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Malaria
is one of the world's worst public health problems, affecting
approximately 40
per cent of the world's population, and causing 300 to 500 million
infections
and around 1 million deaths each year, most in the poorest region,
sub-Saharan
Africa. Efforts to support malaria control are being rapidly scaled up,
increasing the demand for high quality research.
The
Health Economics and Financing Programme, directed by Professor Anne
Mills, is
an internationally recognised centre of expertise in health economics
and
policy analysis, with a strong track record of high quality, policy-
relevant
research in low income countries. As a result of recent grant
successes, we are
expanding our team of economists researching malaria and similar health
problems in low income countries.
A
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Health Economics is required to work with
the ACT
consortium, recently funded by a $40m grant from the Bill and Melinda
Gates
Foundation to undertake research on ways of delivering malaria drugs
and
produce and synthesise information for malaria endemic countries and
international bodies. Responsibilities involve working with
collaborators in
developing countries in
The
post will involve substantial overseas travel, some teaching and
research
degree supervision at LSHTM, and further development of research in
this field.
This
post will be for three years for a lecturer or four and a half years
for a
senior lecturer. Salary will be on the Lecturer scale (£39,149-44,836
pa
including
We are
seeking an
experienced and enthusiastic researcher to join the Health Economics
and
Financing programme at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine to
join an exciting programme of work on the economic evaluation of
interventions
to address malaria in pregnancy.
This
post provides
an excellent opportunity for the successful applicant to be involved in
high
profile research on the economics of malaria. It will involve technical
leadership on study methods, liaising with investigators in clinical
trials,
coordination of data collection across study sites, data analysis, and
writing
and finalising reports and papers. The London School of Hygiene and
Tropical
Medicine is part of the Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium which is funded
by the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and is led by the Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine.
Applicants
should
preferably have a PhD in health economics and must have experience of
economic
evaluation of health interventions, and some experience of low-income
settings.
They should also have a proven ability to manage projects and to
communicate
findings.
The
post is
full-time for three years. Salary will be in the range £39,149 -
£44,836
according to qualifications and experience.
Closing date for applications is
This
post is being
re-advertised, previous applicants need not apply.
We are seeking two enthusiastic
Research Fellows to join the Health Policy Unit to work on ACTwatch
(www.actwatch.info), a project to study
markets for antimalarial drugs in 8 low- and middle income countries. The post holders will be expected to
contribute to methodological development, help manage the research
project,
lead study teams in the field, and participate in data analysis and
dissemination.
We are looking
for candidates with a
background in pharmaceutical policy, health economics or health
services
research in low and middle income countries and an ability to communicate results through academic
publications and other media.
The posts will involve substantial overseas travel, and will
involve
some teaching at LSHTM and the further development of research in this
field. The project is supported by a
grant from the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
One post is
full-time for three years and the second is full-time for one year. Salary will be
in
the range £33,542 - £38,084 according to qualifications and experience
and will
be subject to LSHTM terms and conditions.
Closing date for applications is
For
all of these posts, further
particulars and an application
form are available from the Personnel Office, London School of
Hygiene
& Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT (telephone
+44(0) 207
927 2203 or email [log in to unmask]). Please ensure that you quote the relevant
reference for the post in which you are interested.
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