Population Health Scientist Fellowship 2010, UK

July 27, 2010

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Fellowships in study of social and environmental influences on physical and mental health of Population Health Scientist ,UK

Job Description: Population health sciences are concerned with the study of social and environmental influences on physical and mental health and well-being, with reference to a range of ‘up-stream’ influences such as early life experiences, the social and economic conditions in which we live and environmental exposures that can affect wellbeing. A key aim is to understand how and why ill-health varies within and between populations and across the life course, and how to improve the health of the public through clinical or public health interventions including those that may be delivered outside conventional health services.

Health of the public research, which falls within this remit, is defined by MRC as “…population-based research into the promotion and maintenance of health, the frequency, burden and causal pathways of ill-health, and the effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce or prevent ill-health”. Relevant areas of enquiry include the distribution and social patterning of health and well-being, ill health and health related behaviours, social and biological determinants of health and their interaction, the accumulation of risk and health trajectories throughout the life course and across generations, and the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of preventive or therapeutic interventions aimed at risk reduction in whole populations.

Disciplines within population health sciences relevant to this scheme include, but are not limited to:

* Social, clinical, life course and genetic epidemiology
* Biostatistics
* Health demography
* Medical sociology
* Health psychology
* Medical anthropology
* Human geography
* Health economics

This scheme is open to early career researchers seeking to acquire formal multidisciplinary research training in a range of the above disciplines (or related disciplines). The prospective fellow’s research project and training environment must enable them to acquire complementary skills and expertise in large-scale quantitative and qualitative study design, data collection and analysis, in order to become independent research scientists.

Who can apply?

Pre-doctoral candidates:

Applicants who do not hold a PhD/DPhil, MD or Masters Degree in a relevant discipline are expected to study for such a qualification within their Fellowship programme of research training.

Medical or dental graduates should be post-registration up to and including specialty registrar (StR) grade or be at the equivalent level in general practice or dentistry. More experienced StR grade applicants will preferably have worked for a period in a department carrying out clinical research.

Nurses, midwives and members of the allied health professions must have completed their professional training and hold a Masters degree, or equivalent postgraduate research-oriented qualification.

If you have started a PhD, you may apply for a Fellowship only if, at the proposed start date, you have not been registered for more than 12 months full-time.

Special emphasis is placed on having a strong, relevant training programme in an excellent research and training environment. Pre-doctoral candidates need to demonstrate interest in interdisciplinary research and the potential for developing a research leadership role in the future.

Post-doctoral candidates:

Science graduate applicants should hold a PhD or DPhil in a relevant discipline or expect to do so by the time they take up the award with no more than four years post PhD research experience.

We will also consider applicants who have a research-oriented Masters degree with three or more years of relevant postgraduate experience that can contribute to their development as researchers.

Special emphasis is placed on having a well articulated programme of training and skills development that would allow the Fellow to become an independent research scientist by the end of their award. The Fellow must play a leading role in their project.

Pre- and Post Doctoral candidates:

There are no residential requirements for post-doctoral applicants, although there are some requirements for pre-doctoral applicants. Please refer to the link under ‘Guidance for applicants’. If you are invited to interview you will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to the UK research effort in the area of Population Health Sciences beyond the period of the award.

Fellows may be based at UK universities, medical or dental schools, research council institutes and units, charity-funded research centres, or other approved academic institutions.

As part of the MRC’s equal opportunities policy, consideration will be given to applicants who are returning to science following a career break. There are no age limits for any of our schemes and all Fellowships may be held part-time to fit in with domestic responsibilities.

Application Deadline 8October2010

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