Research Assistant Health in Humanitarian Settings

at  Imperial College London

FURTHER INFORMATION

The post is full-time, fixed term (18 months) role and you will be based in The George Institute Scale Space Building Imperial College City Campus.
Informal enquiries can be made to Peter Norsworthy p.norsworthy@imperial.ac.uk or Anna Willis awillis@georgeinstitute.org.uk, Professor Helena Legido-Quigley h.legido-quigley@imperial.ac.uk
Hybrid working may be considered for this role. Staff working in roles that are suitable for hybrid working will normally be expected to work 60% of their time onsite. The opportunity for hybrid working will be discussed at interview.
More information is available on the following web page: Work Location Framework | Administration and support services | Imperial College London
Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.
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ABOUT THE ROLE

The post focuses on conducting research in Health in Humanitarian Settings and/or Women’s Leadership in Global Health as part of a Lancet Commission on Global Governance.
The role entails leading research programs in Health in Humanitarian Settings and/or Global Governance for Health from a gender perspective, managing projects, and supervising multidisciplinary teams. The Research Associate is also responsible for submitting research findings to peer-reviewed journals and securing external research funding.
The Research Assistant will join our team of statisticians, epidemiologists, clinical research fellows, data scientists, health systems scientists, PhD students and support staff, and will be expected to contribute to various large-scale projects.

WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING

• You will be expected to lead and design research studies with the field of pandemic preparedness using data from several hundred thousand (or even millions) of individuals (clinical trials, disease registries, cohort studies, primary care records, biobanks and systematic reviews and meta-analyses).
• You will assist in managing projects, and supervising multidisciplinary teams designing, conducting, collecting and interpreting data and systematic reviews with an overall goal of developing evidence-based recommendations that will improve the health of millions of women and men.