Applications are invited for a research fellow to join a new team that will develop an ecosystem of free, open-source R software tools for outbreak analytics, to support global preparedness and response. The role will be part of the major new ‘Epiverse’ initiative at LSHTM, a joint collaboration between researchers in London and The Gambia supported by data.org, which builds on previous policy-relevant analysis for outbreaks such as COVID-19 and Ebola within our Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID), and analytics development programmes such as the R Epidemics Consortium and EpiForecasts.

The postholder will be responsible for developing methods and contributing to software tools for the analysis and integration of multiple data sources to inform outbreak analysis, such as reconstructing outbreak dynamics and understanding the factors driving transmission.

The post is full time and fixed-term until 31 August 2024 and is available immediately. The salary will be on the Academic salary scale Grade 6 in the range £40,611-£44,094 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting).