postdoctoral position on the Malaria Atlas Project, Oxford [advert]

The Malaria Atlas Project is opening a postdoctoral position in Oxford in geospatial modelling toward collaborating with other scientists to develop probabilistic maps of malaria risk at national and sub-national level to evaluate the efficacy of past intervention strategies and to assist with the planning of future interventions. An understanding of spatiotemporal modelling and expertise in geostatistics, random-field models, or equivalent are essential. An understanding of the epidemiology of a vector-borne disease such as malaria is desirable but not essential. You must have a PhD or equivalent experience in mathematics, statistics, biostatistics, or a similar quantitative discipline.

You will contribute to and, as appropriate, lead in the preparation of scientific reports and journal articles for publication of research findings from this work in open access journals. Travel to collaborators in Europe, the United States, Africa, and Asia will be part of the role.

This full-time position is fixed-term until 31 December 2019 in the first instance. The closing date for this position will be 12.00 noon on Wednesday 17 October 2018.