Postdoctoral Researcher - Climate-sensitive

Job Reference :

• 64_23_ES_GHR_R2 Position :

• Postdoctoral researcher - climate-sensitive infectious disease modelling (R2) Closing Date :

• Tuesday, 28 February, 2023 Reference : 64_23_ES_GHR_R2 Job title : Postdoctoral researcher - climate-sensitive infectious disease modelling (R2) About BSC

• The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is a hosting member of the PRACE European distributed supercomputing infrastructure. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 770 staff from 55 countries.

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• We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. Context And Mission

• The Global Health Resilience (GHR) group led by ICREA Research Professor Rachel Lowe at the BSC-CNS is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral scientist to conduct cutting-edge methodological research on tracking past, present and future risk of climate-sensitive diseases and developing robust data-driven modelling approaches to predict the risk of outbreaks at sub-seasonal to decadal time scales. Key Duties

• Co-create decision support systems to enhance public health resilience to climate change

• Harmonise multi-source, multi-scale climate, land-type, demographic, socio-economic, human movement and health datasets

• Formulate statistical and mathematical models to understand the impact of environmental change and socio-economic factors on infectious disease risk and health outcomes

• Develop indicators to track the impact of climate change on infectious disease risks and health outcomes

• Disseminate research outputs in peer-reviewed scientific papers and international conferences

• Interact with scientists in the group, department, center and other institutions in Barcelona to enhance synergies

• Engage with local communities, stakeholders and policy makers

• Develop training materials and deliver training workshops to researchers, data managers and stakeholders

• Support administrative duties of the group, including arranging meetings, taking minutes, writing deliverable reports, maintaining Wiki/webpages, etc

Requirements :

• Education
• BSc and MSc in Epidemiology, Biology, Ecology, Meteorology, Environmental Sciences, Physics or Mathematics (or equivalent)
• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
• PhD in infectious disease epidemiology, statistical, ecological or environmental modelling or related field
• Experience in data management and statistical analyses
• Proficiency in scientific programming in a suitable language (e.g., R, Python)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, demonstrated in scientific publications
• Ability to work in a collaborative professional environment within a transdisciplinary and international team
• Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
• Knowledge on some of the following topics: Bayesian statistics, spatial epidemiology, infectious disease transmission modelling, human movement modelling, statistical downscaling, multi-model combination techniques, and bias adjustments techniques
• Experience working with public health stakeholders and international agencies
• Competences
• Problem-solving, pro-active, result-oriented work attitude
• Excellent communication skills

Conditions

• The position will be located at the BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
• We offer a full-time contract, a good working environment, a highly stimulating working environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, and relocation support
• Duration: Open-ended contract according to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
• Starting date: 1 June 2023

Applications procedure and process

• A full CV in English including contact details

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• BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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