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Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Research Associate - food policy and diet-related disease modelling
The University of Liverpool's NCD Prevention and Food Policy Group is hiring a postdoctoral research associate for an NIHR-funded programme on how food environment policies can prevent diet-related disease and reduce health inequalities in the UK. The researcher will run the IMPACT-NCD and PRIMEtime microsimulation models to estimate health and economic effects of food policies, working with LSHTM, Oxford and City St George's.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Experience
- Experience not specified
- Salary / stipend
- Grade 7 £39,906 - £46,049 or Grade 8 £47,389 - £59,966 per year
- Apply by
- 10 Nov 2026
- Job type
- Contract
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Function
- Research
- Shift
- Full-time, hybrid (at least 40% on campus; more than 60% expected)
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PhD in public health, epidemiology, data science, applied statistics or economics
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What you’ll do
- Develop and run IMPACT-NCD and PRIMEtime microsimulation models within work package D
- Estimate population health and economic impacts of a portfolio of food environment policies, with health equity at the centre
- Work with partners at LSHTM, Oxford and City St George's
- Take part in the group's work on food policy, epidemiological modelling and public health evidence
What the employer asks for
- PhD in public health, epidemiology, data science, applied statistics or economics (those awaiting the award start at Grade 6)
- Experience in epidemiological analysis and statistical programming such as R
- Knowledge of epidemiological simulation or health economic modelling highly desirable
- Experience with nutritional epidemiology and nutritional datasets desirable
- Expected to work more than 60% of the time on campus
Pay, benefits and perks
- Grade 7 (£39,906 to £46,049) or Grade 8 (£47,389 to £59,966) a year depending on experience
- Fixed term until March 2031 (51 months)
- Annual training budget and conference funding
- Study visits to partner institutions
- Placement opportunity with a policy body such as DHSC or WHO-Europe
- NIHR Academy membership
About the employer
The NCD Prevention and Food Policy Group sits in the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems at the University of Liverpool and works on food policy, epidemiological modelling and public health evidence that has informed NICE, DHSC and Public Health England.
How to apply
Apply by email to moflaher@liverpool.ac.uk.
Closing date; fixed term to March 2031
Skills for this role
What employers ask for in Research (JRF / SRF / PhD / Postdoc) roles. named in this notice
- R programming
- Microsimulation modelling (IMPACT-NCD
- PRIMEtime)
- Epidemiological analysis
- Health economic modelling
- Nutritional epidemiology
- PhD
- Postdoctoral
- Research Associate
- Junior Research Fellow
- JRF
- Senior Research Fellow
- SRF
- Food Technology research
- GATE XL
- ICAR NET
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- Which analytical techniques have you used hands-on, and what were their limitations?
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Source & editorial check
Hybrid with more than 60% on campus. Job ref 118353. Enquiries: Prof Martin O'Flaherty (moflaher@liverpool.ac.uk).
Original posting: 2026-10-27
Checked 2026-11-05 · Updated 2026-11-05
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