Post-Doctoral Fellow, HIV, Disease Modeling, Global Health
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
We seek a full-time Post-doctoral Research Scientist to join IDM’s HIV team. We seek a candidate passionate about applying rigorous quantitative research and mathematical modeling to questions in HIV epidemiology, treatment and prevention policy, and disease transmission dynamics. The Post-doctoral Research Scientist will conduct statistical data analysis and/or mathematical modeling to identify key HIV transmission dynamics that sustain epidemics, quantify the effect of uncertainty and model-based assumptions on the effectiveness of current and planned HIV interventions, and prioritize additional epidemiological data collection needed to guide strategic-decision making around treatment and prevention. Key to this position is understanding what sustains HIV transmission in the ART era, including quantifying the social, behavioral, biological, and network-level factors that drive HIV transmission in high-burden settings.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
We seek a full-time Post-doctoral Research Scientist to join IDM’s HIV team. We seek a candidate passionate about applying rigorous quantitative research and mathematical modeling to questions in HIV epidemiology, treatment and prevention policy, and disease transmission dynamics. The Post-doctoral Research Scientist will conduct statistical data analysis and/or mathematical modeling to identify key HIV transmission dynamics that sustain epidemics, quantify the effect of uncertainty and model-based assumptions on the effectiveness of current and planned HIV interventions, and prioritize additional epidemiological data collection needed to guide strategic-decision making around treatment and prevention. Key to this position is understanding what sustains HIV transmission in the ART era, including quantifying the social, behavioral, biological, and network-level factors that drive HIV transmission in high-burden settings.
Responsibilities:
- Design, lead, and participate in various HIV-related research projects
- Gather and analyze datasets related to HIV epidemiology, spatial/geo-statistics, phylogenetics, and HIV care cascade metrics.
- Work closely with the modelers and statisticians on the team to build models, conduct sensitivity analyses, explore tradeoffs among possible interventions, and optimize global health strategies.
- Communicate research through publications, conference and stakeholder presentations, and collaborations with external partners.
- Clearly communicate sophisticated methods to diverse audiences.
- Travel may be necessary
Key Qualifications and Required Skills:
- PhD in a quantitative field (e.g. Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics/Biostatistics, Physics, Computational Biology).
- Experience communicating diverse and technical work to stakeholders.
- Ability to initiate, organize, and manage research projects and clearly communicate analysis results to diverse audiences
- Demonstrated ability to work productively independently and as part of a team; work extended hours to meet a deadline
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language (R or Python a plus).
- Multiple published articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. List of articles to be submitted with application.
- Work extended hours to meet a deadline.
- Attention to detail and high standard for quality of work product.
- Knowledge of issues of public health in developing world settings.
- Must be highly self-motivated and results-oriented.
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
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