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: human papillomavirus (HPV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 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 HCV screening and treatment strategies.

• Construction of a mathematical model of transmission and progression of HCV
o Produce a bibliographic synthesis for data extraction to feed the mathematical model
o 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

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: Professional experience in mathematical modeling or health economics

Level of diploma and training: PhD in health economics or biomathematics or biostatistics.

Starting date : as soon as possible.
Fixed-term contract of one year, renewable up to 3 years.
Remote work is allowed up to two days a week.

Please, send a resume, a cover letter and contact details of one or two references by email to
Sylvie DEUFFIC (sylvie.deuffic@inserm.fr) and Anthony COUSIEN (anthony.cousien@inserm.fr).