"Postdoctoral Associate AD"

Position Summary

The goal of the post-doc is to produce analytic output useful for the control of measles and rubella. The postdoc will work on at least one of two proposed projects. The first is to modify an existing rubella transmission model to simulate the impact of introducing rubella containing vaccine into all remaining countries’ routine immunization programs. The results of this project will inform WHO policy on rubella vaccine introduction. The second is to develop an analytic approach to analyze time and spatial measles IgG seroprevalence data to estimate and predict measles susceptibility profiles. The results of this project can be used to inform the utility and investment case for serological surveillance systems.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Conduct scientific analyses (50% of time)
• Writing papers (40% of time)
• Presenting findings (10% of time)

Relevant/Preferred Education, Experience, Licensure, Certification

PhD in statistics, biostatistics, ecology, computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics, epidemiology, or other relevant field

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies

• Research experience of working with mathematical and/or statistical models
• A strong interest in infectious disease epidemiology
• Ability to fit models to spatial-temporal data
• Good knowledge of coding in R, Python, C/C++
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in communicating research findings to a non-specialist audience
• Ability to work independently but also as part of a larger interdisciplinary research team

About the University of Georgia

Since our founding in 1785, the University of Georgia has operated as Georgia’s oldest, most comprehensive, and most diversified institution of higher education. https://www.uga.edu/ The University’s main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta.