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Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program, USA

/ August 19, 2010 Leave a Comment

PHIFP is a 2-year paid fellowship in public health informatics. The competency-based and hands-on training allows you to apply information and computer science and technology to solve real-world problems.

You will have the opportunity to:

  • Learn about informatics and public health
  • Work with teams involved in research and development of public health information systems
  • Lead an informatics project
  • Design, develop, implement, evaluate, and manage public health information systems .

    • To apply for PHIFP, you must:

  • Meet both the educational and professional requirements
  • Be willing to commit to a 2-year full-time program
  • Be willing to relocate to Atlanta, Georgia
      • Educational Requirements:A doctoral (PhD, MD) or masters level degree is required. Qualifying degree must be from an accredited academic institution in one of the following:

    • Public health, medicine, health care, health-services research
    • Computer science, information science, information systems
    • Statistics
    • Epidemiology
    • Public health informatics or related discipline
      Professional Requirements:Documented 1-year experience for doctoral level candidates and 3-year experience for masters level candidates is required in one of the following fields:

    • Public health informatics
    • Health informatics or related field
    • Information systems
    • Information science
    • Computer science
    • Information technology

      • Additionally, documented 1-year experience for doctoral level candidates and 3-year experience for masters level candidates is required in one of the following areas:

    • Public health
    • Related healthcare profession (medicine, nursing, veterinary medicine, dentistry, allied health professions)
      Research Requirements:Documented experience in performing research or evaluation during or after academic training (e.g., publication, thesis, poster presentation, research/evaluation proposal).

      Apply online between July 5 and November 3, 2010.

      Application Deadlines:

    • November 3: Deadline for submitting the online application (12:00 midnight, Eastern Time)
    • November 11: All supporting documents must be received by this date

    Contact Address:

    Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Road, NE
    Mailstop E-92
    Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Phone: 404-498-6219
    Fax: 404-498-6135
    E-mail: phifp@cdc.gov

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    Senior Research Fellow in Health Technology Assessment, Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry, UK

    / August 19, 2010 Leave a Comment

    The Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG) at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry seeks a highly motivated senior researcher with experience of project and people management to lead its team of decision analytic modellers in carrying out economic evaluations in Health Technology Assessments (HTA) for national policy makers. PenTAG provides a series of HTAs for NICE and other bodies under contract to the NIHR HTA Programme.
    You will be educated to degree level or equivalent and will have experience of designing and undertaking decision analytic model-based economic evaluations. You will have a record of research publications and good understanding of the UK NHS policy-making environment.

    You will be an internationally recognized authority in health technology assessment and economic evaluation and possess an in depth understanding of this area to enable the development of new knowledge and understanding within the field. In addition, you will provide academic leadership to research teams, lead and develop internal and external networks and develop links with external contacts in order to foster collaboration and generate income.

    For an informal discussion please contact Professor Ken Stein on 01392 726067 or email Ken.stein@pms.ac.uk although applications should be made in accordance with the details shown below.

    For an application pack please email jobs@pms.ac.uk or request via the job vacancies section of the PMS website www.pms.ac.uk or telephone 01752 764467 quoting reference no: E0951/PMS

    Closing Date: 10.00am 13th August 2010

    Filed Under: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree, Medical Science, Post Doctoral Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

    Doctorate Scholarship at Commercialisation Training Scheme

    / July 26, 2010 Leave a Comment

    Under a  scheme introduced by the Commonwealth Government, funding has been provided to support research commercialisation training. The Commercialisation Training Scheme (CTS) provides high quality research commercialisation training for the next generation of Australian researchers as a means of equipping them with the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to bring research-based ideas, inventions and innovations to market.

    Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia or New Zealand citizens, and be enrolled as a full-time student in a Doctorate by research at Flinders University and have at least 12 months of candidature remaining.
    Up to eight scholarships will be available in 2011 for students commencing the program in either semester 1 or semester 2 2011.

    Recipients of the CTS Scholarship will enrol in the Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Commercialisation at The University of Adelaide and undertake the following topics:
    •    Leading and Managing
    •    Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    •    Legal Issues of the Commercialisation Process
    •    Technology Management and Transfer

    The CTS Scholarship provides an exemption from tuition fees for the Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Commercialisation and an allowance equivalent to 6 months of an Australian Postgraduate Award stipend (currently $22 500 per annum). Selection for the scholarship will be based on the extent to which commercialisation training will add value to the student’s research higher degree experience and enhance a student’s career prospects.

    Internal Closing Date: 30-09-2010

    Apply Here

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