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We are offering a 3 year PhD studentship to be based in a Department of Health funded Policy Research Unit in Economic Evaluation located in the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We welcome applications to undertake methodological research in the areas of: innovation; outcome measurement in health and social care; measuring and valuing inter-sectoral effects for economic evaluation; social value of a QALY.
The successful candidate will receive expert support from an academic supervisory team drawn from the Unit and other staff in ScHARR. The research will be linked to wider research programme undertaken in ScHARR in health economics and decision science on regarding economic evaluation and outcome measurement. ScHARR is a multidisciplinary department based in the Faculty of Medicine employing around 200 multidisciplinary staff and attracts in excess of £7 million per year in external support.
Funding Notes:
The studentship will include home/EU tuition fees plus an annual maintenance grant (currently £13,590 for 2011/2012). In addition there is an annual Research Training Support Grant of £750 to cover conference attendance, training courses, equipment and books.
For further details about EEPRU please see the web site http://www.eepru.co.uk. Informal enquiries regarding the research themes should be directed to Liz Metham E.Metham@sheffield.ac.uk. Informal enquiries regarding the application process and studying for a PhD in ScHARR should be sent to scharr-pgr@sheffield.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)114 22 20719.
References:
Applicants will need to ensure that they meet the entry requirements (and can supply any relevant certificates and transcripts) of the PhD in ScHARR which can be found at http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/prospective_students/researchdegrees/apply.html. Applications should be submitted to the PG Online system http://www.shef.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/apply/applying clearing stating in the funding question that you are applying for EEPRU Studentship. The application should include a high quality outline of their proposed PhD study (3-5 pages) which is in line with the focus of the research themes of EEPRU as described above and a full CV.
Closing date for applications: Monday 17th September 2012. Interviews for short-listed candidates are expected to take place within 2-3 weeks of that date.
Latest date for commencing PhD: 1 January 2013.