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January 31, 2010
Faculty Position: Health Care Management Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Application deadline: January 31, 2010
The Department of Health Care Management of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, is seeking applicants for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at any level: Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. Applicants in all areas of Health Care Economics and Management will be considered; expertise in Health Care Entrepreneurship and in Pharmaceutical/biotechnology Economics and Management is of particular interest. Successful candidates must have an outstanding research record and potential, as well as strong interest and competence in teaching. Applicants must have a Ph.D. (expected completion by June 30, 2011 is acceptable) from an accredited institution. The appointment is expected to begin July 1, 2010.
Information about the Health Care Management Department at Wharton may be found at: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/healthcare-management.cfm and http://hc.wharton.upenn.edu/
Interested individuals should submit the following materials at http://acadcf.wharton.upenn.edu/teachat2/app/index.cfm?departmentApplication_id=15
- A cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Job Market Paper and/or Selected Publications
Junior-level candidates should also include contact information for three references who will be asked to submit letters of recommendation.
The deadline for applications is January 31, 2010.
The search committee is chaired by Lawton R. Burns, Chair, Department of Health Care Management, The Wharton School
The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds. The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women, minority candidates, veterans and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
January 2010: Health Economist , Professorship/Lectureship
Economist
Location: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Aging
Division of Behavioral and Social Research (BSR) http://www.nia.nih.gov/BSR
BSR seeks a junior or senior economist with solid communication and entrepreneurial skills to develop and manage BSR’s large, policy-relevant economics portfolio. Candidates should have a PhD and demonstrated research background in, e.g., labor economics, health economics, econometrics, macroeconomics, public finance, behavioral economics, or economic demography. Economists at BSR work at the frontiers of economic research and other behavioral and life disciplines across many areas, identify new priority areas for research, develop and manage multimillion dollar initiatives, and collaborate with other federal agencies and the National Academies of Science. Up to 20% time may be devoted to original research. To discuss short-term (including part-time), secundment and sabbatical opportunities contact John Haaga (see below).
At almost $80 million BSR is one of the largest funders of economic research, and there may be prospects for a significant expansion built around a developing new initiative on health care reform. BSR-funded research findings are often used by Congress and the Executive Branch.
BSR supports research on both individual and population aging, including the economic and public policy implications of work/retirement decisions and health economics across the adult life-course. BSR funds major infrastructural studies including the Health and Retirement Study and comparable studies around the world. (See vacancy announcement at above URL for links to (1) list of currently funded research and (2) summary of economics research portfolio.)
Current initiatives recommended by a recent high-level review of BSR
include adapting behavioral economics to health issues; developing
national non-market satellite accounts for health and wellbeing;
forecasting retirement and Medicare and Social Security; neuroeconomics;
macro consequences of population aging; early life determinants of adult
health; patterns of life-cycle wealth; and developing international data
sets for comparative analysis. See
Vacancies are posted at http://www.nia.nih.gov/AboutNIA/Jobs.htm (NIA-10-368913-CR-DE, NIA-10-368913-CR-MP, NIA-10-372792-CR-DE, NIA-10-372792-CR-MP). For position information contact John Haaga, 301-496-3131, HaagaJ@mail.nih.gov; for application information contact Lauren Carroll Tedesco, 301-594-2288, Lauren.Carroll@nih.gov.
BSR staff will be at the ASSA meetings in January 2010; call Laura Jensen, 301-496-3131, to schedule a meeting.
DHHS and NIH are Equal Opportunity Employers
January 2010: Health Economist
Research Assistant
Location: Laxenburg, Austria
Application deadline: 31 January 2010
Reference number: 19/2009
The Age and Cohort Change (ACC) project at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria is offering a Research Assistant Position.
Background
The ACC project focuses on two major topics: human capital, skills and work performance; and beliefs and attitudes. Understanding age and cohort variation in productivity and values are paramount for ageing countries. Ageing and cohort change will alter values and belief structures, behaviors and social dynamics - all necessary components to develop and implement more targeted policies that relate to societal ageing and other sources of demographic change. It can help governments to anticipate changes in the skills and values caused by population ageing and cohort replacement. Unlike long-term projections of economic growth or energy use, demographic forecasts tend to have relatively low error margins, even for forecasts several decades ahead.
By assessing age and cohort variation in skills and beliefs, we can investigate whether later born birth cohorts have a higher productivity potential and can retire later without a decrease in work performance. We carry out population based projections of traits that change systematically along cohort lines and as a function of age. Our projections incorporate international migration flows, which affect the composition of skills and beliefs depending on the migrant’s characteristics in these dimensions. We also consider fertility differences and the degree of intergenerational transmission of the relevant traits. These projections allow us to better predict broad social and economic change that relate to ageing and other demographic shifts.
For more information, please consult:
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/POP/ACC/index.html?sb=3
A ‘Starting Grant’ from the European Research Council (ERC) awarded to Dr Vegard Skirbekk at IIASA funds the project.
Profile
Applicants should have:
- A master’s degree in economics, statistics, sociology, demography, or another social science discipline with strong quantitative skills* Interest in the research field of economic and social consequences of demographic change
- Ability to carry out projects independently whilst working as part of an international team
- Fluency in English (written and spoken)
Tasks
- Identify and prepare data on variation in skills and productivity
- Carry out multi-state simulations
- Contribute to writing documentation and scientific publications
- Present the work at seminars and conferences around the world
Appointment Terms
The successful candidate will be offered a one-year, fixed-term contract with possibility for extension. The salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. It is exempt from taxation in Austria but subject to the principle of income aggregation. The appointment includes moving and settlement allowances.
IIASA offers both an exceptionally beautiful working environment as well as the intellectual excitement of a truly inter-disciplinary, international research organization.
Preference will be given to applicants who are nationals of IIASA member countries.
The Institute’s management and staff alike are committed to a working environment that promotes equality, diversity, and tolerance. The Institute encourages applications from all qualified candidates.
Applications
To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, two recent examples of research work, plus names of two work-related reference givers (including name and title, affiliation, e-mail address and telephone number) per e-mail (Word or PDF format) to:
Ms. Alia Harrison, Human Resources International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Fax: (+43) 2236/713-13 E-mail: harrison@iiasa.ac.at
Please quote the vacancy number: 19/2009 when applying
Deadline for receipt of applications 31 January 2010
For general information about our Institute and its research activities, please visit http://www.iiasa.ac.at