Hybrid Research Fellow-School of Public Health chez University of Sydney

• Part time (2 days per week) fixed term 2 years based at Camperdown

• Research Fellow Role supporting The Environmental Epidemiology team at the School of Public Health

• Base Salary $127,436- $151,328+ 17% superannuation 

About the opportunity

Founded in 1930, the Sydney School of Public Health is Australia’s first and leading school in public health, dedicated to addressing the world's most pressing health challenges. Each day, our researchers and graduates are tackling global health issues and striving to improve equity in communities both locally and around the world.

The Environmental Epidemiology team undertakes research into the health risks of environmental hazards. The team has high level biostatistical skills and experience and a broad collaborative network across Australia and internationally. 

We are seeking a Research Fellow to join Geoffrey Morgan and the team. The team focuses on research questions related to health and air quality, climate, and the built environment and applies epidemiological study designs and biostatistical modelling approaches to a broad range of health and environmental data. The team address policy relevant research with a focus on translating the results of their work into policy and practice within the health sector and across government, industry and the community. 

The Research fellow will undertake work in research, supervision and service (including outreach). The appointee will contribute cooperatively to the overall intellectual life of the Environmental Health team, the School of Public Health and the Faculty of Medicine and Health.

The Research fellow will be expected to work collegially to develop and maintain effective, productive and beneficial workplace relationships with all academic and professional staff, students and honorary staff, as well as with government, industry and community stakeholders.

About you

• Master of Biostatistics or an equivalent amount of skills and experience, preferably in relation to environmental epidemiological research questions and related study designs

• familiarity with, and experience analysing, administrative health data including linked health data, and in particular NSW Health data assets

• experience building high spatial and temporal resolution environmental exposure models

• experience processing environmental data with high spatial and temporal resolution to assign localised exposure, either by statistical area or geocoded location

• able to perform a variety of operations on geospatial data from a variety of input formats (e.g. ESRI shapefiles, GeoTIFF raster data, NetCDF files and geojson)

• experiencing sourcing and processing environmental exposure and health administration data via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

• proficiency using statistical programming software such as R, SAS, STATA and Python; and GIS platforms such

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Work Rights: you must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

EEO statement 

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