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.
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the LSHTM Electronic Health Records Research (EHR) Group for an experienced epidemiologist/statistician to join an NIHR-funded programme of research (The INTEGRATE programme) in collaboration with the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence. The appointment can be at Research Fellow or Assistant Professor level, depending on applicant background. The post-holder will lead innovative research projects related to important public health topics. Studies will include descriptive epidemiology and use emulated target trial approaches for robust causal inference within large national health datasets. The post offers an excellent opportunity to build on existing expertise through design, conduct and supervision of studies, to develop a strong track record of published outputs and to build links with health policymakers.
The post-holder must have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree (for Research Fellow) or a doctoral degree (for Assistant Professor) in epidemiology, medical statistics or health data science. Experience in the design, conduct and interpretation of health-related epidemiological studies using large routine datasets is also essential. Further particulars are included in the job description.
The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE, fixed term until 30 November 2027 and available from 01 July 2025.
The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, for Research Fellow Grade 6 in the range £45,097-£51,156 or for Assistant Professor Grade 7 in the range £52,581-£60,191 per annum pro rata (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 at LSHTM.
Applications should be made on-line via our jobs website. 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 EPH-NCDE-2025-08.
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.