Context
Inserm is the only French public organization entirely dedicated to biological, medical and population health research. It has research laboratories throughout France, grouped into 12 Regional Delegations. Our institute brings together 15,000 researchers, engineers, technicians and administrative staff, with a common goal: to improve the health of all through advances in knowledge about living organisms and diseases, innovation in treatments and public health research. Joining Inserm means joining an institute committed to parity and professional equality, diversity and support for its employees with disabilities, from recruitment onwards and throughout their careers. To preserve well-being at work, Inserm pursues an active policy in terms of working conditions, based in particular on a fair balance between personal and professional life. In 2016, Inserm was awarded the European HR Excellence in Research label and is committed to developing its recruitment and evaluation practices for researchers.

Responsibilities / Job description
The candidate will be part of the EU Joint Action SHIELD (Strategies for Health Interventions to Eliminate Infection related Cancer) aimed to reduce cancers caused by infections, focusing on human papillomavirus (HPV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), also taking into account how stigma and discrimination act as barriers to timely diagnosis and linkage to care and treatment, but also prevention interventions (including but not limited to vaccination). SHIELD will compare multiple intervention strategies using a disease-specific model to project the impact of the implementation level of those measures on morbidity/mortality and healthcare costs of these diseases in Europe. The post-doc/research engineer will work primarily on evaluating HPV prevention and treatment strategies.

Main activities:

• Construction of a mathematical model of transmission and progression of HPV
  -- Produce a bibliographic synthesis for data extraction to feed the mathematical model
  -- Carry out statistical analyses to estimate the parameters of the mathematical model from databases·
• Carry out the economic evaluation and ensure its valorization
• Monitor scientific and technological developments in his/her field of activity.
• Supervision of Master's 2 and doctoral students on internships

Required skills
Knowledge

• Mathematical modeling
• Medical economics
• Biostatistics, data collection, analysis and processing methods
• Programming (Python, R or C++)
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Know-how

• Use a coherent set of mathematical, statistical and IT tools, adapted to the processing of data
• Guarantee the quality and relevance of analysis tools and results
• Transfer know-how internally and externally
• Format and present results to project partners

Skills

• Conceptualization skills
• Analytical reasoning skills
• Autonomy
• Multidisciplinary

Desired experience(s)

• Professional experience in mathematical modeling or health economics

Level of diploma and training

• PhD in health economics or biomathematics or biostatistics

See the full job description here : https://www.sfsp.fr/offres-d-emploi/je-suis-candidat/job-detail/job-Research-position-in-health-economics-disease-modeling-Inserm-IAME-3374

Send CV, covering letter and contact details for a referee by e-mail to:
Sylvie DEUFFIC : sylvie.deuffic@inserm.fr
Anthony COUSIEN : anthony.cousien@inserm.fr