Assistant Professor

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.

The Department of Infection Biology is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor with a specialism in the infection biology of Gram-negative bacteria causing respiratory infections.

The post-holder will have a doctoral degree and at least five years of postdoctoral experience relevant to infectious diseases. The post-holder will have an excellent publication record as lead and co-author and experience in conducting multidisciplinary research to investigate the interface between Gram negative pathogens and the innate immune system leveraging molecular and cellular microbiology, biochemistry, immunology and in vitro (high-throughput research platforms) in vivo translational models of research. The post-holder will be a senior member of Professor José Bengoechea’s research team to support him to deliver the externally funded research program focusing on dissecting the infection biology of antibiotic-resistant infections, particularly those caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Further particulars are included in the job description.  

The post is full-time, 1 FTE and fixed term until 31^st January 2030.

The salary will be on the Academic Pathway salary scale, Grade 7 in the range £52,199 - £59,623 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 Keppel Street, 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 ITD-DIB-2025-03.

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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