The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Imperial College London and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are pleased to invite applications for two PhD studentships in real-time infectious disease modelling, as part of the NIHR funded Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) on Health Analytics, Epidemic Modelling and Health Economics. The studentships will start in January 2026 and comes with 3.5 years of funding.

The awards will cover a tax-free stipend of £22,780 per year, tuition fees at home rates and research and travel expenses.

The HPRU in Health Analytics and Modelling brings together three of the world’s leading groups in infectious disease analytics and modelling (at Imperial College, LSHTM and UKHSA). It will create an unparalleled environment for research degree students to thrive, being supervised by leading experts in their fields. These two studentships will be based within LSHTM’s Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health but will be jointly supervised by a team representing each of the three institutions. All three institutions are multi-disciplinary encompassing epidemiologists, data scientists, mathematical modellers, health economists and public health practitioners.

The PhD studentships will be on the broad theme of real-time infectious disease modelling, forecasting and delay estimation. The exact focus of each PhD will be developed with the successful candidate and will depend on their interests and prior expertise. Applicants are asked to contact the project supervisors for an informal discussion prior to applying.

Please see the two projects linked on the web site for the type of research that these projects involve.