Modelling job opportunities

We are delighted to announce the launch of our SPARK Fellowship Program which provides an opportunity for early-to-mid career researchers to undertake a short project in the area of infectious disease preparedness, surveillance, analysis and evidence-to-policy.  These Fellowships offer the chance for successful candidates to work with SPARK experts in their field of interest, to build the capacity in their home institution and to contribute to better evidence for policy in their home country.  Application details and selection criteria are in the attached document. During this first Fellowship round we are opening applications from our SPARK collaborating partner institutions. The Fellowships will last between three and six months and the first intake will be in late February/early March. The deadline for applications is 10 December, however we encourage candidates to submit their proposals as soon as possible so that we can assess the suitability of their proposal and likely supervisory team in good time. Application process We are currently open for applications for the first intake, to start in early March. This application round closes on 10 December 2021 Fellows are selected through a competitive selection process and, are required to submit an application and Fellowship project proposal as outlined below. Preference will be given to applicants from countries that are part of the Indo Pacific. Fellows are required to meet academic and English pre-requisites. Selection criteria: The Fellow should be engaged in a program of work related to infectious disease preparedness, surveillance, analysis or evidence-to-policy The project must have the ...
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We are recruiting *full time* Assistant Editors and Production Editors for MDPI Bangkok Office. Please find below additional information (poster) ...
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Job Highlights Conduct health economics modelling projects Experience collecting and analysing data Experience with developing mathematical model in R Background: This post is based at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) in Bangkok. MORU, established in 1979 as a research collaboration between Mahidol University (Thailand), Oxford University (UK) and the UK's Wellcome Trust, the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU). We aim to conduct both basic and apply research that can fill in gaps in knowledge, discover and develop appropriate, affordable interventions that improve the health of people living in resource-limited parts of the world. This position is located within MORU’s Mathematical And Economic MODelling (MAEMOD). This position will have a role supporting the MAEMOD team to conduct health economic analyses and economic modelling to evaluate intervention strategies. Responsibilities: The primary role of the post-holder will be to conduct health economics and infectious disease modelling projects including; Design, conduct, and interpret health economics studies using a variety of methods based on the available data and question(s) of interest Collaborate, engage, and coordinate with relevant groups to complete the assigned projects Effectively manage projects in order to deliver projects within established time frames Prepare professional research reports, papers and presentations suited to a wide variety of audiences including publication in scholar journals Performs tasks as required by the supervisor Skill and Qualifications: Master’s degree or PhD-candidate in Public Health, Public Policy, Health Economics, Operational Research, Applied Mathematics or advanced degree in a field of study relevant to the ...
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James Trauer’s team at the School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine at Monash University is looking to hire an epidemiologist. You can find the job advertisement and position description here: https://www.livehire.com/careers/alfredhealth/job/34357/UBKRFWE5S/epidemiologist Please note that the role could be readily adapted to accommodate applicants with a strong background in ID modelling, rather than epidemiology alone. Applications from candidates with this background are encouraged. Please refer to the description, or contact Prof. James Trauer at james.trauer@monash.edu ...
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Job Highlights Develop mathematical models for improving health Combine programming with disease controls Work w/ top international researchers in medicines Job summary This position involves working within the Mathematical and Economic Modelling team (MAEMOD) at Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University on cutting-edge inferential techniques for infectious disease analysis, focusing on Malaria (1 position) and Tuberculosis (TB) and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) (1 position). The work focuses on retrieving existing data and other evidence on the Thai context, visualise and anlayse and conduct a modelling study. Using mathematical modelling to further explore some what-if scenarios given some changes due to some reduction of global funds to support the control programme, re-prioritizing of budget and resources due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues such as drug resistance for example. Communicating the models to other disciplines and engage them into the tasks of prevention & control, or even elimination on the national level will be particularly challenging due to the suspension, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Computer tools and innovation may be required to make this work successful. Duties and responsibilities This post provides an opportunity to develop mathematical model to capture the dynamics of infectious diseases in both spatial and temporal dimensions in the Thai context during a critical moment in the ongoing fight against the world’s highest burden infectious diseases. Major components of the role will include fostering collaborations with global partners such as national malaria/TB control programmes, international research collaborators ...
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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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