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January 15, 2010
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Comparative Health Policy
Location: Stanford, California, US
Date: 2010-11
Submission deadline: January 15, 2010
The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship in Comparative Health Policy for 2010-11. The postdoctoral fellow will work closely with the center’s program on Asia health policy while completing his or her own research. The fellow’s research should focus on contemporary health or healthcare in two or more countries of the Asia Pacific. Potential topics include (but are not limited to) comparative analysis of healthcare financing and delivery; population health and burden of disease; the implications of demographic change; long-term care; and health policy processes. We welcome applications from junior scholars (PhD conferred after 2007) from a variety of disciplines, such as sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, public policy, law, health services research and related fields.
The fellow will be expected to be in residence for at least three academic quarters, beginning the fall quarter of the 2010-11 academic year. He or she will take part in center activities throughout the academic year, and is required to present research findings in center seminars. The fellow will also participate in the center’s publication program and may participate in other activities at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, such as the weekly Research in Progress Seminars at the Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research.
The fellowship carries a stipend between $42,000 and $45,000 depending on experience, with $2500 for research expenses.
Applicants should submit two letters of recommendation, a curriculum vitae, and a short research statement (not to exceed six double-spaced pages) describing the research and writing to be undertaken during the fellowship period, as well as the published product that will be the result. Recent PhDs must have degree conferral by August 30, 2010.
Deadline for receipt of all materials is January 15, 2010. Address all materials and queries to:
Lisa Lee
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Encina Hall E301
616 Serra St.
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
llee888@stanford.edu
(650) 725-2429 (voice)
(650) 723-6530 (fax)
http://asiahealthpolicy.stanford.edu/
January 2010: Fellowship/Studentship , Post-Doc
Senior Economist: Expenditure Policy Division (EPD), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Location: Washington, DC, USA
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) seeks qualified macroeconomics applicants with specific expertise in government health spending and a solid grounding in fiscal and macroeconomic policy issues and . This is to fill a vacancy in the Expenditure Policy Division (EPD) of the Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) as a headquarters-based consultant (HQBC) or staff at its headquarters in Washington, DC.
FAD’s EPD undertakes policy development and research and carries out technical assistance to member countries on selected public expenditure policy issues and their macroeconomic implications. The selected candidate will contribute to the analysis of public health expenditures, both generally and for specific countries, with the goal of producing policy-oriented analytical work and assisting member countries with options to improve the efficiency of these expenditures. The selected candidate would also undertake work assessing trends and projections for health care expenditure and the effects of different reform options on these outlays.
The ability to advise in other areas of expenditure policy would also be an advantage. These areas include the distributional impact of economic policies; subsidies and subsidy reform; macro-fiscal sustainability of social security systems and pension reform; public investment, public-private partnerships, and fiscal risk; expenditure policy issues related to fiscal decentralization; reform of public wages and employment; and fiscal aspects of labor market policies.
The selected candidate is expected to perform the following tasks:
- Serve as fiscal economist on a country team. In most instances, this will be an emerging market or low-income country. Required tasks include analysis of fiscal developments, including revenue and expenditure projections, and assessment of the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy.
- Participate in technical assistance missions on expenditure policy issues.
- Participate in the division’s policy development work, which includes the preparation of Executive Board papers and of various divisional research projects.
Qualifications
The candidate should have a Ph.D. or equivalent qualification in Economics. The successful candidate is also expected to have a solid background in macroeconomics, and specific research or operational experience on health expenditure issues of a minimum of two years. A proven track record of written publications, papers, reports, or other documents is required. The selected candidate should possess excellent written and oral communication skills in English—ability to work in Spanish and/or French would be desirable. The selected candidate may be required to travel frequently.
Interested persons should send their resume to tvacher@imf.org