The Gates Foundation's Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) is seeking to advance global efforts to eradicate infectious diseases by developing, using, and sharing computational modeling tools. The Product Discovery and Development (PDD) team specifically aims to integrate data and develop novel tools across pathogens to enable more targeted, efficient, and equitable public health decision-making, by improving understanding of product and intervention performance in heterogeneous populations and generating evidence on synergies across pathogens.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills in Python and R.
- 5+ years of experience in infectious disease modeling, with a strong preference for candidates with TB modeling expertise.
- PhD in epidemiology, biostatistics, computational biology, mathematical modeling, or a related field.
- Proven track record of publishing in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presenting research at conferences.
- Ability to translate complex scientific results into actionable insights for non-technical audiences.
- Experience working on collaborative projects, with significant software components.
- Ability to initiate, organize, and manage research projects and clearly communicate analysis results to diverse audiences
Responsibilities
- Design, calibrate, and refine a novel dynamic transmission model of TB that is anchored in observable states, captures physiologically important features of tuberculosis and setting-specific covariation and is optimized for product evaluation and surveillance design.
- Incorporate new insights from TB biology, epidemiology, and clinical research into mechanistic modeling frameworks.
- Identify and integrate key drivers of heterogeneity in TB risk and disease progression, including demographic, social, and biological factors.
- Develop scenarios to forecast product performance across varied settings and populations.
- Lead or co-author high-impact research publications, reports, and presentations relevant to TB modeling and product strategy.
- Partner with internal teams and external collaborators (e.g., academic groups, global health organizations, product developers) to align modeling work with real-world data and R&D pipelines.
- Engage with global health stakeholders to communicate model findings and inform policy, product positioning, and implementation strategies.
Other
- Adapt knowledge, ideas, and research methodology from different disciplines to develop innovative approaches to longstanding challenges in the field of global health and clearly communicate sophisticated research methods to diverse audiences.
- Eagerness to learn to communicate diverse and technical work to partners
- Demonstrated ability to work productively independently and as part of a team
- Attention to detail and high standard for quality of work product.
- Must be highly inquisitive, self-motivated and results oriented
