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Professor (and Head of Department)

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics

Location: London
Salary: in the range £73,115-£117,698+ per annum pro rata (inclusive of London Weighting), Grade C-A
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 11th July 2025
Closes: 30th October 2025
Job Ref: EPH-EPED-2025-10

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.

The Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Dynamics (IDE-D) is looking to appoint a Full Professor with a specialism in disease dynamics. 

The ideal candidate will have a doctoral degree in infectious disease epidemiology or related quantitative discipline and prior experience of leading a large academic group (e.g. department, or faculty). They will be able to demonstrate substantial contributions to research and teaching of infectious disease epidemiology and have a strong track record of collaboration and attracting grant funding, excellent publication record, experience in conducting interdisciplinary research in diverse settings, committed to providing high-quality teaching and maintaining respectful working relationships. We particularly welcome applications from women and those from an ethnic minority background, as they are under-represented within the IDE-D department at this level.

This appointment is expected to take on a leadership role either at the time of appointment, or within the first three years. Key leadership roles available include: 

(1) Head of Department for IDE-D. This is involves leading a department of around 100 well-established and renowned researchers in the areas of vaccine confidence, outbreak preparedness and response and infectious disease modelling. This role has an initial term of three years and 0.4 FTE time allocation.

(2) Faculty coordinator for Health Data Science. This involves coordinating research and education strategy across seven departments and multiple LSHTM-based centres, with a focus on building and strengthening skills in artificial intelligence and machine learning for epidemiological research.

The post is permanent and full-time 35 hours per week.

The salary will be on the Professorial salary scale, Grade C-A in the range £73,115-£117,698+ per annum pro rata (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to 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 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

The supporting statement section is an essential part of the selection process and  should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. Further information is detailed in the application form.   

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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