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Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in health economics research at the University of Exeter
Medical School. We are seeking to attract a PhD candidate of outstanding ability to join an exciting
and rapidly expanding programme of international rated research within the Health Economics Group at the
University of Exeter.


The PhD studentship will explore the factors affecting decision making under risk and uncertainty in a healthcare context. This will involve investigating a range of decision making models, questioning the key assumptions that they make, and designing a set of choice-based experiments to test their applicability to health care. This PhD studentship is funded by University of Exeter Medical School (UEMS). The student will benefit from the strong links UEMS has across the University of Exeter, including Experimental Economics and the ESRC funded Centre for Research on Risk and Ambiguity, both based in the Department of Economics, and also links with the Mood Disorders Centre and the European Centre for the Environment and Human Health.

This is a re-advert pf a previously advertised post. Previous applicants need not re-apply.

Closing date for applications: 12.00 (noon) on Friday 7th June 2013. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held on 19th June 2013.
Start date: 23/09/13

The starting stipend for this studentship will be £13,726 p.a.(tax-free). Applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates, 2:1 or above, and a masters level award in Health Economics, Psychology or Economics is desirable. The studentship would suit those with an interest in healthcare and health service research, and a specific interest in health economics research. Knowledge of economics, health economics, statistics and/or psychology is desirable. Non UK candidates must also have IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of 7 and above (or equivalent qualification).