We are seeking
to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher in Infectious Disease Modelling. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, based at the University of Oxford. You will be working with Professor Déirdre Hollingsworth and the Disease Modelling Group, which aims to create dynamic mathematical modelling solutions to inform and support key global and local health policy decisions of diseases that predominantly affect the lowest income populations. Professor Hollingsworth’s group is a world leader in the development of statistical, mathematical, and computational models that inform disease dynamics, and in the translation of outputs to national and global health policy. The Disease Modelling Group has made significant contributions to the study of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), COVID-19, HIV/AIDS and malaria. Research outputs range from analytical mathematical models through to large-scale individual-based simulation as well as statistics and Bayesian inference. This highly motivated, collaborative research group leads funded, international consortia in modelling, NTDs and vaccine impact. It is essential that you hold a PhD/DPhil (or close to completion) in a quantitative research area such as mathematical modelling, computing or statistics, alongside sufficient specialist knowledge in infectious disease modelling to work within the established research programmes. You will have an ability to manage own academic research and associated activities, with excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings. You will have expertise with at least one programming language used for research (e.g. Python, C++, C, Matlab, R, Java, Javascript, Fortran, Julia) and conversant with at least one more. Strong analytical and quantitative skills and excellent problem-solving abilities are also required.