Research Associate

Role overview

What you would do

• Develop and apply statistical and computational methods to characterize infectious disease transmission from pathogen genomic data.
• Work initially on seasonal influenza, with opportunities to extend research to other pathogens.
• Develop and validate methods, run computational simulations, and analyze data; the balance may reflect the postholder’s interests and experience.
• Build on approaches using genetically proximal sequences that do not require full phylogenetic tree reconstruction.

Candidate requirements

• PhD in infectious disease epidemiology, computational biology, population biology, biostatistics, or a related quantitative discipline, or equivalent research, industrial, or commercial experience.
• Candidates whose PhD has not yet been officially awarded will be appointed as Research Assistant.
• Demonstrated experience developing mathematical and/or statistical approaches to complex biological questions and rigorously analyzing complex biological data.
• Experience disseminating research through outputs such as peer-reviewed publications, preprints, software tools, or conference presentations.
• Advanced programming skills in R and/or Python.
• Knowledge of, or strong interest in learning about, infectious disease epidemiology.

Workplace and contract

• Based at White City Campus; the role is hybrid.
• Full-time, fixed-term contract for two years.
• Expected start date is 1 February 2027, with flexibility; contract end date is 31 January 2029.

Salary

• Salary range is £50,733–£59,484 per annum.

Development and benefits

• Research staff receive 10 development days for skills development and career exploration.
• Benefits include 43 days off per year and pension schemes.
• Career support, promotion and progression opportunities, staff networks, and wellbeing resources are available.

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