Senior Leader, Infectious Disease Modelling (Academic)

UWA; Western Australia; Presencial; AUD 173 000 - 190 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Honorary appointment with The Kids’/KI

Resumo da oferta

The University of Western Australia (UWA) invites applications for an Associate Professor to lead infectious disease modelling across UWA and The Kids Research Institute Australia, with an honorary appointment integrated into a leading child health research environment.

This fixed-term, full-time position for five years focuses on developing advanced models for diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza, securing funding, teaching, supervising students, and building WA-wide modelling capacity.

Qualificações

• PhD in an academic field relevant to the discipline or other higher professional qualifications appropriate to their discipline.
• An excellent professional and academic record.
• Demonstrated experience of leading and engaging an inclusive and diverse team based on research outcomes and outputs and the ability to drive collaborations with other research groups and organisations, and across government organisations or industry.
• Commitment to build world class research capacity at UWA.
• An outstanding track record in excellence in research at a national or international level evidenced by a series of peer-reviewed journal articles in the field of infectious disease modelling, published in high quality journals.
• Evidence of ability to teach infectious disease modelling.
• Demonstrated ability to positively contribute to team, school and wider University activities such as team and school meetings, strategic planning and program development.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and apply advanced mathematical, computational and statistical models for infectious diseases to drive epidemic forecasting and analytics in Western Australia.
• Lead curriculum development and coordination of Infectious Disease Modelling, contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and supervise and mentor Honours, Master’s, PhD students and early-career researchers to build modelling capacity in WA.
• Support the Chair in establishing an internationally recognised research program, foster interdisciplinary partnerships, engage with community and industry stakeholders, uphold University governance and inclusion commitments, and contribute to service, IP management and research translation.

Conhecimentos

Leadership experience

Collaboration

Teaching infectious disease modelling

Research excellence

Team contributions

Formação académica

PhD in relevant field

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The University of Western Australia (UWA) invites applications for an Associate Professor to lead infectious disease modelling across UWA and The Kids Research Institute Australia, with an honorary appointment integrated into a leading child health research environment.

This fixed-term, full-time position for five years focuses on developing advanced models for diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza, securing funding, teaching, supervising students, and building WA-wide modelling capacity.