The institutions:
The Barcelona Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal, is the fruit of an innovative alliance between academic, government, and philanthropic institutions to contribute to the efforts undertaken by the international community to address the challenges in global health.
The Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM), established in 1996 and represented by the Fundação Manhiça, a legal Mozambican entity established in 2008, aims at conducting and promoting health research in national priority health areas to safeguard the health of the most vulnerable populations.
What We Are Looking for:
The Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM), in collaboration with the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), is seeking applicants for a four-year predoctoral researcher in environmental health and or environmental epidemiology. The candidate will be enrolled in a PhD programme at the University of Barcelona. The candidate will be based at CISM for the majority of the PhD period, with up to one year (not necessarily consecutive) in Barcelona for training at ISGlobal in Barcelona. The candidate will be co-supervised by faculty from CISM and ISGlobal.
Responsibilities:
The primary responsibility of the PhD researcher is to develop a programme of research focused on the influence of environment on population health in Mozambique. The candidate will lead and contribute to peer-reviewed publications as part of the candidate’s PhD thesis.
Required Qualifications:
· Masters degree in health sciences, physical sciences (e.g. physics, chemistry, engineering), mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics, or other relevant field.
· Strong quantitative skills
· Ability to work in English
· Ability to work in multi-cultural setting
Conditions:
- Expected Starting date: March, 2020
Applicants must fill the request form and indicate PhD_CISM_Dec19 as Code Reference Position, and including the following documents: a cover letter describing motivation and research interests the candidate proposes to focus on through the PhD training and the Curriculum Vitae.
Applications should be submitted in English.
Review of applications will begin in January 31st, 2020 and will continue until the position is filled. Anticipated start date is 1 March 2020.
Applications will be accepted until 17.00 CET of the closing date.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Any query, please, contact with [email protected].
In ISGlobal we are committed to maintaining and developing a work environment in which the values and principles of our organization are respected and equal opportunities between women and men be promoted in each of the areas in which we operate, not tolerating discrimination based on criteria such as age, sex, marital status, race, ethnicity, disabilities, political leanings, religion or sexual orientation.
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