Postdoctoral Research Associate

About the role

We are seeking a postdoc to support our ongoing work on improving disease surveillance for emerging and endemic pathogens. This work utilizes advanced epidemiological modelling combined with AI methods for adaptive rather than static surveillance design. This project is particularly exciting because it combines new advances in methodologies with direct applications in public health and biosecurity. For example, how shall we allocate sparse resources to detect pathogens early, characterize their growth and key parameters, and track their evolution and spatial spread? This post is full time and fixed-term for 12 months.

Prior work on the topic from our team is available at: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2412424121 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.27.26347250v1.

About you

The postholder will have a strong quantitative background with application to infectious diseases. They will be able to perform advanced modelling for informing biosecurity risk assessments and be skilled at communicating their research to stakeholders across multiple sectors.

How to apply

The University of Oxford is committed to equal opportunity, and to being a place where everyone belongs and is supported to succeed. We recognise how the diversity of our community enriches our ability to deliver on our academic mission. We welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds, including those under-represented within higher education. No applicant or members of staff shall be unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via our e-recruitment system, and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Monday 11 May 2026. Interviews are likely to be scheduled for the end of May/early June.

Location: Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3EL

Salary: £39,424 - £47,779 p.a.

Pay Scale: RESEARCH GRADE 7