Applications are invited for an infectious disease modeler or economist to join the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at LSHTM. The post-holder will be funded through research grants awarded by the Federal Joint Commission Germany (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The post may also attract other sources of funding.

The project aims to assess optimal vaccination strategies against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV is responsible for a dramatic burden of childhood disease globally and one of the key areas targeted by vaccine development currently. The successful candidate will develop mathematical and economic models to understand the impact and cost-effectiveness of RSV vaccination in high, middle and low-income settings.

The post-holder will work with Prof Mark Jit and Dr Stefan Flasche at LSHTM, as well as with collaborators in Germany, South Africa and Kenya. The post-holder will join a vibrant multidisciplinary team of graduate students, research fellows and faculty members in the Modelling and Economic Evaluation of Vaccines (MEEV) group who are working on issues related to vaccine modelling and economics. Our team has successfully obtained large grants from a range of funders including the NIHR, MRC, BMGF, Gavi and WHO. We also collaborate closely with immunologists, epidemiologists and clinicians through LSHTM’s Vaccine Centre, as well as other infectious disease modellers through LSHTM’s Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases.

The post-holder will have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant field, relevant experience in mathematical modelling, health economics, epidemiology, statistics or another relevant discipline with a strong quantitative component. Further particulars are included in the job description

The post is full time and fixed-term until 31 November 2021. The salary will be on the Academic pathways Grade 6 in the range £40,011 - £45,437 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 “Director’s Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine