Postdoc: Malaria Transmission Modelling & Genomics

Isglobal; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 28.000 - 34.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

36 days off per year (23 vacation days

13 personal days)

Descripción de la vacante

ISGlobal seeks a postdoctoral researcher in Barcelona with strong statistical modelling skills to develop a network-based framework for malaria transmission using epidemiological and genetic data. The role includes open-source R package development, collaboration with the TAGUA group, and contributing to impactful public health research in a multidisciplinary team.

Salary is €30,656 gross annually for 18 months full-time, with potential extension, and a work balance offering 36 days off per

Formación

• PhD (awarded or near completion) in statistics, epidemiology, mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• Experience developing, fitting and validating likelihood-based or Bayesian models.
• Depth in at least one of: Bayesian inference and computation (e.g. MCMC), diffusion-based modelling, network science, or infectious disease outbreak analytics.
• Peer-reviewed modelling papers as lead author or equivalent major research output (as appropriate for career stage)
• Experience in infectious diseases dynamic modelling, pathogen genomic epidemiology (e.g., phylogenetics), simulation-based model validation, and/or open science (e.g. open-source code, R packages) will be highly valued.
• Prior epidemiology or pathogen genetics experience is not required, but genuine interest in these areas is important.

Responsabilidades

• Develop a network-based inferential framework for reconstructing malaria transmission networks from epidemiological and genetic data.
• Extend models to accommodate the complexity of malaria genetic data.
• Test models via simulation and fit to datasets from international partner studies.
• Develop open-source R package and reproducible workflows.

Conocimientos

Statistical modelling

R or Python programming

Team-work

Problem solving

Learning capacity

Project management

Educación

PhD in statistics/epidemiology/mathematics

Herramientas

R

Python

Git

Descripción del empleo

ISGlobal seeks a postdoctoral researcher in Barcelona with strong statistical modelling skills to develop a network-based framework for malaria transmission using epidemiological and genetic data. The role includes open-source R package development, collaboration with the TAGUA group, and contributing to impactful public health research in a multidisciplinary team.

Salary is €30,656 gross annually for 18 months full-time, with potential extension, and a work balance offering 36 days off per