Careers in Methodology

Raising awareness of methodology careers in health and care research methodology

About us

Be a research methodologist and make a difference!

Improvements in health and care rely on highly skilled researchers with specialist skills in research methodology.

Research methodologies important in this field include information systems, ethics, epidemiology, trial management, statistics, economics, qualitative and mixed methods. We need to expand the numbers of researchers with these skills to raise the quality and scientific rigour of medical and health care research.

The methodology incubator is raising awareness of the importance of methodologists in health and social care research and of the career opportunities in this field.

The methodology incubator is focussed on careers and has strong links with the methodological research community through our work-streams and incubator members.

Join the Methodology Incubator

Join us to raise awareness of the diverse range of careers in methodology and help us promote opportunities methodologists to lead and co-lead research proposals.

LINK TO JOIN

Workstreams

Current Workstreams are: Qualitative Researchers, Paediatric Methodology, Career Pathways, Health Data Science, Value of Methodology, Awareness Raising, Internships and Training, Information Retrieval Specialists.

Events

Review of the labour market for health economists on behalf of the UK Health Economist’s Study Group

Commissioned by the UK Health Economists’ Study Group, this review considers key trends in the labour market for health economists based on an analysis of job adverts over the last seven years and surveys of employers and employees in late 2024.

From these two perspectives, we consider variations by career stage, sector, and region in experiences of recruiting, retaining and promoting…

NIHR Funded Training Day Developing your career as a Research Methodologist – Applying for a Doctoral Fellowship

The Methodology Incubator will be displaying a stand at this event

https://io.nihr.ac.uk/news/events/nihr-funded-training-day/

Skills training and gaps in Applied Health and Care Data Science Research Webinar

https://vimeo.com/1058698173

  Join us on Wednesday 22nd January 2025 at 10am to contribute to the discussion and debate around skills training…

CORE Information Retrieval Forum 2025

                                                 

CORE Information Retrieval Forum 2025 Join us for a day of keynotes, presentations, networking, celebrating achievements & discussing latest innovations…