Research Fellow (80760-087)
Biological Sciences,Biology,Microbiology
Short info about job
Company: University of Warwick
Department: Department of Statistics
Salary: £29,799 to £38,833 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Type / Role: Academic or Research
Phone: +44-1209 3725982
Fax: +44-1304 7372070
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Detail information about job Research Fellow (80760-087). Terms and conditions vacancy
Fixed Term Contract until October 2018.
Applications are invited for two postdoctoral research fellow positions to work on the project “Projections on eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases (integrating mapping with modeling)”.
The positions are part of a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded project to produce fine-scale spatial predictions for three Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): lymphatic filariasis, ochocerciasis and Gambian human Africa trypanosomiasis. The predictions will be used to evaluate and refine spatially varying control strategies for these diseases in the drive towards elimination. The postholders will become a part of the Warwick-led Neglected Tropical Diseases modeling consortium and the world-renowned Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick.
Start dates will be agreed with the appointed candidates. Further information on how to apply can be obtained from the following webpage (Include relevant HR website here)
Informal enquires can be addressed to Dr Simon Spencer ([email protected]).
Your application should include a CV and list of publications. You should ensure that your 3 referees send their references by email to [email protected] (Departmental Administrator, Statistics, University of Warwick) by the closing date.
If you have not yet been awarded your PhD but are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant on level 5 of the University grade structure (£28,936). Upon successful award of your PhD and evidence of this fact, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of the level 6 of the University grade structure (£29,799).
Closing Date: 14 September 2017.
Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role are found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick jobs page. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button below.