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  • Posted: Jan 16, 2023
    Deadline: Jan 31, 2023
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    The KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) is based within the KEMRI Centre for Geographic Medical Research - (Coast). Our core activities are funded by the Wellcome Trust. We conduct integrated epidemiological, social, laboratory and clinical research in parallel, with results feeding into local and international health policy. Our research platfor...
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    Early Post-Doctoral Researcher – Health Economics

    JOB PURPOSE: 

    The post-doctoral researcher will be responsible for:

    • Supporting a body of work focused on examining healthcare priority setting in Kenya the broader East African region,
    • Support institutionalization of health technology assessment in Kenya and the East African region,
    • Conduct health technology assessments in collaboration with government
    • supporting and contributing to the health economics capacity building initiatives of the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU), 2) Supervision and mentorship of PhD students and research assistants, 3) Contribute and support policy engagement initiatives of HERU, and 4) develop own body of work and mobilize research funding to support their transition to research independence.

    KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • For the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) to:
    • Develop research proposals for ethics and scientific review
    • Lead the implementation of studies once ethics review has been obtained
    • Lead the analysis and write-up of study findings
    • Support HERU policy engagement initiatives
    • Support supervision and mentorship of PhD Students and research assistants
    • Support HERU capacity development initiatives
    • Develop grant applications for funding
    • And any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

    CRITERIA:

    • The successful applicant will have:
    • A Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, statistics, economics or a health-related subject
    • A PhD in health Economics
    • Experience and skills in health technology assessments (including skills in costing, and cost-effectiveness analysis of healthcare interventions including using modelling approaches such as decision tree and markov models, budget impact analysis, and evidence synthesis).
    • Experience and skills in econometrics and its application to the economics of health systems such as equity and efficiency analysis
    • Strong quantitative data analysis skills using R and Stata as a minimum
    • Desirable Criteria:
    • Excellent organisational and communication skills

    COMPETENCIES:

    • Good writing skills
    • Good presentation skills
    • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills a meticulous approach to documentation (including word processing and spreadsheet skills)
    • Team working and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
    • Ability to work with limited supervision and meet deadlines Ability to interact with users/ office use in simple non-technical language

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