We are seeking a 2-year, full time (1.0 FTE) Post-Doctoral Researcher or Research Fellow. The post involves the development of an innovative approach, based on network science and mechanistic modelling, to track animal and zoonotic pathogens spreading in the French cattle population, and support the real-time analysis of epidemiological data.

The approach will allow the reconstruction of probable transmission chains and the identification of high-risk premises, and will be applied, in the first instance, to bovine tuberculosis. Ultimately, it will be made available as an operational tool to support outbreak investigations.

The post is especially suited to someone interested in impact-driven research, as it will involve close collaboration with the Ministry in charge of Agriculture and animal health surveillance stakeholders. Candidates will hold a PhD in epidemiology, network science, computational biology, mathematics, physics or another quantitative discipline, and have experience in infectious disease modelling and computer programming.

The role is based at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, near Lyon (France). For more details: https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-21817, and do not hesitate to contact Guillaume Fournié (guillaume.fournie@inrae.fr)