Research Fellow - London, United Kingdom - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Salary:

- £43,947 to £49,908 per annum, inclusive

Closing Date:

Tuesday 23 April 2024
Reference:
EPH-EPED 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 mathematical modeler to advance a research agenda on health inequalities in England.

The post-holder will join a team analysising EHR data examining socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in respiratory virus transmission.

The project focuses on how these infections exert pressures on GPs and if those are evenly distributed across practices and patient groups.

The role of vaccination in mitigating these pressures will be a major focus.

The post-holder will be responsible for developing and validating prediction models using data drawn from health records to estimate the effect of patient and practice level predictors.

They will validate models against data from longitudinal surveys, and develop a system to help the NHS to monitor and manage pressures in primary care.

They will work with Professor Michael Marks (interim PI) alongside a team at LSHTM, QMUL, Bristol and Oxford Universities.

The post-holder will have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant topic and relevant experience in data management and analysis of electronic health record data using statistical software programs.

Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full-time, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term until 15 April 2027. The post is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and available from 01 June 2024.

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.