Research Assistant in Environmental Epidemiology 6 views

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

The is looking for a highly motivated research assistant to conduct environmental epidemiology analyses using novel epidemiological methods. The role will focus on analyses for the  project, although the successful candidate will also have the opportunity to be involved in other projects from the EHM Lab members. The  Lab is a team of researchers based in the PHES department at LSHTM. We have multi-disciplinary expertise spanning biostatistics, environmental epidemiology, data science, statistical computing and climatology.

Candidates are required to either have an undergraduate degree in statistics or epidemiology, or have strong experience with advanced statistical such as linear and nonlinear regression modelling as well as time series analysis. Required skills include a good knowledge of the R software and as well as epidemiology designs and analysis. The successful candidate should be willing to familiarise themselves with the state-of-the-art methods in environmental epidemiology and engage in rigorous scientific practice.

The post is full time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term until August 2025. The post is funded by the project and is available from September 2024 under the line management of Pierre Masselot.

The salary will be on the Academic Pathway salary scale, Grade 5 in the range £38,282 – £39,297 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.

Applications should be made on-line via our . Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to . 

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as “Please see attached CV” will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.