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Job Title: Research Associate in Tuberculosis Transmission Modelling
Contract Type: Fixed-term with a preferred start date of 2 January 2020 until 1 January 2021.
Working Pattern: Full time
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
Department: Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS), School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
Salary: Grade 7 £31,302 - £39,609 per annum. Potential to progress to £43,267 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution.
Closing Date: 6th September 2019
Summary: Are you interested in working for a world top 100 University? The School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint a Research Associate in Tuberculosis Transmission Modelling to work on transmission and economic modelling and analyses evaluating the impact of active case-finding strategies to control tuberculosis in high HIV prevalence settings. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join a focused group working on tuberculosis within a large department at a world-leading university. The post-holder will work on the transmission modelling for Sustainable Community Action for Lung hEalth (SCALE) cluster randomized trial of active case-finding for tuberculosis in Blantyre, Malawi. This project evaluates the impact of 5 bi-annual rounds of case-finding for tuberculosis and HIV, targeted at adults in the community with chronic cough. This study is led by Professor Liz Corbett from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The post-holder will be expected to develop transmission models to interpret routine and study data on the local epidemiology and impact of the study, generate estimates of the cost-effectiveness of the study, analyse and prepare data for use in such models, review literature for evidence relevant to model development and parametrization.
The post-holder will be expected to write reports and academic articles describing their work, maintain communications across relevant stakeholders and give presentations disseminating results. The post-holder will have a good honours degree either in a numerate discipline (eg maths, economics), or public health or epidemiology discipline with strong evidence of mathematical ability. You will also have a Masters in public health, epidemiology or statistics and a PhD (awarded or submitted) in transmission modelling of infectious diseases. In addition, you will have direct research experience of infectious disease transmission modelling, and excellent programming, statistical and data analysis skills. You will have a strong understanding of tuberculosis epidemiology, an interest in global health, and experience in health economics or public health.
The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development. We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience