The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) is a world-leading institute in global health with a particular focus on low- and middle-income countries. Associated with the University of Basel, Swiss TPH combines research, services, and education and training at the local, national, and international level. About 850 people from more than 80 nations work at Swiss TPH focusing on infectious and non-communicable diseases, environment, society, and health as well as health systems and interventions.
The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH), within the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, develops and applies epidemiological, statistical and mathematical methods to advance innovation, validation, and application in the field of public health. Within the Disease Modelling Unit of the EPH we are looking for a:
We are seeking two postdoctoral scientists for several exciting opportunities to develop disease models and to apply them to support decision making in health. The successful candidates will join a globally leading team of scientists with established expertise notably in malaria and COVID-19 modeling.
There are many issues concerning the assessment of new interventions and control of COVID-19 that can only be answered through quantitative analysis, disease modelling and simulation.
The successful candidates will join a multidisciplinary team, providing evidence to decision-makers, clinicians, and product developers, to support optimizing and predicting the likely impact of new interventions. Projects are funded either by the Botnar Research Centre for Child Health or the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF). Candidates will be supervised by Professor Melissa Penny and will collaborate within a dynamic team of experts.
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