Research Fellow - Counter Marketing

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Department of Public Health, Environments & Society

Location: London

Salary: £45,728 to £51,872 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting), Grade 6

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 19th December 2025

Closes: 4th January 2026

Job Ref: PHP-PHES-2025-16

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.

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic researcher with experience in systematic reviews for our Counter Marketing Project. Counter marketing seeks to denormalise unhealthy commodity industries by exposing their motives and portraying their marketing and associated activities as outside the boundaries of legitimate corporate behaviour. This study will synthesise the evidence base regarding the effectiveness of counter marketing.

The post-holder must have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant topic. Relevant experience in relevant field(s) such as public health along with a strong track record in producing rigorous evidence syntheses. Experience in methods of evidence synthesis with a focus on complex public health topics is essential. They should contribute to written outputs, preferably peer-reviewed, consistent with disciplinary expectations for quality and volume. The role requires the ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a research team, with a proven capacity to meet research deadlines. Desirable skills include experience conducting research, ideally systematic reviews, on the Commercial Determinants of Health and/or heath inequalities/social determinants of health, as well as an understanding of commercial influences and biases and how these affect research and research methods.

The post is full-time, 35 hours per week, 1FTE and fixed-term until 31 August 2027. The post is funded by the NIHR and is available from 01 March 2026.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £45,728-£51,872 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, LSHTM.

Applications should be made by clicking the 'Apply' button above. 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 jobs@lshtm.ac.uk.

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