Modelling job opportunities

Research Associate Full time and fixed term until 30 September 2023 £40,858 – £48,340 plus benefits Job description Job summary Funded through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, this position involves working within the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analytics, at the forefront of cutting-edge inferential techniques for infectious disease analysis. The world is likely to be dealing with aftermath of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic well after the virus itself has been controlled, with the pandemic threatening many long-term targets towards improving global health, in particular those for the prevention of infectious diseases including Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Understanding the trajectory and future prospects for malaria control in many countries in Africa will be particularly challenging due to the suspension, in the face of the pandemic, of community-based surveys upon which estimates of malaria burden and intervention coverage are largely based. Measuring disease trends through sentinel monitoring of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics (‘ANC-based surveillance’) is a core surveillance tool for many infectious diseases and offers the prospect of substantially improved and responsive and estimates of malaria burden. However, as routine malaria testing of pregnant women within antenatal care has only begun to be adopted in recent years, tools to interpret such data in terms of population-level trends have yet to be developed. Duties and responsibilities This post provides an opportunity to develop novel ANC-based surveillance tools using data from antenatal clinics in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia to substantially improve accuracy in measuring the dynamics of malaria in both spatial and temporal ...
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An excellent opportunity exists for a Infectious Disease Modeler Research Officer to join the Population Health and Immunity Division. About the position The position is based within the laboratory of Professor Ivo Mueller in the Population Health and Immunity Division and will collaborate with The Malaria: Parasites and Hosts Unit at Institut Pasteur in Paris. The closely collaborating teams utilise interdisciplinary approaches to investigate the epidemiology of malaria transmission, drawing on tools from molecular biology, immunology, (clinical) epidemiology as well as statistical and mathematical modelling. Within the collaborating team, Dr Michael White directs research on statistical and mathematical modelling. The team boasts world leading expertise in the epidemiology of P. vivax malaria and works actively with collaborators in study sites in Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil and Peru. The Supporting Preparedness in the Asia-Pacific Region through Knowledge (SPARK) project is directed by Prof Jodie McVernon (Doherty Institute & University of Melbourne) and Prof Ivo Mueller (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute & Institut Pasteur). The project will provide capacity building support to countries across the Asia-Pacific through a participatory approach focused on the generation, synthesis and effective use of knowledge for public health and policy preparedness and response to infectious diseases. The SPARK project brings together a multi-disciplinary team of epidemiologists, modelers, statisticians, decision and data scientists, health systems experts and health economists and will establish three quantitative epidemiology and infectious disease modelling hubs in Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand. Using malaria as a case study, the team will develop and apply ...
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Big Data Institute, Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford is looking for a postdoc with strong skills in quantitative epidemiology and an interest in doing primary data collection and fieldwork. Please click the link https://tinyurl.com/y3knt7mw for further information ...
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Our pharmacometrics group is looking for bright and motivated candidates to join our modelling team within the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Cape Town. Pharmacometrics is an emerging discipline that uses mathematical and statistical tools to quantify drug, disease, and trial information to aid efficient drug development and/or regulatory decisions. It designs and applies mathematical models to describe the relationship between drug exposure (pharmacokinetics) and response (pharmacodynamics) for both desired and undesired effects, and aims to include in such models the effects of individual patient characteristics. Our group has established PK/PD modelling expertise in the disease areas of tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria. It is active internationally and enjoys on-going collaborations and exchange programs with some of the main pharmacometric research groups worldwide. Scholarships at both PhD student and postdoc level are available, please refer to the links below for more details. PhD student - https://bit.ly/2EqxntU Postdoc - https://bit.ly/3j88zWC To apply, or for any further information, please contact pharmacometrics@uct.ac.za and send your CV with references and a letter of motivation. The application deadline is September 30th 2020. However, enquiries regarding future positions are welcome. Bonus perk of the job: you get to save on your flight and accommodation to attend the World Conference on Pharmacometrics 2022 - https://wcop2020.org/ ...
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MMV is offering a 3 year post-doc position (https://www.mmv.org/about-us/work-us/jobs#op-395680-pkpd-translational-medicine-scientist-postdoc-fellowship) Defeating Malaria Together | www.mmv.org ...
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Three postdoctoral fellowships (Ph.D. within the last 3 years) are opened within the scope of the research unit “Center for Mathematics and Applications” (CMA), financed by “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.” (ref. UIDP/00297/2020 and UIDB/00297/2020). For further details please check the following links: Statistics: http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=124327 Operational Research: http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=showAnuncioOportunities&jobId=124626&idc=1 Mathematical Analysis: http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=124625 ...
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The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) is seeking a talented researcher with strong quantitative skills to join the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Modelling. The department is part of the Division of Infection Control and Environmental Health, and collaborates closely with NIPH’s research Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR-Centre). We are also a partner in BigInsight , a centre for research-based innovation within statistical and machine learning technologies, supported by the Research Council of Norway. The position offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of infectious disease epidemiology, mathematical modelling and statistics (3 years contract). We have ongoing research relating to development of network models, individual-based models to analyse the spread of antimicrobial resistance, and age-structured meta-population models for use in preparedness planning in Norway. The particular focus of the post doc will be determined according to the interests and background of the candidate We offer the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge quantitative research within infectious diseases using novel and rich data sources. NIPH’s laboratory diagnostics increasingly rely on genomic information and we want to further develop and expand our analytical competence to use available data sources to their full potential. The position holder will be part of a dynamic department of around 20 researchers from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, including statistics, bioinformatics, modelling and epidemiology. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health is a Public agency and national competence institution for governmental authorities, health services and the general population. The aim of our research is to evaluate and ...
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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate to join research teams based within Bristol Veterinary School and School of Cellular & Molecular Medicine at the University of Bristol. The post is available on a full-time basis (although part-time will be considered) with funding until April 2021 via MRC OH-DART grant. You will join an international multidisciplinary team working of microbiologists, mathematical modellers, epidemiologists, veterinarians and social scientists from UK and Thailand. You will undertake mathematical modelling and epidemiological analyses focused on describing complex One Health systems of the drivers of antimicrobial resistance in the environment, in animals and in humans in Thailand. You will develop technical aspects of modelling and epidemiological analyses and will collaborate with other modellers and epidemiologists in this team. You will also work closely with the experts in policy analysis to develop online tools for decision makers based on the complex models (e.g. in R Shiny) and with your Thai counterpart and the rest of the multidisciplinary team. You will need a strong mathematical background with preferably a PhD degree in a relevant quantitative subject. We are looking for an applicant with experience in infectious disease mathematical modelling and computational analysis. You must have experience of developing and programming dynamical models (in C or R, or similar), the ability to design and analyse large scale modelling experiments involving data and uncertainty. You will need excellent communication and project management skills to ensure delivery as well as skills in reviewing the non-modelling literature and undertaking ...
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Dr Thomas Prowse and I have a top-up scholarship available to work on a project Modelling Multi-strain RHDV Dynamics in Exotic Rabbits. This is an exciting project that will focus on developing methods for fitting stochastic, multi-strain, coupled ecological-epidemiological models to spatio-temporal data, and, using one of the best available time-series datasets in disease ecology, will address applied questions in rabbit biocontrol.   The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS, https://invasives.com.au/) will support the PhD student with $10k per annum in top-up to their RTP scholarship, $7k per annum for operating expenses, and additional support to attend training courses and conferences. Through CISS, the student will also be mentored by leading applied researchers and modellers from across Australia.   Applicants would need to be successful in their application for a PhD project and RTP scholarship in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Adelaide. If you are interested, then please contact me (joshua.ross@adelaide.edu.au) or Thomas (thomas.prowse@adelaide.edu.au) for further information ...
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An exciting opportunity to work on a collaborative project exploring regionally coordinated strategies to prevent the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through the Victorian healthcare system. This project will link Victorian patient admission datasets with existing and prospectively collected genomic microbiologic data through applying network analysis and modelling methods to characterise and simulate intra- and inter-hospital 'patient movement networks'. As part of the research team you will help to describe the role of shared patient populations as 'bridges' between hospitals via which AMR can spread and explore how a detailed understanding of these referral networks can translate to effective and efficient policy decisions. http://careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/587166/research-fellow-infectious-diseases-network-analysis-and-modelling https://www.seek.com.au/job/38344039?searchrequesttoken=2c678f9c-6dac-41f5-ba75-171aad0b0d1e&type=standard ...
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