Jobs at LSHTM | Academic

Research Fellow or Assistant Professor - Maternity Cover (0.35 FTE) (EPH-EPED-2026-02)

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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 recruiting a Research Fellow or Assistant Professor to work on The OptiMAx project focused on integrated nutritional activities to increase immunisation coverage that aims to assess the potential impact of jointly programming monthly supplementation with small-quantity lipid based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) with immunisation services in Chad and Niger. LSHTM is a partner in this project; outcomes include new knowledge generation on the bidirectional relationship between vaccine-preventable diseases and malnutrition and supportive evidence for potential scale up of integrated nutritional and immunisation programmes in low- and middle-income countries.

The post-holder will be responsible for bringing forward an innovative programme of work to investigate the impact of the OptiMAx programme through mixed-methods process evaluation and gender analysis.

The post-holder must have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant topic (Research Fellow) or doctoral degree in relevant topic (Assistant Professor). A willingness to travel to Chad and Niger occasionally and fluency in French is essential at Assistant Professor level. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is part-time 12.25 hours per week, 0.35 FTE and fixed-term until 31 March 2027. The post is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and is available from 01 May 2026.

The salary for Research Fellow will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £45,728-£51,872 and Grade 7 for Assistant Professor £53,317-£61,034 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.

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.

Closing Date: 30 Apr 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £45,728 to £61,034 per annum pro rata inclusive

Research Fellow (PHP-PHES-2026-07)

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Digital Determinants of Health Hub is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to contribute to a research programme examining how digital environments influence adolescent health.

The postholder will lead the analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study data, working to a preregistered Statistical Analysis Plan. The research applies target trial emulation, to generate robust and policy-relevant evidence. Working closely with the research team, the postholder will implement analyses, produce reproducible outputs, and contribute to peer-reviewed publications and engagement with government stakeholders, including the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Applicants should hold a doctoral degree in public health, epidemiology, or a related discipline, and have strong experience in longitudinal data analysis and advanced causal inference methods (e.g., inverse probability weighting, or doubly robust approaches). They should be confident working with large-scale datasets in R or Stata, including data management and multiple imputation, and committed to producing transparent, reproducible research. The postholder will demonstrate strong organisational skills and deliver high-quality outputs to tight deadlines.

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed term for 10 months. Extension beyond this period may be possible, subject to programme needs. The post is funded by the Wellcome Trust and is available to start as soon as possible.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £45,728 - £51,872 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.

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.

Closing Date: 28 Apr 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £45,728 to £51,872 per annum pro rata inclusive

Research Fellow in Health Data Science (EPH-EPIH-2026-01-R)

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & International Health is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow in Health Data Science (with a focus on machine learning) to NeoShield, a multi-country implementation research programme focused on neonatal sepsis and antimicrobial resistance, led by LSHTM in collaboration with the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust and the Zambia National Public Health Institute.

NeoShield integrates clinical, microbiological, and data science approaches to generate evidence and tools for safer, more targeted infection management in hospitalised newborns. The post-holder will lead the design, development, deployment and evaluation of NeoShield's two core machine-learning systems: a Clinical Decision Support Tool for neonatal sepsis diagnosis (predicting likelihood of infection and informing antibiotic decision-making), and a real-time ward-level outbreak detection system (using time-series analysis and anomaly detection methods).

The post-holder must have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant discipline (e.g., machine learning, data science, computer science, biostatistics, epidemiology, or another quantitative field), and applied experience in machine learning, with extensive hands-on experience of model development, testing, validation and deployment using real-world datasets in operational or research settings. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term for 24 months with potential for extension subject to funding. The post is funded by Wellcome Trust and available immediately.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £45,728-£51,872 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.

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.

Closing Date: 21 Apr 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £45,728 to £51,872 per annum pro rata inclusive

Clinical Research Fellow (ITD-CRD-2026-08)

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

We are seeking for an enthusiastic and productive team member with experience in metagenomics and diagnostics research. The postholder will be clinically qualified and will contribute to studies focused on developing and conducting studies focused on developing next generation sequencing diagnostic (molecular and serological) approaches for patients with fever, including those returning from outside the UK and those with neurological presentations. The applicant will be expected to undertake a PhD as part of this post. There will be excellent opportunities for publication, and outputs crucial to public health decisions.

The postholder will work directly with Professor Emma Thomson and Professor Michael Marks, and collaborators at UKHSA. This work is a collaboration between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL) at UKHSA Porton Down, and the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR). The successful candidate will be based primarily at LSHTM but will work closely with investigators and facilities across all partner institutions.

The successful applicant must hold a postgraduate degree (such as an MSc) in a relevant topic, be medically qualified with a GMC license to practice and Clinical experience relevant to Infectious Diseases, Microbiology or Virology – (e.g. specialty training or equivalent experience). They should have experience developing or personally carrying out diagnostics metagenomics either wet-lab or bioinformatical. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is fixed term for three years (available from September 2026 until 31 August 209) and full-time 1.0 FTE. The post is funded by the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit. The salary will be on the salary scale for clinical academic doctors in training (2016 contract / pay system - updated 2018) and will be determined based on relevant experience (Salary range: £65,048 - £73,992 per annum plus £2,162 per annum London Allowance).

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.

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

Closing Date: 17 Apr 2026

Department: Academic

Salary: £65,048 to £73,992 per annum pro rata inclusive