Research Fellow

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 have a vacancy for a statistician to work on an MRC and NIHR co-funded project to determine appropriate methods of analysis for cluster randomised trials with rare outcomes. The project is motivated by a large cluster randomised trial conducted in Niger of two prophylactic regimens to control meningococcal meningitis epidemics. More details on the specific activities are in the job description.

The post-holder will have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant topic and relevant experience in randomised trial analysis. Evidence of strong quantitative skills with expertise in a common statistical package such as R or Stata is essential. Experience in the evaluation or development of statistical methodologies in the context of health research, or experience of using simulation studies is desirable. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed term until 31 January 2027. The post is funded by the MRC and NIHR and is available from 16 June 2025.

The salary will be on the Academic Pathway salary scale Grade 6 in the range £44,847 - £50,808 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 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.

Please quote reference EPH-EPIH-2025-01.

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.

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