PhD Fellowship 2021: ” Malaria Omic Correlates of Resistance to Artemisinin-based Therapies in Nigeria “

We are seeking to appoint full-time Postgraduate Fellows to join our Team on antimalarial drug resistance surveillance in Nigeria. This exciting project includes Bioinformatics, laboratory and field studies and will be based primarily at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research and The Medical Research Council, The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with opportunities for international training and conference attendance.

Eligibility

1) Prospective Ph.D. Fellow must:

• Have MSc /Mphil in Bioinformatics, Molecular parasitology or Computational Biology.

(Experience in malaria research and a record of high-quality publication(s) in peer-reviewed journals is needed).

• Be a highly motivated individual interested in pursuing rigorous malaria
• Be committed to a long-term research career in malaria (bioinformatics and genetics).
• Be a person of integrity and have an eye for
• Have prior research experience in malaria, molecular parasitology, cell biology and/or overseas lab
• Be proficient in the use of R for data analysis and graphics (Ability to use any other relevant programming Language is needed).

 2) Prospective M.Sc. Fellow must:

• Have BSc. in Bioinformatics, Molecular parasitology, Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics.

(Experience in malaria research and a record of high-quality publication(s) in peer-reviewed journals is needed).

• Be a highly motivated individual interested in pursuing rigorous malaria
• Be committed to a long-term research career in
• Be a person of integrity and have an eye for
• Be proficient in the use of R for data analysis and graphics (Ability to use other relevant programming Language is needed)

3) Prospective Research Assistant (RA) must:

• Have Sc./M.Sc. in Bioinformatics, Biochemistry or Immunology.
• Have proven experience in malaria research

(Record of high-quality publication(s) in peer-reviewed journals is required).

• Be a highly motivated individual interested in pursuing rigorous malaria
• Be committed to a long-term research career in malaria genomics and in vitro
• Be a person of integrity and have an eye for

Successful fellows will be expected to:

• Conduct and/or participate actively in high-quality research leading to publications in high-impact journals
• Work very hard publishing a minimum of two quality papers per year.
• Contribute to research capacity building including training of undergraduate and MSc students in the PI’s

The PI is supported with funding from the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Programme (EDCTP) and the Malaria population biology of the Medical Research Council, The Gambia. The PI will support the successful PhD Fellow for 3 years, M.Sc for 1 session and the RA for 2 years in the first instance, with a possibility of a postdoctoral/Ph.D. fellowship position based on performance and productivity.

Financial support will cover:

A competitive monthly salary, Research supplies and reagents, Conference attendance, Other research-related costs (such as visit to collaborator’s laboratory), University tuition as approved.

Applications from under-represented researchers are strongly encouraged. Applicants with MBBS degree or exceptional candidates coming directly from BSc studies may be considered.