Join the Hub
Opportunities to Work with the Digital Determinants of Health Hub
The Digital Determinants of Health Hub welcomes enquiries from students and researchers interested in understanding how digital environments shape young people’s health, wellbeing and inequalities, using rigorous public health and policy-relevant approaches.
Opportunities to join the Hub may arise through funded posts, doctoral study, internships, or externally funded fellowships.
Current Vacancies
Applications Open: GenAI Research Fellow
Come build something important with us! Join the Digital Determinants of Health Hub at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and contribute to a Wellcome-funded programme at the cutting-edge of digital and public health research.
This role focuses on developing a novel hybrid human–GenAI framework to analyse multimodal social media data donations, combining video, audio and text to generate evidence on how digital environments shape young people’s health and behaviour.
Closing Date: Sunday 27 September 2026
Postdoctoral Researchers (Externally-Funded)
Researchers considering joining the Hub through externally-funded postdoctoral fellowships are welcome to make contact to discuss research fit, supervision, and institutional support.
We are particularly interested in researchers working at the intersection of:
Public health and population health science.
Epidemiology and causal inference.
Digital data science and computational methods.
Policy evaluation and regulatory science.
The Hub supports interdisciplinary work that combines methodological rigour with real-world policy relevance.
Examples of Relevant Funding Schemes
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Early Career Awards
Career Development Awards
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Future Leaders Fellowships
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Career Development Awards
Skills Development Fellowships
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Advanced Fellowships
Policy Research Programme routes
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
Mid-Career Fellowships
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
New Investigator Grants
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
This list is indicative rather than exhaustive. Applicants are encouraged to explore funding routes aligned with their career stage and research focus.
Doctoral Study
Opportunities for doctoral study within the Hub may be available through LSHTM doctoral programmes and external funding schemes. Further information will be added here as projects and funding routes are confirmed.