Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) invites applications from ambitious
post-doctoral epidemiologists, biostatisticians, health economists or
geographers to join Professor Tanser’s and Wong's research groups at Africa
Health Research Institute in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Training involves research in a mentored environment in the areas of
population health, epidemiology, and behavioral science for cutting-edge
HIV, TB, Covid-19 and multimorbidity related research in South Africa. The
successful candidates will have access to one of the largest ongoing
population-based cohorts in the world - AHRI’s population cohort in rural
KwaZulu-Natal, which includes over 90,000 individuals, with
individual-level sociodemographic, biological, and clinical record data as
well as comprehensive genomics data. The projects will leverage the
institute’s existing big data infrastructure, next generation viral gene
sequencing platform, comprehensive geographical information system as well
as the recently established research platform for tracking individual
mobility patterns via smartphones - and other on-going projects.
The successful candidates will be mentored by leading scientists, who
commonly publish in some of the top journals in the field (*Science, Nature*
and *The Lancet*). Successful candidates will receive a generous tax-free
stipend for two years. Once appointed, the successful candidates will be
supported to apply for externally funded personal fellowships and grants.
Two of the candidates will be based at AHRI’s Somkhele Research Campus in
northern KwaZulu-Natal, surrounded by many areas of outstanding natural
beauty such as the St Lucia greater wetland park, Sodwana Bay and many game
reserves. The other two candidates will be based at our Durban Research
Campus, in the beautiful sub-tropical city of Durban.
The minimum qualifications and experience required for these research posts
are:
- PhD in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Econometrics,
Mathematical Modelling, Spatial Analytics or a closely related quantitative
field
- Several high-quality publications
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
How to apply
To apply, email a detailed CV, cover letter and a research statement
describing your research interests to [log in to unmask] before 30 November
2020. Please use the subject line: Epidemiologist/Biostatistician postdoc
application. Additionally, please state where you saw the job advert or
where you heard about the vacancy.
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