Postdoctoral Research Assistant

at  University of Oxford

This post is fixed-term until 31 March 2025.
COVID-19 and avian influenza are potent reminders of our collective vulnerability to infectious diseases. This is an excellent opportunity for a bright and enthusiastic researcher to develop their career in statistical epidemiology within the internationally leading Department of Statistics in the University of Oxford at a critical time for this field. This role contributes to the Epidemiology and Risk Assessment theme of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections.
As the successful Postdoctoral Research Assistant, you will hold a PhD/DPhil (or be close to completion) in a relevant field such as statistics, biostatistics, infectious disease epidemiology, epidemic modelling. You will have research experience in infectious disease epidemiology and possess sufficient specialist knowledge of statistical and epidemiological methods. You will have the ability to manage own academic research and associated activities and possess excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings. It would be desirable if you have experience of managing a discrete area of a research project (including planning, organising and problem-solving), but not essential.
We proudly hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award and a departmental Athena SWAN Silver Award, which guide our progress towards advancing racial and gender equality. Applicants will be selected for interview purely based on their ability to satisfy the selection criteria as outlined in full in the job description. You will be required to upload a statement setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae, and the contact details of two referees as part of your online application.
Queries about this post should be addressed to: Professor Christl Donnelly christl.donnelly@stats.ox.ac.uk
Only applications received before 12.00 noon on 21 June will be considered

Please refer the Job description for details