Clinical Research Fellow

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 for an enthusiastic and productive team member with experience in metagenomics and diagnostics research. The postholder will be clinically qualified and will contribute to studies focused on developing and conducting studies focused on developing next generation sequencing diagnostic (molecular and serological) approaches for patients with fever, including those returning from outside the UK and those with neurological presentations. The applicant will be expected to undertake a PhD as part of this post. There will be excellent opportunities for publication, and outputs crucial to public health decisions.

The postholder will work directly with Professor Emma Thomson and Professor Michael Marks, and collaborators at UKHSA. This work is a collaboration between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL) at UKHSA Porton Down, and the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR). The successful candidate will be based primarily at LSHTM but will work closely with investigators and facilities across all partner institutions.

The successful applicant must hold a post graduate degree (such as an MSc) in a relevant topic, be medically qualified with a GMC license to practice and Clinical experience relevant to Infectious Diseases, Microbiology or Virology – (e.g. specialty training or equivalent experience). They should have experience developing or personally carrying out diagnostics metagenomics either wet-lab or bioinformatical. Further particulars are included in the job description. 

The post is fixed term for three years (available from September 2026 until 31 August 209) and full-time 1.0 FTE. The post is funded by the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit.  The salary will be on the salary scale for clinical academic doctors in training (2016 contract / pay system - updated 2018) and will be determined based on relevant experience (Salary range: £65,048 - £73,992 per annum plus £2,162 per annum London Allowance). 

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 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 ITD-CRD-2026-08.

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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