It is an exciting time to
join the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia to perform studies on malaria
elimination. The missions of the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia are
public health expertise, operational research and training. For 65
years, its research and expert activities have focused on infectious
diseases: malaria, dengue, HIV, tuberculosis, Influenza virus,
encephalitis virus and rabies. Our skills involve surveillance,
diagnosis, drug resistances, mechanisms of emergence, genetics and
genomics, risk measurement and control.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Join the Epidemiology Unit
team of the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia on a unique Malaria
Elimination operational research inside Cambodian forests!
We are seeking a
Postdoctoral Fellow/Epidemiologist
Supporting the Epidemiology Unit of the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia (IPC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Responsibilities include
ensuring progress of a large and ambitious malaria elimination study
inside Cambodian forests and analytically assessing malaria epidemiology
and transmission in this environment as well as other characteristics
of vulnerable forest populations. This project is within the frame of
ambitious operational research projects funded by Global Fund. In
Cambodia, and South East Asia in general, malaria is mostly transmitted
inside forest and malaria elimination is a top priority because of
widespread antimalarial drug resistance. Our research will contribute to
one of the major Public Health challenges of the coming decade: malaria
elimination!
The incumbent works under the Head of Epidemiology Unit, with the following responsibilities:
- Initiates, develops, and collaborates in preparing research proposals and grant applications, including study design.
- Assists in producing technical and progress reports.
- Assists project execution, in particular those aspects necessary to the accumulation of data from clinical epidemiologic analysis.
- Performs appropriate clinical epidemiologic analyses and generates knowledge products on results including material for peer-reviewed venues such as scientific reports for scholarly dissemination at professional meetings and in peer-reviewed publications.
- Uses major statistical programs for data storage, merging and manipulation, data analysis and generation of figures and tables.
- Works both independently and collaboratively to analyze and to correctly interpret data across disciplines that apply to Health-centered outcomes.
- Periodically participate in supporting educational activities.
- Will work in partnership with National Malaria Control Program of Cambodia and with other research units from Institute Pasteur of Cambodia (Malaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit).
- Completes other projects as needed.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge
clinical research, as well as statistical analysis, epidemiology, and
study design. Proficiency with statistical software packages such as
STATA and/or R. Communication skills and fluency in Medical English are
essential.
Education/Training Requirements: A doctoral-level degree in epidemiology with a focus on clinical settings.
Minimum Experience: >
4 years of experience in epidemiology. Ideally, the successful
applicant will have work experience as a healthcare provider, and/ or
substantial community-level public health or clinical product research
experience.
Physical Capabilities and Work Environment: Requires
long periods of sitting and standing and working at a computer. Travels
and sleeping in resource-limited sites (forest environments) will be
required.
Location of position: Phnom Penh (Cambodia) with regular field missions.
Dates of position:
Starting date: As Soon As Possible
End date of contract: December 31st, 2020.
To apply for this opportunity, please send your resume and a brief cover letter and salary expectations to Patrice PIOLA at ppiola@pasteur-kh.org.
