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September 15, 2008
Assistant Professor: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus - Denmark
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Closing date: 15 September 2008
The Department of health services, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus - Denmark invites applications for a vacant position as Assistant Professor. The position is to be filled by September 1, 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter for a duration of three years, after which it will be announced as a position op Associate Professor or re-announced as an Assistant Professor position.
The Department of Health Services Research was founded in 2005. The staff includes a Professor (MD), a part time Associate Professor (economist), a full time Assistant Professor (economist) and a Data Manager. The Department undertakes research on Danish and international health systems. The staff participate in a joint research programme using Danish public social and health registers, including a follow-up since 1990 of a systematic sample of 200,000 inhabitants of Northern Jutland and Mid Jutland, Denmark. The programme focuses on the interaction between the health system, target populations and health service utilisation from the perspectives of health economics, organisation, sociology, population epidemiology and clinical epidemiology.
The Assistant Professor will naturally play a role in the continued development of the Department and its research with the register-based programme, in collaboration with other university departments and departments of planning and management of the health and social services in the regions and municipalities of Denmark. The Department also provides an opportunity to participate in cost-effectiveness studies and economical evaluations in general, as well as international health projects. The Assistant Professor will become a member of the Department’s and the Institute’s scientific team and contribute to education and research with publications on health services research in international and Danish media.
Applicants must hold a Master’s and a PhD degree in Economics, and have experience - or at least be interested in health economics research. A knowledge of and proficiency in econometrics are essential, as well as good cross-disciplinary interpersonal skills. The candidate should be eager to adopt the main ideas and terminologies of associated professions in the field of public health.
The Assistant Professor will take part in the Institute’s educational programmes, including the planning, teaching, and individual and cross-disciplinary group-based supervision. At present, this primarily involves the Master of Public Health (MPH) and the Ph.D. programmes at the Institute. Participation in the University’s teaching courses for Assistant Professors is obligatory.
The conditions of employment are based on the agreement between The Ministry of Finance and The Federation of Graduate Employee Unions. Remuneration will include an additional pension based bonus of DKK 57.866,54 (April 2008 level). Further information is available in the regulations of 13. june 2007 concerning academic positions at Danish universities.
The guidelines of the Faculty for the Assessment Committee may be requested from the Secretariat of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Vennelyst Boulevard 9, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark, or on: http://www.health.au.dk/stillingsopslag.
The application should include a curriculum vitae, a complete list of the applicant’s scientific publications highlighting which publications the applicant wishes to be included in the assessment, and information about teaching experience. Three copies of each of these publications should be included with the application. The Assessment Committee can decide to include material which has not been submitted in their evaluation. In this event, the applicant will be informed and asked to send the material, or otherwise to withdraw the application. Furthermore, the application should include a description of the applicant’s previous research with reference to the enclosed publications, together with a short description of future research plans. Guidelines concerning writing an application can be found on http://www.health.au.dk/stillingsopslag or, alternatively, requested from the Faculty Secretariat.
Regardless of age, gender, race, religion or ethnic background all potential applicants are encouraged to apply for the position.
Further information about the position can be obtained from Professor. Dr. med. Anders Foldspang (tel. +45 89423181 ), or by email af@mph.au.dk
When the Assessment Committee has completed its evaluation, applicants will receive the part of the evaluation which concerns them.
Four copies of the application, together with three copies of the publications to be assessed, should be sent to The Faculty of Health Sciences, Vennelyst Boulevard 9, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Applications must reach the Faculty Secretariat before 12 noon on September 15th. 2008.
The application should be marked 2008-212/2-279
The University of Aarhus has 35,000 students, 8,500 members of staff and a turnover of DKK 4.8 billion in 2008. The university’s strategy and development contract are available at http://www.au.dk/en/strategy
