The Bharti Lab at Penn State’s Department of Biology and Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics is hiring multiple Postdoctoral Scholars for an NIH-NSF funded project on measles and Ebola transmission in the DRC. Ideal candidates have experience in GIS spatial analysis or quantitative modeling (R/Python). Research-only role; relocation to State… Continue Reading Penn State’s Bharti Lab Hiring Postdocs in Disease Modeling
The NIAID Data Ecosystem Discovery Portal allows researchers to search across millions of metadata records from infectious and immune-mediated disease repositories. It indexes and harmonizes metadata from existing sources so users can find datasets, computational tools, and other resources through a single search interface. The Portal now offers optional user… Continue Reading New User Accounts Available in the NIAID Data Ecosystem Discovery Portal
We invite MIDAS members to explore the newly-released neuralsbi R package. neuralsbi provides neural simulation-based inference (SBI) methods for R-native researchers doing inference on mechanistic models. We are interested in seeing folks testing neural SBI methods alongside their favorite inference approaches (iterative filtering, ensemble kalman filters, ABC-SMC and the like).… Continue Reading neuralsbi R package: Neural Simulation-based inference for the R folk
The Duke Multiscale Immune Systems Modeling (MISM) Center of Excellence is accepting applications for its inaugural one-year Scholars Program for early-stage investigators conducting research on infectious and immune-mediated diseases. Scholar opportunities include: Specialized training and professional development workshops Peer mentorship activities Priority consultation with MISM quantitative scientists Networking opportunities … Continue Reading Duke MISM Scholars Program: Application Open
We are hosting a free 3-day workshop on 16th-18th of September 2026 at LSHTM! Participants will learn how to use the Julia programming language to build deterministic models from first principles, starting with the classic SIR model and ordinary differential equations, then extend into stochastic and structural complexity, including jump… Continue Reading Express Your Interest Now For A Free 3-day Workshop at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: “Modeling Epidemics with Julia” Workshop Spots Are Limited & Lottery-Based
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is offering a fully-funded, three-year PhD studentship in mathematical modeling of measles transmission in the UK, funded by NIHR and starting January 2027. The student will use UKHSA case and contact-tracing data to build a next-generation measles model, with funding covering… Continue Reading LSHTM Launches PhD Studentship in Measles Transmission Modelling
New York University’s School of Global Public Health, Department of Global and Environmental Health, is hiring a fully-funded Postdoctoral Researcher to lead research on the epidemiological and economic modeling of vaccination globally. The postholder will report to Dr. Mark Jit, department chair and faculty lead of the Vaccine Epidemiology and… Continue Reading NYU Seeks Postdoctoral Researcher in Vaccine Epidemiology & Economics
The University of Navarra’s Navarra Center for International Development (NCID), part of the Institute for Culture and Society, is hiring a Programme Scientist / Postdoc to help lead SINCEP-Africa, a €14 million Horizon Europe/EDCTP-funded program strengthening clinical research capacity and epidemic preparedness across Sub-Saharan Africa. The role blends international consortium… Continue Reading University of Navarra Seeks Programme Scientist to Lead Africa-Wide Epidemic Preparedness Initiative
The MIDAS Coordination Center is organizing an upcoming webinar to connect prospective graduate students with faculty and programs seeking students to work in infectious disease modeling. Ideal Speakers: Faculty currently recruiting graduate students (MS/PhD) whose research uses computational, statistical, or mathematical modeling to study infectious disease dynamics — including disease… Continue Reading Call for Speakers – Graduate Programs Webinar for Prospective MIDAS Students
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position (exceptional candidates at the Associate Professor rank may also be considered). The ideal candidate will bring innovative approaches to studying host-viral/microbe interactions, the immune system, and human… Continue Reading Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine Seeks Assistant Professor in Microbiology & Immunology