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.

The salary will be on the Academic Pathway scale Grade 6 in the range £43,947-£49,908 per annum (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 The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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.