Tl;dr: epidemic and statistical modelling PhD looking for roles in biosecurity, global health, and quantitative generalist roles.
Skills & background: I am about to submit a biostatistics PhD (University of Cambridge, UK), focusing on statistical methods to estimate the incidence of COVID-19 in England and survival analysis. I have experience providing scientific advice to the UK government on the pandemic. Broad Bayesian statistical skillset, as well as skills in engaging critically with literature. View my past posts for less academic samples of my work; I’d especially recommend forecasting accidental pandemics and my high-level takes on biosecurity. Technical work and more details on my personal webpage. Within EA, I am a founding member and now co-leader of the Cambridge Biosecurity working group. I wrote one of the most highly rated pieces in the BlueDot pandemics course. In 2023, I was a top 30 Metaculus forecaster (by peer score).
Location/remote: currently based in Cambridge, UK. Open to remote work and any roles based in UK (no visa required).
Availability & type of work: earliest April, ideally May
Other notes: I’m interested in a large variety of roles. Anything high-impact and quantitative or infectious disease-related I am likely to be interested in. Examples: researcher at a biosecurity organisation; forecasting-esque roles at any organisation; grantmaking. I’m also interested in hearing from people on specific projects relevant to my interests, even if a permanent role is not available at this time.
Questions: where are we bottlenecked in the biosecurity space? What are the most effective interventions currently?
Tl;dr: epidemic and statistical modelling PhD looking for roles in biosecurity, global health, and quantitative generalist roles.
Skills & background: I am about to submit a biostatistics PhD (University of Cambridge, UK), focusing on statistical methods to estimate the incidence of COVID-19 in England and survival analysis. I have experience providing scientific advice to the UK government on the pandemic. Broad Bayesian statistical skillset, as well as skills in engaging critically with literature. View my past posts for less academic samples of my work; I’d especially recommend forecasting accidental pandemics and my high-level takes on biosecurity. Technical work and more details on my personal webpage. Within EA, I am a founding member and now co-leader of the Cambridge Biosecurity working group. I wrote one of the most highly rated pieces in the BlueDot pandemics course. In 2023, I was a top 30 Metaculus forecaster (by peer score).
Location/remote: currently based in Cambridge, UK. Open to remote work and any roles based in UK (no visa required).
Availability & type of work: earliest April, ideally May
Resume/CV/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-blake-22048b14a/
Email/contact: DM me here
Other notes: I’m interested in a large variety of roles. Anything high-impact and quantitative or infectious disease-related I am likely to be interested in. Examples: researcher at a biosecurity organisation; forecasting-esque roles at any organisation; grantmaking. I’m also interested in hearing from people on specific projects relevant to my interests, even if a permanent role is not available at this time.
Questions: where are we bottlenecked in the biosecurity space? What are the most effective interventions currently?