The incumbent will have a unique opportunity to explore applications of computing and data sciences at the interface of epidemiological modeling and health sciences. Co-mentorship by experienced principal investigators from UVA’s School of Medicine and the Biocomplexity Institute will provide unique interdisciplinary working and learning environments.

The new Contagion Science team member will contribute to the creation and promulgation of research that leverages new and existing theoretical, engineering, and data science tools for the modeling of contagious phenomena. Research emphasis will be on techniques that integrate information across multiple resolutions of societal and biological organization. Strong candidates must show interdisciplinary research proficiency at the intersection of epidemiology, pathogen genomics, and public health.