Clinical Research Fellow in Adult Vaccinology

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team that have been working on the rapid clinical development of vaccines against COVID-19 disease and the future national strategy of COVID-19 vaccination. The Adult Clinical Research Fellow will work on vaccine and vaccine-related studies, including into COVID-19, recently developed human models of typhoid and paratyphoid infection and pneumococcal challenge studies in a collaboration with LSTM.

This research is expected to lead to high quality publications and includes opportunities for suitable candidates to study for a higher degree (MD/DPhil). If the candidate is interested in pursuing an academic research career, they will be given the opportunity and encouragement to seek independent research funding and to develop a laboratory, clinical or a translational research proposal. The successful applicant will expand on recent research that has successfully developed safe, ambulant outpatient challenge models to study the pathophysiology, host-pathogen response, novel diagnostics and effects of vaccines on outcomes following human challenge with typhoid and paratyphoid.

This post would be especially suitable for trainees in infectious or tropical diseases, medical microbiology/virology, immunology, gastroenterology or acute internal medicine, but would also be suitable for trainees in any other specialty, including general practice or on completion of core medical training. For further details regarding the role, please see the job description via the link below.

The post is fixed term for 12 months in the first instance, but has the potential to be extended based on the availability of further funding.

You will be required to upload a CV and Supporting Statement as part of your online application. The Supporting Statement should include a cover letter and should also clearly describe how you meet each of the selection criteria listed in the job description. Click

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To discuss post in more detail please contact Dr Maheshi Ramasamy, Senior Clinical Researcher, using the contact details below.

Only online applications received before 12.00 midday on Monday, 28 November 2022 will be considered. Interviews will be held as soon as possible thereafter.