Assistant Researcher - OHI at University of California - Davis in Davis, California

Job Description:

RECRUITMENT PERIOD

Open December 1st, 2020 through Tuesday, Dec 15, 2020 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

If you apply to this recruitment by December 15th, 2020, you will have until January 15th, 2021 to complete your application.

DESCRIPTION

NATURE AND PURPOSE

The Assistant Researcher will develop and oversee a highly creative and high quality applied research program pertaining to predictive science and advancing our understanding of transmission dynamics of emerging pathogen spillover from animals to humans and spread among humans, incorporating issues impacting human and animal health in a changing environment. The position will take primary responsibility for research and collaborate with UC Davis faculty on joint research needed to grow programs. The appointee is expected to secure funding as a Principal Investigator, and may also be funded as a co-PI and Co-I within the One Health Institute on large-scale collaborative programs and grants.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

I. RESEARCH (85%)

This candidate is required to develop research in infectious disease epidemiology relating to zoonotic disease emergence and spread transmission dynamics. The candidate will be expected to:

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Devise and conduct studies designed to investigate:
A. One Health disease dynamics using a data science and data driven approach to assimilating large datasets that integrate animal, human, and environmental drivers of pathogen evolution and transmission
B. Disease risk from the local to global scale by developing new predictive computational methodology, including the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence to forecast and understand risk.
C. Ecological drivers of pathogen evolution, emergence and spread in geographic regions undergoing rapid environmental change by harnessing technological innovations to characterizing risk
D. Novel methods for mathematically modeling disease transmission risk among wildlife and humans
E. Design and advice on surveillance and field studies to generate data required for development predictive and mathematical models of infectious diseases among wildlife and humans
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Collect, summarize and analyze data
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Publish research results in peer-reviewed journals
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Prepare reports on research findings
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Help acquire funding to support research in infectious disease dynamics

Other research duties may include:

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Managing domestic and international budgets and projects according to sound management principles
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Supervising employees paid on the budget
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Writing and submitting progress reports to funding agencies
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Training, consulting with, and advising graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and international collaborators with regard to experimental design, quantitative methods, epidemiological data analysis, and software applications for projects investigating infectious disease dynamics.
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Expanding the mathematical modeling and analytical capabilities of the EpiCenter for Disease Dynamics to include new predictive and computational capacities to investigate disease in humans and wildlife

II. PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND ACTIVITY (10%)

The candidate will participate in professional societies and conferences appropriate to the fields of human and animal epidemiology, disease ecology, and epidemics, such as the Wildlife Disease Association and the International Society for Infectious Diseases and will serve as a reviewer of research proposals and scientific publications as appropriate. The candidate will attend seminars to present research results and give research presentations at national and international scientific meetings.

III.UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE (5%)

The candidate will engage in University service activities such as guest lecturing and problem-based learning experiences in epidemiology, veterinary medicine, study design, and disease modeling after advancing to the associate title rank. Teaching full classroom courses is not an expectation of this position. The candidate will participate in committee and programmatic service to the One Health Institute as needed. The candidate will also engage in public outreach activities that include presenting scientific research results to the general public, engaging in STEM training activities, conducting international training experiences for scientific collaborators and providing relevant advice to individuals or public agencies.

JOB LOCATION

Davis, CA

REQUIREMENTS

Document requirements

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Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
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Cover Letter
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Statement of Research
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Statement of Teaching (Optional)
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Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion documented in the application file will be used to evaluate applicants. Visit https://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/faculty-equity-and-inclusion for guidelines about writing a statement and why one is requested.

Reference requirements

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The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status

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