The Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Dynamics (IDE-D) is looking to appoint a Full Professor with a specialism in disease dynamics.

The ideal candidate will have a doctoral degree in infectious disease epidemiology or related quantitative discipline and prior experience of leading a large academic group (e.g. department, or faculty). They will be able to demonstrate substantial contributions to research and teaching of infectious disease epidemiology and have a strong track record of collaboration and attracting grant funding, excellent publication record, experience in conducting interdisciplinary research in diverse settings, committed to providing high-quality teaching and maintaining respectful working relationships. We particularly welcome applications from women and those from an ethnic minority background, as they are under-represented within the IDE-D department at this level.

This appointment is expected to take on a leadership role either at the time of appointment, or within the first three years. Key leadership roles available include:

(1) Head of Department for IDE-D. This is involves leading a department of around 100 well-established and renowned researchers in the areas of vaccine confidence, outbreak preparedness and response and infectious disease modelling. This role has an initial term of three years and 0.4 FTE time allocation.

(2) Faculty coordinator for Health Data Science. This involves coordinating research and education strategy across seven departments and multiple LSHTM-based centres, with a focus on building and strengthening skills in artificial intelligence and machine learning for epidemiological research.

The post is permanent and full-time 35 hours per week.