MARS Senior Research Associate in Machine Learning for Infectious Disease Models
Mars, Bailrigg, Lancashire
MARS Senior Research Associate in Machine Learning for Infectious Disease Models
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Mars, Bailrigg, Lancashire
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
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Full Job Description
- Develop and implement novel ML architectures and computationally intensive statistical methodology tailored to outbreak datasets.
- Collaborate with public health stakeholders and data providers to ensure models are grounded in real-world contact patterns.
- Publish findings in high-impact journals (e.g., Nature Communications, Lancet Digital Health) and top-tier ML conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR).
- Contribute to an open-source codebase to ensure reproducibility and utility for the wider scientific community. You will work within a vibrant community of infectious disease modellers, centred in MARS, but collaborating with colleagues in Lancaster Medical School. There is additional scope to work within a wider collaboration with the University of St Andrews and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in Global Health, human, animal, and OneHealth epidemiology, as well as engage in consultancy, teaching, and outreach activities relevant to the research. This is a full-time, fixed term position until 31st July 2029. Flexible working arrangements will be considered but you will be expected to be present on the Lancaster campus a minimum of two days a week.
MARS: Mathematics for AI in Real-world Systems is seeking a highly motivated and creative Senior Research Associate to join our interdisciplinary team at the frontier of computational epidemiology and machine learning. This role focuses on developing next-generation frameworks to predict, understand, and mitigate the spread of infectious diseases., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .
It is an exciting time to be part of MARS, which is based in one of the top-ranked maths departments in the UK. You'll be part of a thriving and collegiate research group with a growing complement of academic staff, researchers and PhD students. MARS is a nationally distinctive group to join if you want to be part of the next generation of mathematicians tackling real-world problems and shaping the future of mathematics and AI.
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