Postdoctoral Researcher in Disease Modelling: The Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher with expertise in infectious disease modelling and behavioural science. The position is part of the BEHAVING project, a collaboration between behavioural scientists, infectious disease modellers, and epidemiologists. The focus is on developing and improving epidemic models for advising public health policy makers on disease control. The project involves using survey data on behavior and determinants to enhance epidemic models.
Postdoctoral Researcher in Infectious Disease Modelling and Behavioural Science
Designation: Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Area: Infectious Disease Modelling and Behavioural Science
Location: Bilthoven
Contract Duration: 36 months
Hours per Week: 32 – 36
Monthly Salary: €3,091 – €4,921
Salary Level: Scale 10
Qualification Level: PhD
Field: Research / Science
Application Deadline: 1 April 2024
Vacancy Number: #1325
Placement Date: 6th March 2024
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Job Description: The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to the BEHAVING project, which aims to combine behavior, contacts, risk, and infectious disease models. The focus includes developing new questionnaires, using questionnaire data from various studies at RIVM, and incorporating psychosocial determinants of behavior into mathematical models for infectious disease transmission.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build individual-based transmission models for sexually transmitted infections (STI) and measles.
- Utilize behavioral survey data to inform population models for STI transmission.
- Use data on vaccine uptake and psychosocial determinants for an individual-based network model of schools and households for measles transmission.
- Analyze how behavioral data affects transmission dynamics in the models.
- Study the effects of interventions on transmission for both infections.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of behavioural scientists, epidemiologists, statisticians, and mathematical modellers.
- Publish research results in peer-reviewed journals and present at international conferences.
Unique Aspects of the Position: The role offers a unique opportunity to work with top scientists from diverse disciplines, conducting impactful research with societal implications. The postdoctoral researcher will have the chance to focus on their own project, collaborate with PhD students, contribute to other department projects, and attend conferences and courses for skill development.
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