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May 11, 2010
Lecturer or Research Fellow in Health Economics: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Location: London, UK
Department: Public Health & Policy
Reference number: RG02
Application deadline: 11 May 2010
We require a talented health economist with excellent skills in health economic evaluation. The post provides an opportunity to work on a large, innovative project at a London-based university with an extensive programme of work in Health Economics. LSHTM performed outstandingly in the recent Research Assessment Exercise; between 65% and 80% of its research was assessed as world leading or internationally excellent.
This research project will assess the cost-effectiveness of different elective surgical procedures (for example alternative prostheses for primary hip replacement). This project is nested within an important national research programme that examines the value of patient-reported outcome measures. The cost-effectiveness analyses (CEA) will exploit a large database (500,000 patients) that records measures of health status before and after elective surgical procedures. The postholder will be required to address important methodological issues in CEA that arise when assessing health gain using observational data. The successful candidate will lead the dissemination of the health economic aspects of the study.
The post will be based jointly in the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU) at the LSHTM, and the Clinical Effectiveness Unit, a collaboration between the HSRU and The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The postholder will collaborate closely with other health economists and statisticians both at LSHTM and externally (e.g. from the University of California at Berkeley).
The successful candidate will have previous experience in undertaking health economic evaluation. For an appointment at lecturer level, applicants must have a PhD in Health Economics (or similar), whereas for an appointment at research fellow level a masters degree in Health Economics (or similar) is essential. This post provides an excellent opportunity for the successful applicant to extend a programme of methodological and empirical research of high policy-relevance. For the lecturer post, the postholder would be encouraged to develop their own research agenda and to attract further funds.
This post is for 2 years. The salary will be on the Lecturer scale (£41,312 - £45,553 per annum inclusive) or Research Fellow scale (£35,370 - £40,188 per annum).
We encourage you to apply for this post online at our website
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicines is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
May 2010: Fellowship/Studentship , Professorship/Lectureship