Research Fellow in Climate-Health Attribution

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a background in climate science and want to apply your skills to health sciences? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research intensive Universities?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within a transdisciplinary project to measure the impacts of extreme heat on maternal and child health. The project will link climate data with around 45 million birth records from Africa, Europe and Latin America to create new indicators for global monitoring systems.

Supervised by Prof Cathryn Birch, Prof John Marsham and Prof Amanda Maycock, you will quantify the impacts of increasing temperatures on health using observations and climate model simulations. You will interact closely with members of the project team from other disciplines and provide weather and climate information and advice where needed. In collaboration with these team members, you will build and test climate-health attribution models that can be upscaled to large regions of the world on digital platforms.

The position is funded by the Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation that supports science to solve the urgent health issues. You will work closely with health scientists, epidemiologists, statisticians and social scientists from Trinity College Dublin, University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand.

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/global-talent.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 14.5% of salary.
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

If you are looking for a role that will challenge you and provide opportunity to achieve real-world benefits, apply today.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: 

Cathryn Birch, Professor of Meteorology and Climate

Email: c.e.birch@leeds.ac.uk

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