We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join the Wohl Lab (https://shirleewohl-lab.com/) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. The position will focus on developing and evaluating sampling strategies for pathogen genomic surveillance, and on collaborating with international stakeholders to analyze pathogen genomic data. The selected postdoctoral candidate will also work closely with the Yonatan Grad (https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/grad-lab/) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Ideally, the selected candidate will have experience in transmission dynamics modeling of infectious diseases, pathogen genomics, bioinformatics, and/or applied statistics. Specific tasks may include: Developing a simulation framework for pathogen transmission and applying this framework to evaluate the epidemiological information gained under different genomic sampling scenarios; engaging with international stakeholders to identify priority public health pathogens and evaluate plausible genomic surveillance strategies; leveraging AI tools to build pathogen genomic datasets from publicly available data and metadata; guiding the development of accessible tools for genomic surveillance program design; and performing and/or supporting pathogen genomic analyses conducted in public health settings.