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MRC HSRC FOUR-YEAR PhD STUDENTSHIPS IN ECONOMIC EVALUATION
START January 2006
Two studentships are now available with the MRC Health Services Research
Collaboration, based at the Centre for Health Economics, University of
York.
PROJECT TITLES:
1. 'The Optimal Development and Efficient Regulation of Health Care
Technologies: The Role of Value of Information Analysis.' (CLA01-05) 2.
'Methods for Integrating Irreversibility and Uncertainty into the
Economic Evaluation of Health Care Technologies.'(PAL01-05)
YOU SHOULD HAVE:
§ For either project - a masters degree in Economics, Health Economics
or in a quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Operations Research
or Epidemiology
DESIRABLE, BUT NOT ESSENTIAL ARE:
§ Skills in decision analysis and Bayesian statistics (1 and 2) §
Methods used in the economic evaluation of health care (1 and 2) §
Knowledge of clinical epidemiology (1 and 2) § An understanding of
alternative regimes for the regulation of health technologies (1) §
Knowledge of the economics of industrial organisation / regulation (1) §
An understanding of investment theory and/or financial economics (2) §
Dynamic programming (2)
Funding is for four years and offers excellent opportunities for
integrated training and personal development.
Closing date for applications is 31st October 2005
NB Studentships are available to EU candidates or those who have been
granted UK citizenship.
For an informal discussion, please contact Karl Claxton [log in to unmask]
(CLA01-05) or Stephen Palmer [log in to unmask] (PAL01-05)
For further details / application form, please contact the HSRC office
0117 928 7262 or email:- [log in to unmask], quoting refs:
CLA01-05 or PAL01-05
All information and project details are available via our website:
www.hsrc.ac. <http://www.hsrc.ac.uk> uk. Further details about the
Centre of Health Economics can be found at www.york.ac.uk/inst/che.
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Dr. Andrea Manca
Wellcome Trust Training Fellow in Health Services Research
Centre for Health Economics
ALCUIN A Block - A/116
University of York
York, UK
YO10 5DD
Tel: +44 (0)1904 321430
Fax: +44 (0)1904 321402
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Home page
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/manca.htm
Personal home page
http://myprofile.cos.com/am126
CHE Economic Evaluation Seminars Programme
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/seminars.htm
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