Please reply to Dr Maherswaran.
University of Sheffield PhD Studentship
Application and evaluation of geographical surveillance
methodologies in relation to public health issues.
We seek an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual
to join an expanding and stimulating collaborative
research environment. The project will involve
application and evaluation of leading-edge methods to
major public health issues. Our established links with the
NHS will provide an excellent opportunity for rapid
implementation of the outcomes of this project in the real
world.
Geographical inequalities in health and health care are a
major cause for concern. There is a clear need for robust
geographical surveillance methods to identify existing
and emerging variations in health and health care and to
assess the health impact of public health interventions. A
number of innovative methods have recently been
developed (e.g. SaTScan, GEM) and the aim of this
project will be to apply and evaluate these methods to
complex public health issues (e.g. uptake of primary and
secondary prevention measures, utilisation of health care
interventions in relation to need, surveillance of temporal
and geographical variation in disease risk and health care
utilisation).
The School of Health and Related Research at the
University of Sheffield is a centre of excellence for health
services research and receives large scale funding in
relation to major government initiatives (e.g. National
Institute for Clinical Excellence, Trent Public Health
Observatory). The Centre for Computational Geography
at the University of Leeds is an international leader in the
development of novel geographical analysis tools using
highly intensive geocomputational methods.
For further details or for an informal discussion of the
project, please contact:
Principal Supervisor: Dr. Ravi Maheswaran, School of Health
and Related Research, University of Sheffield Tel: 0114 2220727,
email: [log in to unmask] (Dr. Maheswaran's PA)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Ian Turton, Centre for Computational
Geography, University of Leeds, Tel: 0113 2333392, email:
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The studentship provides maintenance fees at current Research
Council rates (£6620 in 1999/2000) plus a contribution towards
research expenses. Application forms are available from the
University Graduate Research Office (Contact: Fozia Yasmin, 0114-
222-1410, [log in to unmask]) or directly from the University
web page:
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/~gradsch/Recruitment/ApplicationForm/index.html
Please make sure the form is marked 'White Rose'.
Professor Mike Campbell
Institute of Primary Care and General Practice
Community Sciences Centre
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield S5 7AU
Tel 0114 271 5919
Fax 0114 242 2136
e-mail [log in to unmask]
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