Postdoc en evolución de enfermedades (Portugal)

Post-doctoral Fellowship

Ref: ICETA 2016-41

Link to the call

Job description:

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Fellowship (Reference ICETA
2016-41) in the context of the project "Modelling and inference for
population and ecosystem health" (IF/01346/2014), funded by FCT/MCTES
(PIDDAC) and co-funded by FEDER through COMPETE (POFC).

Research field:

Infectious disease epidemiology

Eligibility:

Candidates must hold a PhD in mathematical, biomedical or social
sciences. Preference will be given to candidates with research
experience in mathematical/statistical modelling of biomedical systems.

Work plan: Statistical analysis of the social and biologic determinants
of tuberculosis in Portugal, and development of mathematical and
computational models of the disease in a heterogeneous population.
Impact studies for intervention strategies targeting high risk groups.

Legislation and regulations:

Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigacao CientÃfica, aprovado pela Lei
n.o 40/2004, de 18 de Agosto, alterado e republicado pelo Decreto-Lei
n.o 202/2012, de 27 de Agosto, alterado ainda pelo Decreto-Lei n.o
233/2012, de 29 de Outubro, pela Lei n.o 12/2013, de 29 de Janeiro, e
pelo Decreto-lei n.o 89/2013, de 9 de Julho; Regulamento de Bolsas e
Investigacao da Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, IP (FCT),
em vigor (www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2015.pdf) e
de acordo com os Estatutos de Bolsa do ICETA aprovados pela FCT.

Work place:

The candidate will be affiliated to CIBIO-InBIO - Centro de
Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos do ICETA -
Instituto de Ciencias, Tecnologias e Agro-Ambiente, and will spend
periods at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom,
under the supervision of Dr Gabriela Gomes.

Duration of fellowship:

The fellowship will have the duration of 12 months, starting on
September 01, 2016.

Monthly stipend:

The fellowship stipend will be euro1.495/month, according to the
regulations of the FCT Postdoctoral Fellowships in Portugal
(http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores), paid monthly by bank
transfer.

Selection procedures: Applications will be evaluated based on
Curriculum Vitae (25%), motivation letter (15%) and references (10%).
The best candidates will be selected for an interview (50%).

Selection Jury:

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Gomes (Chair)

Prof. Dr. Raquel Duarte

Prof. Dr. Rita Gaio

Prof. Dr. Gertrude Thompson

Notification of results:

The results of this call will be published in CIBIO-InBIO, and sent by
email to all candidates and to the FCT.

Application period and documents:

The call will be open from 10 May 2016 until 10 July 2016.

Applications must include Curriculum Vitae (CV), motivation letter, and
contact details of two references, sent to: bolsas.cibio@cibio.up.pt

CIBIO - Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos
Geneticos/ InBIO Laboratorio Associado, Universidade do Porto

Campus Agrario de Vairao

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Portugal

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