Postdoctoral Researcher at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain structured data systems to integrate surveillance, clinical, environmental, and climate datasets.
• Clean, harmonize, and prepare large multi-source datasets for statistical analysis.
• Integrate geospatial and climatic data with cholera incidence data.
• Develop a Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) for modelling cholera transmission dynamics and vaccine effectiveness.
• Conduct time-series, regression, and spatiotemporal analyses.
• Produce cholera transmission risk maps and identify key outbreak predictors.
• Apply appropriate geostatistical and machine learning methods where relevant.
• Prepare statistical reports, manuscripts, presentations, and policy briefs.
• Support the dissemination of study findings to stakeholders.

Vacancy Requirements:

• PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Disease Modelling, or a related quantitative field from a recognized institution.    Mandatory
• At least three (3) years of experience in advanced statistical modelling.    Mandatory
• Experience working with surveillance or routine health datasets.    Mandatory
• Proficiency in statistical software such as R, Python, STATA, or equivalent tools.    Mandatory
• Experience in geospatial or spatiotemporal modelling will be an added advantage.    Added Advantage