Job Description

Job DescriptionTe Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunityThe Research Fellow will be working with a team of experienced researchers in Primary and Community care, public health and clinical medicine to support research in the changing environment of respiratory infectious diseases since COVID. It builds on the Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance (SHIVERS) projects which are a long series of research, aiming at improving the understanding of influenza and respiratory viruses and how to prevent their spread.This position will focus on developing research in the following areas.Qualitative and narrative approaches to understanding changing patient and health provider perspectives and behaviour in relation to respiratory infections. This work is currently based on a community cohort of households in the Wellington region and a hospital paediatric cohort and Pacific and Mori communities and in Counties Manukau.Changes in attitude and behaviour to respiratory infections following the introduction of viral Point of Care testing in communities and in primary care settings.There will be opportunities to contribute to additional research design. The principal investigators are based at the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC), led by Professor Nikki Turner and Professor Peter McIntyre. The research will be carried with IMAC, the University of Auckland and in collaboration with partners including the University of Otago, the ESR, Moana Connect and Hpai te Hauora.This is a fulltime (40 hours per week), fixed term role for 18 months. This may be extended to the end of the year.Remuneration: RF1-RF7; $91,328-$109,099 dependent on experience.