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I'm interviewing for a research job involving cancer...

  • 14-04-2008 5:13pm
    #1
    newestUser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 402 ✭✭


    ...and I had to look up the meaning of the word 'carcinogenesis'.

    This is not good. :)

    My area of expertise is in computers, but I'm going for a research post in a school of medicine in a university which involves performing analysis on cancer tissue data banks.

    This is a powerpoint presentation which gives an overview of the work these guys do:

    http://www.walescancerinstitute.co.uk/documents/PaulLewis.ppt

    I gather that they're analysing the data in order to discover patterns that might provide clues as to what patient X's chances of survival are given a particular set of circumstances, maybe other analyses might be looking for factors that strongly influence the development of cancer in an individual, etc.

    I'd like to hear peoples opinions what are the challenges to this research from the medical/data collection (ie from patients)/clinical side of things? I'd be able to talk confidently about the computer/technological aspect, but I'd be at a loss when asked about the medical side!

    If someone from a medical background could offer a few opinions on this, I'd appreciate it!

    There you go Tallaght01, maybe we might get one of those nice geeky discussions going that you so badly wanted! :)


Comments

  • #2
    sportswear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 394 ✭✭sportswear


    hey im not really sure what you want to know here can you make it more specific??


  • #3
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    No that's probably not the best start but in fairness since you've got called for an interview I'd imagine its your computer skills they are more interested in (thats is unless you *enhanced* certain parts of your CV:o)

    Oh and I'd brush up on statistics, always very useful in any job involving massive amounts of data.


  • #4
    sportswear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 394 ✭✭sportswear


    (thats is unless you *enhanced* certain parts of your CV)


    good point.


  • #5
    newestUser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 402 ✭✭newestUser


    Hey guys, thanks for taking the time to respond.

    Yeah, I know, I was a bit vague in my original post. I didn't have enough time to investigate the position fully (I've a lot of balls in the air at the mo!).

    Already had the interview, already been offered the job. You were right about the statistics part jimoslimos, multivariate analysis was one of the skills mentioned in the job spec, as well as various stats software packages. We touched on the subject, but not in too much depth (the stats guy on the interview panel recognised it's not my primary discipline).

    I was utterly, 100% honest in my CV btw. :)


  • #6
    tallaght01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭tallaght01


    well done on getting the job.

    When you're in there, why don't you post about it and let us know what you're doing.

    I agree with the other posters, I wasn't sure what you were asking in your original post :p but it would be interesting to hear what you're up to.

    Keep us posted, and hope it goes well for u.


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