Postdoctoral Research Associate in Epidemiology and

3 weeks ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom University of Liverpool Full time

This is an exciting opportunity for an epidemiologist or disease ecologist to further their career at the University of Liverpool. We are looking for a highly motivated researcher with experience in epidemiology and/or vector-borne disease ecology to join the research team as part of 'Optick¿, a large multi-institution, transdisciplinary UKRI Defra funded research project focused on optimising One Health Surveillance and management of tick-borne disease threats in a changing environment. You will co-lead the design and field collection of ecological, environmental, tick and host infection and disease data and data on farm management practices to understand how landscape woodland and ecotonal habitat connectivity affects the risks from tick-borne pathogens among agricultural habitats. Two study landscapes have been selected in the UK, i) a lowland agricultural landscape where bovine babesiosis will be studied and ii) an upland landscape where louping ill and *Anaplasma phagocytophilum* infection in sheep will be studied. You will work closely with co-leads and staff members employed by the UK Health Security Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency and researchers at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. You will co-lead collection of stratified tick collection and livestock sampling to quantify tick and pathogen hazard at selected farms, take part in farmer interviews and manage the integration and collation of tick and livestock infection datasets for statistical analysis and lead outputs from this research.

This post is available from 1 November 2023 until 2 November 2025.

Any applicants who are still awaiting their PhD to be awarded should be aware that if successful, they will be appointed at grade 6, spine point 30. Upon written confirmation that they have been successful in being awarded their PhD, they will be moved onto grade 7, spine point 31 from the date of their award.



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