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Assistant Professor
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
| Salary: |
£51,299 to £58,723
per annum, inclusive.
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| Closing Date: |
Thursday 22 August 2024 |
| Reference: |
EPH-EPED-2024-17 |
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 looking for an enthusiastic, productive team member, with considerable experience in analysis of electronic health records to advance research on health inequalities in England.
You will join a team using OpenSAFELY to investigate inequalities in infectious disease burden, how these are generated and sustained, with a particular focus on respiratory infections. The importance of social contact behaviour, primary care access, and interventions such as vaccination will be a major focus.
You will be directly responsible for epidemiological analysis, surveys of staff and patients, analysis of these and broader data to detect biases in recruitment and reporting, and supervising a research fellow working on predicting burden of infections. There is considerable scope for self-generated projects within this framework and opportunity for publication, collaboration and participation in future grant applications..
You will work with Prof Michael Marks (interim PI) and Prof Rosalind Eggo, alongside a team at LSHTM, QMUL, Bristol and Oxford Universities.
The post-holder will have a doctoral degree in a relevant topic and expertise in electronic health records analysis, with evidence of taking a leading role in design of research studies. Further particulars are included in the job description.
The post is full-time, 1.0FTE and fixed-term until 30 April 2027. The post is funded by the NIHR and the Medical Research Council and is available from 01 August 2024.
The salary will be on the Academic Pathway scale Grade 7 in the range £51,299-£58,723 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). 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.
Applications should be made on-line via our website at http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk. 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.
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.
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We believe that when people feel respected and included, they can be more creative, successful, and happier at work. While we have more work to do, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace, a community that everyone feels a part of, which is safe, respectful, supportive and enables all to reach their full potential.