A Marie Curie Excellence Team funded by the European Commission, under Sixth Framework Programme has been established at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, with reference MEXT-CT-2004-014338, to develop mathematical models for infectious diseases. The group, currently consisting of 12 researchers, intends to reinforce its modeling capacities through the recruitment of 2 postdoctoral researchers. The positions are for two years.
Successful candidates should hold a PhD, demonstrate experience in mathematical, computational, statistical modeling or data analysis in population biology, and potential to develop one of the following line of research:
Integration of demographic and geographic information into epidemiological models.
Overall, the team combines the analysis of biological and epidemiological data with mathematical modelling to achieve a better understanding of reinfection processes, with the ultimate goal of informing vaccine development and public health. For further details visit www.igc.gulbenkian.pt/sites/ggomes.
Following E.c. rules the successfull candidate will be entitled to living, travel and mobility allowances, according to research experience, place of origin and family situation.
Applications, including research interests, CV, and two letters of reference should be sent to the contact below. Informal enquiries should be addressed to Gabriela Gomes (ggomes@igc.gulbenkian.pt).
Contact: Paula Macedo, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Apartado 14, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal, Email: paulamacedo@igc.gulbenkian.pt, Tel: 351-214-464-601.
Organisation - Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Division/Faculty/Department - Theoretical Epidemiology
Street - Apartado 14
City - Oeiras
Postal Code - 2781-901
State/Province - Lisbon
Country - PORTUGAL
E-Mail - paulamacedo@igc.gulbenkian.pt
Website - www.igc.gulbenkian.pt
Application Deadline - 20/12/2006
