Research Assistant / Research Associate

Location: White City Campus, London

Job Summary

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant to join the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, in the School of Public Health at Imperial College London working with Dr Hugo Turner, Professor Tim Hallett, and Dr Tara Mangal.

This isan exciting opportunity to join an internationally renowned team specializing the evaluation of the impact of public health interventions.

This work is funded by the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE) and supported by the Global Health team within the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York.

Duties and responsibilities

You will participate in research conducting analyses that examine the value of disease elimination in the context of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).

This will involve supporting the construction of a theoretical framework that can be used to investigate how the potential value of NTD elimination is linked to key characteristics (such as the clinical and epidemiologic features of the disease, and the level of resources required to achieve elimination etc). This will be used to inform stakeholders regarding when elimination could be considered a good value, considering the different features of the various NTDs for which it is being considered.

The post-holder will write one or more papers describing their findings and seek publication for them in leading scientific and medical journals, adhering to best practises for open-access publishing and reproducible research.

Essential requirements

You are a talented, highly quantitative, post-graduate researcher, who enjoys interdisciplinary work and tackling ambitious “big picture” projects, and who thrives on learning, engagement in public health and working within a diverse team of committed researchers.

Specific requirements:

• MPH/MSc specialising in Public Health, Epidemiology or a related discipline, or equivalent.
• Experience performing analysis in Excel
• Ability to contribute to discussions about epidemiological issues.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary research team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

Further Information

For informal enquiries, please contact Prof. Timothy Hallett ([email protected] ), Dr Hugo Tuner ([email protected] ), or Dr Tara Mangal ([email protected]).

Hybrid working may be considered for this role.  Staff working in roles that are suitable for hybrid working will normally be expected to work 60% of their time onsite. The opportunity for hybrid working will be discussed at interview.

More information is available on the following web page: Work Location Framework | Administration and support services | Imperial College London