Research Fellow in Disease Forecasting

The 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 a statistical modeller with an interest in climate-sensitive disease forecasting to join the D-MOSS project. This ongoing project works with ministries of health in Vietnam and Malaysia to forecast dengue outbreaks  2 weeks to 6 months in advance using climate, sociodemographic and hydrological variables. The system is currently operational and the postholder will primarily focus on generating higher resolution forecasts, improving how forecasts inform decision making for different stakeholders and contribute to robust evaluation of forecasts.

The post-holder must have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant topic along with relevant experience developing, fitting and evaluating predictive time series models. The post-holder should be aware of the limitations of real-time surveillance data and some common modelling techniques to overcome these. A strong working knowledge of R and experience developing re-usable code, developed collaboratively using platforms such as GitHub is essential. Further particulars are included in the job description.

If you have any further questions about the role please contact oliver.brady@lshtm.ac.uk

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term until 30 July 2026.

The post is funded by the UK Medical Research Council and is available immediately.

The salary will be on the Academic Pathway salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £43,947-£49,908 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 by clicking the 'Apply' button, above.

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 jobs@lshtm.ac.uk.

Please quote reference EPH-EPED-2024-15.

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.

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