[Turing-Southampton] Open call from Turing Health Programme (Non-pharmaceutical interventions)

[Susan Davies]

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Context
The Alan Turing Institute has been working with the Royal Statistical Society to support the Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC), which is part of NHS Test and Trace based at the Department for Health and Social Care, in the Covid-19 response. Turing and RSS are providing independent research leadership to the JBC through the newly formed Turing-RSS Statistical Modelling and Machine Learning Lab (Turing-RSS Lab)<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.turing.ac.uk%2Fresearch%2Fresearch-projects%2Fproviding-independent-research-leadership-joint-biosecurity-centre&data=04%7C01%7CTuring-Southampton%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C4cf1d4487b094e80e7f908d8c6a5a424%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637477762004051347%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=5MpMWYReCIvXeJ%2BrAsjXtg0U4snA%2Fsda6zyhavNdTKc%3D&reserved=0>.

The Turing-RSS Lab works with JBC to identify and prioritise projects that require reflective thinking to develop and evaluate a solution, but are sufficiently focused so that useful outputs can be obtained within months, thereby filling a current gap between rapid-response consultancy and most existing research funding streams. The Lab focuses on co-developed research projects which both meet a need for JBC and the need for rigorous research which can add value to the existing body of knowledge. For a list of current projects please see the website<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.turing.ac.uk%2Fresearch%2Fresearch-projects%2Fproviding-independent-research-leadership-joint-biosecurity-centre&data=04%7C01%7CTuring-Southampton%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C4cf1d4487b094e80e7f908d8c6a5a424%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637477762004061303%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=SORtCM5baqoVKUGCSziPTcfKJ30HFWLS8YlyZvfQLo0%3D&reserved=0>.

Open call: research project team (Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions)
The latest project under the Turing-RSS Lab will seek to understand the effect of various non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on a range of outcomes which will be specified as the project executes. The ultimate research goal is to provide a deep understanding of the menu of policy options available to the government to help stop the spread of the virus.

There is funding available for a Principal Investigator (suggested 0.2 FTE) and post-doctoral support (up to 1.0 FT) to conduct this project on a six-month basis in the first instance. The project should start by 1st March 2021.

The call will open by Friday 29th January, with a deadline for applications by Friday 12th February. The nature of the project means that successful team will be working with the Turing-RSS Lab to provide a deeper understanding of policy options and their potential impact in the Covid-19 response, hence the rapid open call.

Applications will be submitted via Turing FlexiGrant, the link to which is available here Research and funding calls | The Alan Turing Institute<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.turing.ac.uk%2Fwork-turing%2Fresearch-and-funding-calls&data=04%7C01%7CTuring-Southampton%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C4cf1d4487b094e80e7f908d8c6a5a424%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637477762004061303%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=ayy%2Bh1ZpyvyAVrsNVRqv87%2BiCB6M%2BCjOC4KV%2FteInow%3D&reserved=0>.

Required skills
The successful PI for this project will be / have:

  *   Employed by a UK university
  *   Based in the UK in order to access the Secure Research Environment

  *   A strong statistical background and experience in causal inference for population interventions, statistical methods, spatial statistics. Prior experience in assessment of the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical interventions would be advantageous
  *   Prior experience of leadership in the delivery of complex multi-partner projects and the ability to plan and organise work to meet externally driven project milestones
  *   Ability to work in an agile manner and deliver progress compatible with JBC fortnightly review of project advancement
  *   Research management experience - the post-holder would lead the day-to-day activity of postdoctoral researchers for this project
  *   The research team will benefit from the support of project management from within  the Turing's Health and Medical Sciences Programme

Questions?
If potential candidates have any questions please ask them to contact healthprogramme at turing.ac.uk<mailto:healthprogramme at turing.ac.uk>

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