Hillel Friedland Post-Doctoral Fellowship opportunity

Hillel Friedland Post-Doctoral Fellowship Applications are hereby invited for the highly prestigious Hillel Friedland Postdoctoral Fellowship hosted at the University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Health Sciences. 

Professor Simon Dixon from HEDS has a Honorary Chair with PRICELESS.

SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science
 PRICELESS SA

We are seeking a truly outstanding young individual, who has completed a doctorate in the past five years and is under the age of 40. The potential postdoctoral fellow will conduct cutting-edge research in health economics and will be based at the SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science- PRICELESS SA for between 1 and 3 years. 
PRICELESS SA is a research to policy unit that provides evidence to improve resource allocation and aid healthcare priority setting to maximise universal health coverage. 

Roles and responsibilities 
The post-doctoral fellow will be responsible for leading an economic evaluation of the maternal and early child support grant (MSG) in South Africa. As such, only candidates with a strong background in health economics and decision-analyticalmodellingwill be considered for the position. The fellow will be involved in the conceptualisation and development of a decision-analytic model to assess the health benefits and costs associated with the MSG. This fellow will convene and support a steering committee of key stakeholders. 

Other responsibilities of the post-doctoral fellow will include: 
 Supervision of junior researchers 
 Participation in grant writing
 Contribute to teaching on the Masters in Public Health programme at the Wits School of Public Health 
 Contribute to other related research and capacity-building projects at PRICELESS SA 

A research assistant will work alongside the post-doctoral fellow and the research will be overseen by Professor Hofman, Director at PRICELESS-SA, and Dr Edoka, Research Director at PRICELESS-SA. 

Skills and Requirements 
 PhD in Health Economics obtained within the past 5 years 
 Demonstrable experience in decision analytical modelling 
 Demonstrable experience publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals 
 Good writing and presentation skills 
 Good conceptualisation skills 
 Experience in teaching and student supervision will be an advantage 

Expected output
Specific outputs include publication of at least two articles in reputable health policy and health economics journals. The fellow is also required to acknowledge the Trust in all their publications and to report annually on progress to the Trustees 

The final appointments are to be approved by the Hillel Friedland Trust. It is hoped that the Fellow will remain in South Africa after completion of the Fellowship for at least one year. 

Applications: To apply, please send an up to date copy of your CV and a cover letter (max. 1 page) to Ijeoma.Edoka@wits.ac.za. Closing date: 31st March 2020

YCR CONNECTS – Cancer Research Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship

YCR CONNECTS – Cancer Research Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship

Health Economics, Mathematical Modelling, Medical Statistics, Medical Physics.

University of Sheffield, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)

Cancer Research Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship supported by Yorkshire Cancer Research

Job Reference Number: UOS022795

Contract Type: Fixed-term for 5 years

Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship, Grade 8/9£40,792 to £58,089 per annum

Closing Date: 01 July 2019

For an informal discussion about the posts, please contact Professor
Jim Chilcott - j.b.chilcott@sheffield.ac.uk or Dr Paul Tappenden -
p.tappenden@sheffield.ac.uk  at ScHARR.

Summary: An exciting opportunity to become one of tomorrow's Cancer 
Research Leaders. We wish to attract high quality candidates to take up 
senior non-clinical research fellowships (working in linked areas of 
applied clinical science for example; health economics, mathematical 
modelling, medical statistics) to create a strong clinical and 
translational research base that can deliver tangible improvements in 
cancer outcomes for patients in South Yorkshire and beyond.

Appointees should focus on clinical and translational aspects of cancer 
research within the following priority themes that align closely with 
the Yorkshire Cancer Research (YCR) research strategy:

   * Early diagnosis and access to treatment
   * Improving clinical outcomes in common malignancies
   * Improved health and wellbeing with and beyond cancer
   * Lung cancer

These new appointments will link with the University of Sheffield (UoS) 
Research Centres, thereby providing a connected research infrastructure 
with the dual aims of reducing cancer mortality and improving the 
experience of living with or after a cancer diagnosis. Each appointee 
will receive a generous start-up package to enable rapid initiation of 
internationally competitive research. You can view details of how to 
apply at
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BSP590/ycr-connects-senior-non-clinical-fellowships.

MRC Skills Development Fellowship at ScHARR

Medical Research Council    

The MRC-funded University of Sheffield Skills Development Fellowship Programme in Population Health Systems Science and Decision Modelling is a collaboration between ScHARR, partners from across the university and the Bradford Institute for Health Research.

We appointed two excellent fellows in our first round, and applications are now open for 2019. 

The fellowship is a three-year personal award, at grade 7, and includes training and research support costs. 

We are particularly looking for rising star early career researchers with a quantitative background (maths, stats, computation, economics) who have not worked in health research, or early career researchers from a health background who have very strong quantitative skills and ability.
Details about the programme are here: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/research/mrc_sdf

YCR CONNECTS – Cancer Research Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship opportunity

YCR CONNECTS – Cancer Research Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship

Health Economics, Mathematical Modelling, Medical Statistics, Medical Physics.University of Sheffield, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)Supported by Yorkshire Cancer Research

Job Reference Number: UOS019299
Contract Type: Fixed-term for 5 years
Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship, Grade 8/9 £39,992 to £56,950 per annum

ScHARR - Regent Court

Closing Date: 02 July 2018

Summary: An exciting opportunity to become one of tomorrow's Cancer Research Leaders. We wish to attract up to 10 high quality candidates to take up senior non-clinical research fellowships (working in linked areas of applied clinical science e.g. health economics, mathematical modelling, medical statistics) to create a strong clinical research base that can deliver tangible improvements in cancer outcomes for patients in South Yorkshire and beyond.

Appointees should focus on clinical and translational aspects of cancer research within the following priority themes that align closely with the Yorkshire Cancer Research (YCR) research strategy:

• Early diagnosis and access to treatment

• Improving clinical outcomes in common malignancies

• Improved health and wellbeing with and beyond cancer

• Lung cancer

These new appointments will link with the University of Sheffield (UoS) Research Centres, thereby providing a connected research infrastructure with the dual aims of reducing cancer mortality and improving the experience of living with or after a cancer diagnosis.

Each appointee will receive a generous start-up package to enable rapid initiation of internationally competitive research. You can view details of how to apply at https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BKA859/ycr-connects-senior-non-clinical-fellowship/

For an informal discussion about the posts, please contact Professor Jim Chilcott (j.b.chilcott@sheffield.ac.uk) or Dr Paul Tappenden (p.tappenden@sheffield.ac.uk) at ScHARR.