New Doctoral Studentship in Ethics
Date:
30th September 2009
The Ethox Centre, a MalariaGEN partner, has been awarded a major Wellcome Trust Enhancement Award to establish an international research network on the ethics of collaborative global health research. Within this award applications are invited for the second of three Wellcome Trust studentships to carry out doctoral research on the ethics of collaborative global health research.
The Network, which is a joint initiative of the Ethox Centre in Oxford and the Wellcome-KEMRI Unit in Kilifi, Kenya, will build ethics expertise and capacity both in the United Kingdom and in developing countries - with a particular emphasis on building capacity at the Wellcome Trust's Major Overseas Programme sites. The research activities of the network will focus on four themes: community engagement; global ethics governance; the ethics of research collaboration; and, the roles and responsibilities of research actors.The studentship will be held at the Ethox Centre, which is a research centre located in the Division of Public Health and Primary Health Care at the University of Oxford. It is expected that the successful applicant will spend a significant proportion of the time of their studentship working in a developing country.
The successful applicant will carry out research in one of the Network's four areas of interest, as outlined above. Applicants must be eligible for admission as a probationer research student to the University of Oxford (see graduate studies entrance requirements). Studentships will be for a fixed term of three years and will cover all fees plus an annual stipend at Wellcome Studentship rates (for 2010 this will be £18,685).
For further particulars and details of how to apply click here or send an email to personnel@dphpc.ox.ac.uk.
Closing date for applications: 20 November 2009.