Applications are invited for a Research Fellow position in the Mathematics Department at the University of Warwick, working with Professor Matt Keeling and Professor Mike Tildesley as part of the Zeeman (SBIDER) institute.

The work is funded by DEFRA as part of an EEID (Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases) collaboration between Colorado State University, Warwick University, Edinburgh University and Linköping University.

Over the last decade we have seen a worrying spread of H5N1 influenza from wild birds into a number of mammalian species including dairy cattle in the USA; this large reservoir of infection has substantial implications for both human and animal health.

Using a range of modelling and statistical approaches, the successful candidate will consider the historic spread of H5N1 in the US dairy industry and project into the future for both the US and UK cattle industry. Work will also consider the implications for human infection and the impacts of different control options. This project gives the candidate an excellent opportunity to join an international network of experienced researchers and to work on an area of one-health with major policy implications.

The successful candidate will join the Zeeman (SBIDER) Institute, School of Life Sciences and Mathematics Institute at Warwick University.