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We value candidates with the ability to identify high-impact research questions and work independently with little day-to-day supervision, are self-motivated and have strong computational and scientific writing skills. We provide a nurturing environment and access to high-dimensional pathogen genome, human mobility, epidemiological, and climate datasets. For those interested we provide travel bursaries to support visits to collaborators and to present work at scientific conferences. **How to apply:** We ask that you clearly indicate which area you’re applying to (AI & Epidemiology, Phylodynamics & Human Mobility, Climate & Infectious diseases, Global health digital data science), as well as your preferred starting date. We are looking to hear what major scientific question motivates you and how you’re hoping to answer it within 2-3 years and in partnership with our research group (2 pages max., research statement). Please also submit a statement of interest describing your previous experiences that shaped your scientific interests and how you plan to use this opportunity to advance your own career, as well as contributions to the scientific community that demonstrate good citizenship, commitment to health equity, and communication skills (2 pages max., personal statement). Lastly, please supply an up-to-date academic CV. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via our e-recruitment system. The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria. The closing date for applications is Friday 6 December 2024 and we’re hoping to hold interviews in mid-December and fill the positions by January 2025, but with flexibility on the start dates, whether before or after. The posts are full time. """ . "Turtle description of Postdoctoral Research Associate (Research Fellow)" . "homepage" . . . . . . . "Department of Biology" . """Job description Post Postdoctoral Research Associate (Research Fellow) Post information Up to 5 roles available across 4 research topics, specified below Department Department of Biology Division Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) Location Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research and The Life and Mind Building, Oxford Grade and salary Researcher Grade 7.1 – 7.8: £38,674 - £46,913 pa. Hours Full time Contract type Fixed-term, 24 months with the possibility of extension depending on funding. Reporting to Prof. Moritz Kraemer Application deadline 12 noon on Friday 6 December 2024 Vacancy reference 176207 Recruitment contacts Additional Information HR: recruitment@biology.ox.ac.uk or PI: Prof. Moritz Kraemer moritz.kraemer@biology.ox.ac.uk Please specify which of the below research topics (or combination of topics) you specialise in: AI & Epidemiology. Research topic We’re interested in candidates with the motivation to make technical/methodological advances in infectious disease epidemiological analysis using AI. This can include, but is not limited to, applications of reinforcement learning in public health decision-making, development of machine-learning models to accelerate inference of epidemiological and evolutionary parameters, and the development and use of protein folding models for understanding viral fitness, immunity, emergence of infectious diseases, and predictions of future pandemics. Phylodynamics & Human Mobility. We are looking to hire one fellow with the ambition to make theoretical advances in phylodynamic methodologies, potentially integrating novel data such as human mobility, to better characterize the spatiotemporal dynamics of infectious disease spread. A second fellow will work with empirical data, contributing to the improvement of the reliability and efficiency of phylodynamic analyses frameworks. Climate & Infectious diseases. We’re interested in candidates with a strong background in climate science and/or epidemiological/statistical modelling (including econometrics) to help advance current understanding (inference) and prediction of how climate, urbanization, deforestation (and other global changes) impact infectious diseases globally. This can include linking extreme climate events to migration and health. Global health digital data science. We’re interested in hearing from candidates with a background in equitable data sharing, federated learning, and/or applications of novel computational methods to advance data preparedness and response to infectious diseases. Principal Investigator / supervisor Prof. Moritz Kraemer Team, research and environment: Our interdisciplinary team is led by Prof. Moritz Kraemer based across the Pandemic Sciences Institute, Oxford Martin School, and Department of Biology. The lab has between 10-15 researchers across various career stages from DPhil students to senior postdocs. Our work concerns the ecology, evolution, and mechanics of infectious diseases. We develop methods for the joint analyses of large-scale pathogen genomic, human mobility, and epidemiological datasets. We then translate insights from these analyses into actionable and equitable public health policies. Project team Each current member contributes with their unique and diverse expertise to the group, with backgrounds ranging from astrophysics to molecular biology. We do not run a wet lab but have strong expertise in computational methods, access to high performance computing and strong links to global partners experiences in producing novel data for infectious disease epidemiology. Former members have gone on to hold independent research positions (lectureships, fellowships), received dissertation awards, and during their time published work in high impact journals including Science & Nature. We hold regular lab meetings, reading groups, and tutorials, often with participation from linked research groups (see below). Our work is currently funded by The Wellcome Trust, Google.org, Rockefeller Foundation, UK Research & Innovation, European Union and Oxford Martin School. The fellows will be based at the new Life and Mind Building (LAMB) with access to modern facilities, centrally located in the city with easy access to colleges, green space, and Departments. The Department and University offer multiple opportunities to get involved in teaching, mentoring, and supervising undergraduate and graduate students. Career progression guidance and support will be provided via the group and University, including training programmes. Fellows can apply for membership in Oxford Colleges but this is currently not part of the role. For any questions about our lab culture, please feel free to reach out to current members Joseph Tsui (lok.tsui@new.ox.ac.uk), Sumali Bajaj (sumali.bajaj@seh.ox.ac.uk) or Dr. Bernardo Gutierrez (bernardo.gutierrez@biology.ox.ac.uk). Collaborators: We work closely with many internationally leading scientific research groups at the University of Oxford (Profs. Pybus, Flaxman, Fraser, Donnelly) and beyond including Prof. Rambaut (University Edinburgh, Scotland) Prof. Marc Suchard (University of California Los Angeles, USA), Prof. Simon Cauchemez (Institut Pasteur, Paris), Dr. Houriiyah Tegally (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Dr. George Githinji (KEMRI-Wellcome, Kenya), Prof. Rachel Lowe (Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, CNS), and Prof. Samir Bhatt (University of Copenhagen). Further, our work contributes directly to national and international epidemic preparedness and response plans via collaborations with UK Health Security Agency, Africa CDC, WHO Afro and the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence. Funding partner The funds supporting this research project are provided by Wellcome Trust, Google.org, Rockefeller Foundation, European Horizon 2020, UK Research and Innovation, Oxford Martin School 1. Du Plessis L, McCrone JT, Zarebski AE, Hill V, Ruis C, Gutierrez B, Raghwani J, Ashworth J, Colquhoun R, Connor TR, Faria NR, Jackson B, Loman NJ, O’Toole Á, Nicholls SM, Parag KV, Scher E, Vasylyeva TI, Volz EM, Watts A, Bogoch II, Khan K, COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, Aanensen DM, Kraemer MUG, Rambaut A, Pybus OG. Establishment and lineage dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the UK. Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); 2021 Feb 12;371(6530):708–712. PMCID: PMC7877493 Recent publications 2. Tsui JLH, McCrone JT, Lambert B, Bajaj S, Inward RPD, Bosetti P, Pena RE, Tegally H, Hill V, Zarebski AE, Peacock TP, Liu L, Wu N, Davis M, Bogoch II, Khan K, Kall M, Abdul Aziz NIB, Colquhoun R, O’Toole Á, Jackson B, Dasgupta A, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, COVID-19 Genomics UK (COGUK) consortium¶, Connor TR, Loman NJ, Colizza V, Fraser C, Volz E, Ji X, Gutierrez B, Chand M, Dellicour S, Cauchemez S, Raghwani J, Suchard MA, Lemey P, Rambaut A, Pybus OG, Kraemer MUG. Genomic assessment of invasion dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1. Science. 2023 Jul 21;381(6655):336–343. PMCID: PMC10866301 3. Tsui JLH, Pena RE, Moir M, Inward RPD, Wilkinson E, San JE, Poongavanan J, Bajaj S, Gutierrez B, Dasgupta A, de Oliveira T, Kraemer MUG, Tegally H, Sambaturu P. Impacts of climate change-related human migration on infectious diseases. Nat Clim Chang. Nature Publishing Group; 2024 Jul 30;14(8):793–802. 4. Kraemer MUG, Reiner RC Jr, Brady OJ, Messina JP, Gilbert M, Pigott DM, Yi D, Johnson K, Earl L, Marczak LB, Shirude S, Davis Weaver N, Bisanzio D, Perkins TA, Lai S, Lu X, Jones P, Coelho GE, Carvalho RG, Van Bortel W, Marsboom C, Hendrickx G, Schaffner F, Moore CG, Nax HH, Bengtsson L, Wetter E, Tatem AJ, Brownstein JS, Smith DL, Lambrechts L, Cauchemez S, Linard C, Faria NR, Pybus OG, Scott TW, Liu Q, Yu H, Wint GRW, Hay SI, Golding N. Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Nat Microbiol. 2019 May;4(5):854–863. PMCID: PMC6522366 5. Faria NR, Kraemer MUG, Hill SC, Goes de Jesus J, Aguiar RS, Iani FCM, Xavier J, Quick J, du Plessis L, Dellicour S, Thézé J, Carvalho RDO, Baele G, Wu CH, Silveira PP, Arruda MB, Pereira MA, Pereira GC, Lourenço J, Obolski U, Abade L, Vasylyeva TI, Giovanetti M, Yi D, Weiss DJ, Wint GRW, Shearer FM, Funk S, Nikolay B, Fonseca V, Adelino TER, Oliveira MAA, Silva MVF, Sacchetto L, Figueiredo PO, Rezende IM, Mello EM, Said RFC, Santos DA, Ferraz ML, Brito MG, Santana LF, Menezes MT, Brindeiro RM, Tanuri A, Dos Santos FCP, Cunha MS, Nogueira JS, Rocco IM, da Costa AC, Komninakis SCV, Azevedo V, Chieppe AO, Araujo ESM, Mendonça MCL, Dos Santos CC, Dos Santos CD, Mares-Guia AM, Nogueira RMR, Sequeira PC, Abreu RG, Garcia MHO, Abreu AL, Okumoto O, Kroon EG, de Albuquerque CFC, Lewandowski K, Pullan ST, Carroll M, de Oliveira T, Sabino EC, Souza RP, Suchard MA, Lemey P, Trindade GS, Drumond BP, Filippis AMB, Loman NJ, Cauchemez S, Alcantara LCJ, Pybus OG. Genomic and epidemiological monitoring of yellow fever virus transmission potential. Science. 2018 Aug 31;361(6405):894–899. PMCID: PMC6874500 The role We are looking for Postdoctoral Research Associates (G7 Research Fellows) to join our vibrant research environment at Oxford. Each fellow is expected to perform independent research on a topic of mutual interest, publish this work in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and represent the group at external scientific and public health policy meetings. We value candidates with the ability to identify high-impact research questions and work independently with little day-to-day supervision, are self-motivated and have strong computational and scientific writing skills. We provide a nurturing environment and access to high-dimensional pathogen genome, human mobility, epidemiological, and climate datasets. For those interested we provide travel bursaries to support visits to collaborators and to present work at scientific conferences. Responsibilities • Manage own academic research and administrative activities. This involves small scale project management, to co-ordinate multiple aspects of work to meet deadlines • Adapt existing and develop new research methodologies and materials • Prepare working theories and analyse qualitative and/or quantitative data from a variety of sources, reviewing and refining theories as appropriate • Contribute ideas for new research projects • Develop ideas for generating research income, and present detailed research proposals to senior researchers • Collaborate in the preparation of research publications, and book chapters • Present papers at conferences or public meetings • Act as a source of information and advice to other members of the group on methodologies or procedures • Represent the research group at external meetings/seminars, either with other members of the group or alone • Carry out collaborative projects with colleagues in partner institutions, and research groups • Teach or undertake ad-hoc teaching (this may include lecturing, demonstrating, small group teaching, tutoring of undergraduates and graduate students and supervision of projects). • Embed the principles of mutual respect, equality, diversity, inclusivity and sustainability in all aspects of your work; undertake training as and when asked to do so. 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Our team at the University of Oxford’s Department of Biology, Oxford Martin School and Pandemic Sciences Institute is looking to do a cluster hire of up to 5  Pandemic Sciences Research Fellows in four major research areas. Each post is advertised for an initial period of 24 months with possibility of extensions beyond.

 

What are we looking for: We are looking for Research Fellows to join our vibrant research environment at Oxford. Each Fellow is expected to perform independent research on a topic of mutual interest, publish this work in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and represent the group at external scientific and public health policy meetings. We value candidates with the ability to identify high-impact research questions and work independently with little day-to-day supervision, are self-motivated and have strong computational and scientific writing skills. We provide a nurturing environment and access to high-dimensional pathogen genome, human mobility, epidemiological, and climate datasets. For those interested we provide travel bursaries to support visits to collaborators and to present work at scientific conferences.

 

How to apply: We ask that you clearly indicate which area you’re applying to (AI & Epidemiology, Phylodynamics & Human Mobility, Climate & Infectious diseases, Global health digital data science), as well as your preferred starting date. We are looking to hear what major scientific question motivates you and how you’re hoping to answer it within 2-3 years and in partnership with our research group (2 pages max., research statement). Please also submit a statement of interest describing your previous experiences that shaped your scientific interests and how you plan to use this opportunity to advance your own career, as well as contributions to the scientific community that demonstrate good citizenship, commitment to health equity, and communication skills (2 pages max., personal statement). Lastly, please supply an up-to-date academic CV. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via our e-recruitment system.

 

The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.

 

The closing date for applications is Friday 6 December 2024 and we’re hoping to hold interviews in mid-December and fill the positions by January 2025, but with flexibility on the start dates, whether before or after. The posts are full time.

 
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