The Departments of Biostatistics and Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health are looking to hire multiple postdocs who will have unique opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge research in either or both of the following areas:
- Statistical modeling of infectious disease transmission and burden; and/or
- Vaccine epidemiology, infectious disease modeling, and causal inference.
The successful applicants will be primarily mentored by Dr. Laura White (Professor of Biostatistics) and Dr. Kayoko Shioda (Assistant Professor of Global Health). They will also be a part of “Epistorm: Center for Advanced Epidemic Analytics and Predictive Modeling Technology”, which is a part of the first national network for outbreak analytics and disease modeling assembled by the CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics. Led by Dr. Alessandro Vespignani of Northeastern University, Epistorm is a multi-organization, collaborative project bringing together researchers from Northeastern University, Boston University, the University of California San Diego, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Indiana University, the University of Florida, and Ginkgo Bioworks, as well as several hospital networks. This postdoc position at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) offers numerous opportunities to be involved in projects led by Dr. White and Dr. Shioda including those in the Epistorm consortium. The postdoc will have opportunities to learn from multiple mentors. THe postdoc will be able to expand their professional network among academic institutions, state/federal public health agencies, and hospital networks by being a key part of BUSPH, Epistorm, and the CDC’s Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network as well as the BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research (CEID), Population Health Data Science Program (PHDS), and Hariri Institute for Computing.
Duration: Two years with possible extension
More details are described in the attachment.
Interested applicants should submit their curriculum vitae, a cover letter detailing research experience and how they will contribute to our goals to engender a more inclusive and diverse school, and contact information for three references to academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26263.