Assistant Professor

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world's leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

The Assistant Professor will support the delivery of epidemiological research on prevention of violence against children and adolescents, including randomised controlled trials and other quantitative and mixed methods studies. This will include evaluating the impact of the Good School Toolkit (GST) Agile at scale in Uganda.

Applicants will have a doctoral degree in the field of public health, psychology, science or other related discipline, proven experience in quantitative survey data collection, design and analysis, and quantitative analytical skills, as well as evidence of good organisational skills, including effective time management.

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed term until 30 April 2028. The post is funded by the Oak Foundation and is available from 01 October 2026.

The post will require overseas travel for periods of weeks to potentially months, during periods of data collection.

Benefits include annual leave entitlement of 30 working days per year (pro rata for part time staff), discretionary Wellbeing Days, and membership of the Pension Scheme.