Post-doctoral fellowship at UCLA: Geospatial Project focused on determining how to maximize the opportunity for people living with HIV to access antiretroviral therapy in Africa
We invite applications for a 3-year postdoctoral research fellowship in Professor Blower’s research group in the Biomedical Modeling Center at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Applicants must have a doctorate in spatial statistics, health geographics, theoretical ecology, operations research, geospatial modeling or a closely related field. We welcome applications from individuals who have worked on diseases that have important geospatial components: e.g., influenza, malaria, Ebola, Tuberculosis and cholera. Previous experience in modeling HIV is not necessary.
We are looking for an individual who is interested in working with a team of researchers at UCLA, Columbia University, and Partners in Health in Malawi (Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo) on an NIH-funded grant focused on using data-intensive geospatial and geostatistical models to design optimal strategies that will ensure equity in access to HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. Equitable strategies will be based on gender, wealth, and the urban-rural divide. The successful applicant will focus on geostatistical analysis, geospatial modeling, and spatial optimization, of spatially-explicit treatment data, population-level georeferenced linked HIV-testing and behavioral data, and mobility/migration/travel data. The projects will involve travel to Malawi; two, two-week trips a year. The rest of the time the fellow will be based at UCLA, Los Angeles, US. The successful applicant will have excellent programming, verbal, and writing skills.
The salary is $63,000 plus fringe benefits. Starting date is negotiable.
To apply for this position please contact Professor Sally Blower at sally.blower@gmail.com. Applicants should send a cover letter, a detailed CV, a brief statement of research interests, and the names (and email addresses) of three references. The cover letter should also include the possible starting date. Review of applications will start immediately and will continue until the post has been filled.
