Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling (EPH-EPED-2024-32)

Job title:

Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling (EPH-EPED-2024-32)

Company

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Job description

Salary: £52,199 to £59,623 per annum, inclusive.
Closing Date: Sunday 12 January 2025
Reference: EPH-EPED-2024-32The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.We are seeking an enthusiastic and productive mathematical modeller interested in learning new skills and in working with colleagues with a range of epidemiological backgrounds to join a team working on projects to advance the research agenda on health inequalities in England.The post-holder will join a project investigating socioeconomic and ethnic health disparities in respiratory virus transmission. They will use OpenSAFELY for analysis of linked EHR data, and will be responsible for developing transmission models stratified by key socioeconomic or ethnic groupings and parameterizing these with social contact data. They will use EHRs to identify respiratory health outcomes for fitting to and use Bayesian methods for parameter inference. There is scope for self-motivated research within the wider remit.The post-holder will join a highly collaborative and supportive group working on allied questions in infectious health inequalities at LSHTM and partner organisations.Applicants must have a doctoral degree in a relevant topic and expertise in mathematical modelling of infectious disease. Experience using Bayesian methods for inference is essential. Further particulars are included in the job descriptionThe post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term until 31 December 2028. The post is funded by UKRI and is available from 01 January 2025.The salary will be on the Academic Pathway salary scale Grade 7 in the range £52,199 – £59,623 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.Applications should be made on-line via our . Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to . Please quote reference EPH-EPED-2024-32.The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as “Please see attached CV” will not be considered acceptable.Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date. Further details:

Expected salary

£52199 – 59623 per year

Location

London

Job date

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:20:01 GMT

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