The MRC Biostatistics Unit is an extremely rewarding place to work. The Unit provides a stimulating environment for conducting high quality research.

The Unit currently has approximately 90 scientists and support staff, with scientists and students working within our four distinctive research themes, led by our Programme Leaders. We also have around 20 PhD students – see PhD at BSU for postgraduate opportunities.

Strong emphasis is placed on training biostatisticians of the future. Through our Career Development and PhD programmes we are committed to filling the strategic skills gap in statistics identified by Professor Adrian Smith FRS in 2010.

Furthermore the Unit provides a unique environment in which researchers apply their statistical and mathematical knowledge to working with data to solve real problems.

If you would like to find out more about what a typical day is like for our researchers, take a look at our ‘A day in the life’ blog posts:

• A day in the life of Nina Deliu
• A day in the life of Rong Zhu
• A day in the life of David Robertson
• Read all

Or you can watch video interviews with some of the members of our Unit – Meet our researchers 

Current vacancies

Title	Salary	Reference	Closes
Director of the MRC Biostatistics Unit and Professor of Biostatistics MRC Biostatistics Unit	Grade 12 £72,689 to £109,865 per annum.	SL26479	11th June
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term) MRC Biostatistics Unit	£26,715-£40,322	SL26564	3rd June
Research Associate (Fixed Term) MRC Biostatistics Unit	£32,816-£40,322	SL26004	16th May