Postdoctoral Research Associate in Health Policy and Decision Modelling

About the Role

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join a multidisciplinary research team based at the Centre for Public Health and Policy (CPHP), Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London. The postholder will contribute to the NIHR-funded project “Regulating physician dual practice in Mozambique and South Africa” (NIHR158137), which examines regulatory approaches to physicians’ simultaneous engagement in public and private practice in low- and middle-income countries.

Working under the supervision of Dr Giuliano Russo (Wolfson Institute of Population Health) and Prof. Pietro Panzarasa (School of Business and Management), the postholder will contribute to the design, implementation, and analysis of Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs) and the development of Agent-Based Models (ABMs). These methods will be used to model doctors’ job choices, time allocation between public and private services, and hospital managers’ regulatory responses under alternative policy scenarios.

The role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of health policy, behavioural modelling, and computational economics, in collaboration with international academic and policy partners.

About You

Candidates should hold a PhD (or be close to completion) or equivalent research experience in a relevant discipline, such as health economics, labour economics, data science, computational social science, or a related field. We are looking for candidates who have a strong quantitative background, with experience in econometric analysis and handling complex datasets, and an understanding of the research process in applied health or policy settings.

The ideal candidate will have experience or interest in discrete choice modelling, agent-based modelling, or computational approaches to decision-making. Candidates from low- and middle-income countries are particularly encouraged to apply.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Wolfson Institute of Population Health is an interdisciplinary research environment with a strong international profile in population health, primary care and preventive medicine. The Centre for Public Health and Policy conducts research aimed at influencing public health policy and practice globally, through analysis, inclusive education and interdisciplinary collaboration.

The project team includes researchers and policymakers from the National Institute of Health of Mozambique, the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), the University of Melbourne, and Queen Mary University of London.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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