Dear All, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) is recruiting two PKPD Modelling and Simulation scientists to join our Translational Medicine team. The positions are based in Geneva, Switzerland (partially remote; currently Covid-remote). The seniority level (Manager/Associate Director) will depend on the experience of the succesful candidates.
JOB PURPOSE MMV is a Swiss non-profit foundation whose mission is to reduce the burden of malaria in disease-endemic countries by discovering, developing and delivering new, effective and affordable antimalarial drugs. Working with drug discovery/development partners in academia and industry, as well as with country-based delivery partners and national ministries of health/malaria control programmes, MMV's focus extends from the identification of new potential treatments for malaria through to clinical development, regulatory approval and delivery-for-impact in malaria-endemic countries. Since its founding in 1999, MMV and partners have brought forward 11 new medicines that have saved an estimated 2.7 million lives. We are currently seeking a PKPD Modelling Manager to join our Pharmacometrics team. We are seeking a highly motivated individual who will provide scientific expertise in PKPD modelling as well as modelling and simulation strategy. PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: * Develop innovative models to help the integration of new data and/or new experiments * Develop PKPD modelling strategy for MMV projects in late discovery and development, undertake and supervise the delivery of the PKPD modelling across MMV's therapeutic indications * Develop and apply modelling solutions for monotherapy and combination therapy * Summarize, interpret and clarify PKPD results to ensure that valuable scientific information is provided in a timely manner to drive team decisions * Communicate PKPD modelling strategy and results to project teams, MMV management and regulators * Contribute to establishing pharmacometrics capabilities and infrastructure (eg development of tools for recurrent and consistent analyses, development and implementation of guidance documents and SOPs within the Pharmacometrics Team) * Provide pharmacometrics components for submission to regulatory authorities * Supervise the work of PKPD consultants and academic partners * Author and publish high-quality research articles * Attend selected conferences for training, giving presentations and posters, representing MMV, and building a network EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: * Ph.D. in Biomedical Science, Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacology, Biometrics or Computational Engineering * At least 3 years of experience (academia and/or industry) with a proven track record within the duties mentioned above * Published peer-reviewed articles * Familiarity with the drug development process * Experience working in a cross-functional matrix START DATE: As soon as possible DEADLINE: April 22, 2022 MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION: https://www.mmv.org/about-us/work-us/jobs#op-503616-associate-director-pkpd-modelling-and-simulation https://www.mmv.org/about-us/work-us/jobs#op-485324-pkpd-modelling-manager ............................................................................... Nathalie Gobeau, PhD| Medicines for Malaria Venture Director, Translational Medicine T: +41 22 555 03 64<tel:+41%2022%20555%2003%2064> | M: +41 76 442 65 26<tel:+41%2076%20442%2065%2026> Email:gobe...@mmv.org<mailto:gobe...@mmv.org> Defeating Malaria Together |www.mmv.org<http://www.mmv.org/> ........................................................................... FOLLOW US ON: [Description: facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/medicinesformalaria> [Description: twitter] <http://twitter.com/MedsforMalaria> [Description: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/medicinesformalariaventure> [Description: youtube] <http://www.youtube.com/user/MMVMeds4Malaria> ICC - Entrance G, 3rd Floor, Route de Pré-Bois 20, PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland Sign-up for our e-news and keep up-to-date with MMV's progress<http://www.mmv.org/about-us/subscribe> ________________________________ This email and any attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the email and any attachments and notify the sender immediately. ________________________________
