Cochrane seeks Clinical Research Associate - Liverpool, UK

 Liverpool school of Tropical Medicine ' s Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health has led developments in systematic reviews in tropical medicine and international health. In the 1990s, staff contributed to setting up Cochrane, and established theCochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG). This is now recognised as one of Cochrane ' s premier groups, with over 150 Cochrane reviews and 600 authors, and is well-linked with the World Health Organization.We are looking to expand the centre. As part of this, we are recruiting staff for the "Research, Evidence and Development Initiative " (READ-It) programme that is just starting, a collaborative five-year programme with partners in South Africa, Zambia, Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Our priorities are entirely derived from LMIC priorities and develop rapidly. We are seeking to engage the successful applicant in a high-priority area commensurate with their areas of interest and to work with colleagues in partner countries.To illustrate the range of topics, some systematic review topics in the in-tray include:Public health programmes in preventing anaemia, micronutrient supplementation, filariasisDetection and treatment of TBDiagnostic test accuracy reviews in histoplasmosis, HIV, G6PD deficiencyCommunity health workers and mental health promotion and deliveryThere are also a variety of methodological projects related to Cochrane review updating, conflicts of interest, statistical reporting, and methods for moving from evidenc...
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