Two 3-year post-doc positions in mathematical modelling to work on Bill and Melinda Gates funded project on human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). The project – HAT Modelling and Economic Predictions for Policy (HAT MEPP) - is focused on delivering modelling and economic analyses to aid in-country interventions. Its a fantastic opportunity to join a vibrant group (Zeeman Institute:SBIDER) and to undertake some exciting and challenging research that could really shape policy against this devastating disease and help the push to elimination.

The University of Warwick wishes to appoint two ambitious researchers to exciting new post-doctoral positions in epidemiological modelling at one of the UK’s leading universities. The opportunity has arisen due to the successful award of funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation; our aim is to perform research that informs strategic decision-making around plans for the elimination of sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis, HAT). An international, multidisciplinary research consortium – “HAT Modelling and Economic Predictions for Policy (HAT MEPP)” – will work with key partners in HAT-affected countries to develop regional, policy-ready modelling frameworks and produce predictive results that support decision-makers in the national control programmes. You will work with Dr Kat Rock and Prof Matt Keeling to develop, fit and refine dynamic HAT transmission models for a variety of endemic regions, and communicate modelling results to policy-makers.

You will also work closely with other researchers at the University of Warwick with considerable expertise in mathematical modelling applied to Neglected Tropical Diseases, particularly colleagues in the Systems Biology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research (SBIDER) research group. Close collaboration and regular communication between the post holder and modellers at the Institute for Disease Modeling (Seattle) and funded economists based in the Warwick Medical School and Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Switzerland) will be crucial to the successful delivery of the research programme. You will have day-to-day responsibility for constructing and/or tailoring models to incorporate local level details such as spatial structure or new interventions, which will be used as part of analyses for decision-making. The role will also involve some travel to visit policy-makers and national programme leads in partner countries in West and Central Africa (accompanied by other UK-based researchers).

Please contact Kat Rock or Matt Keeling for further details.