), Mihaela van der Schaar (University of Cambridge), plus a discussion meeting on probabilistic and statistical aspects of machine learning.

Draft programme here

More information and register here

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BSCC Life Sciences Programme: Should you trust digital healthcare?

Date: Wednesday 19 April 2023, 18:00 - 21:00

The digital aspects of the future of the healthcare system is of significant importance. The prospect of coupling the tools and technologies of today with high quality data to improve patient outcomes is tantalising. We expect it to help unlock treatments for many common and rare diseases at a pace the world has never seen before. The prospect of curing previously incurable diseases can seem a given, but at what cost?

We know that cyber security poses risks and challenges across all industries. The Cambridge Analytica scandal reminded us recently of how our data can be misused or even abused, and reaffirmed that “Knowledge is Power”. Any organisation being in control of, or having access to, so much data undoubtedly has concerns.

To discuss these issues, the BSCC Basel Chapter brings together experts in their field for an Oxford-style debate. We ask our special guests to share their research, insights and cautions when it comes to digital healthcare and centre the debate around the issues of data and trust.

This event will challenge you to think differently and leave you feeling empowered.

More information and register here

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HDR UK: HDR UK Big Data for Complex Disease Driver Programme call for PhD project proposals

Deadline: Friday 28 April 2023, 17:00

Health Data Research UK’s Big Data for Complex Disease (BDCD) Driver Programme is calling for potential host organisations to put forward project proposals for up to five PhD studentships. This is an exciting opportunity to apply the potential of large-scale data to addressing some of the most pressing challenges in contemporary healthcare.

The BDCD Driver Programme is designed to address three core challenges that focus on deploying whole population, national linked health data:

• To better predict development of cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to stratify risk for better early detection, early diagnosis and prevention.

• To improve understanding of the inter–relationship between these complex diseases to ensure that data–driven insights fully inform strategies for the prevention, early diagnosis and management of both treatment sequelae and long–term risk.

• To examine and better understand the impact of inequalities to influence and mitigate the negative impacts on incidence and outcomes associated with age, gender, ethnicity, geography and deprivation.

The programme is led by Professor Cathie Sudlow (HDR UK) and Professor Mark Lawler (Queen’s University Belfast, HDR UK Northern Ireland), with a wider leadership team from across the UK.

Find more information and the application form here

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Wellcome Trust: Wellcome Data Science Ideathon

Date: Monday 10 - Wednesday 12 July 2023 Deadline: Sunday 30 April 2023

The Wellcome Data Science Ideathon is a competition that will have teams compete to propose data science solutions to tackle three urgent health challenges: mental health, infectious diseases, and climate and health.

The Ideathon is open to student teams and researcher teams. All team members must be affiliated with a Higher Education Institution (HEI) or research institute in the UK.

Teams can apply to the Ideathon as either:

• Student Teams comprised of 3-5 postgraduate students, Masters or PhD. • Researcher Teams comprised of 3-5 researchers at any career stage.

Around 25 teams will be selected as semi-finalists to compete in the event at Wellcome’s offices in central London on 10-12 July 2023 and 10 of those teams will be selected as finalists and will be eligible to win one of these prizes or grants:

• Student teams selected as finalists are eligible for cash prizes of up to £3,000 per team member. • Researcher teams selected as finalists are eligible for one-year grants up to £120,000.

Find more information and register here

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Congratulations to Chief Scientist Mark Girolami, who has been awarded the Guy Medal in Silver by the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) for his contributions to computational statistics and machine learning - in particular, his work on differential geometric approaches to stochastic simulation for statistical inference.

Find out more about Mark's award, and the other winners of the RSS 2023 Honours.

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senior PDRA position- predictive modelling

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https://careers.roche.com/global/en/job/ROCHGLOBAL202303108144EXTERNALENGLOBAL/Data-Engineering-Intern-for-Summer-2023-m-w-d

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https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CYX086/research-associate-in-health-equity

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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/esrc-digital-footprints-identifying-researcher-needs-tickets-603815046057?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

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https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/243195/associate-professor-in-statistical-methods-and-machine-learning