Research Assistant/Research Associate

Applications are invited for a post of Research Associate to work on the epidemiology of hand, foot and mouth disease in Southeast Asia in collaboration with groups in Malaysia and China.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to our understanding of the global epidemiology of hand, foot and mouth disease through access to unique datasets and exciting collaborations. You will work in the Vaccine Epidemiology Research Group and have access to excellent peer support from with other members of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis.

The post would be especially suited to someone with experience in epidemiological analysis of infectious disease data, but we will also consider applications from enthusiastic individuals with appropriate mathematical, statistical or bioinformatics skills. You will be expected to produce high-quality research, submit publications to peer-reviewed journals, attend and present at conferences, and attend meetings with internal and external collaborators.

Key objectives are as follows:

• To conduct statistical, mathematical and/or epidemiological analysis of hand, foot and mouth disease surveillance data.
• To pursue research on infectious disease epidemiology and inference from data.
• To interact with other members of the research group and with our national and international collaborators.

You should hold, or be close to obtaining, a PhD in infectious disease epidemiology, evolution or related quantitative discipline with strong mathematical and/or statistical skills and an interest in infectious disease epidemiology.

*Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as a Research Assistant within the salary range £40,694 - £43,888 per annum.

This is a full time (35h/pw) and fixed term basis until December 2025 first instance based in White City Campus.

Imperial College is supportive of flexible working. The College is happy to discuss the possibility of implementing such arrangements for this post, with suitably qualified people, subject to operational requirements.

Should you have any queries please contact Dr Marga Pons-Salort ([email protected] )

 The College is currently trialling a Work Location Framework until early 2023.  Hybrid working may be considered for this role and the role holder may be expected to work 60% or more of their time onsite, with 40% the minimum time spent onsite.  The opportunity for hybrid working will be discussed at interview.

The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.