Postdoc: Health Data Science for Infectious Disease

University-of-Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Population Health invites applications for a postdoctoral scientist to conduct primary research on health data science and infectious disease epidemiology at the Oxford Population Health/Big Data Institute. The project uses multimodal data from low‑income settings and involves international collaboration.

You will hold or be close to completion of a PhD/DPhil in health data science, manage your own research and contribute to advanced statistical

Qualifications

• A PhD/DPhil in health data science or closely related field.
• Strong background in statistics and health data analyses.
• Experience applying ML methods to health data is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with group members and Ugandan researchers on research projects.
• Publish research articles in peer‑reviewed journals and present at conferences.
• Contribute to community/public engagement activities.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Machine learning

Research collaboration

Education

PhD/DPhil in health data science

Job description

University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Population Health invites applications for a postdoctoral scientist to conduct primary research on health data science and infectious disease epidemiology at the Oxford Population Health/Big Data Institute. The project uses multimodal data from low‑income settings and involves international collaboration.

You will hold or be close to completion of a PhD/DPhil in health data science, manage your own research and contribute to advanced statistical