LSTM'S Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health leads developments in evidence synthesis for tropical medicine and global health. In the 1990s, we helped establish Cochrane. We now run the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG), with over 150 Cochrane reviews and 600 authors throughout the world; we work closely with the World Health Organization and co-ordinate a global evidence ecosystem, with active partner programmes in South Africa, India and Sri Lanka.
As part of this, we are recruiting staff as part of a six year "Research, Evidence and Development Initiative" (READ-It) programme. The successful applicant will be part of this process and join the teams in the existing and new review portfolio, which will include working with the team to complete an ongoing Cochrane review on insecticide residual spraying for malaria. Our priorities are developing rapidly, and we are seeking to engage the successful applicant in a second high-priority area commensurate with their areas of interest. For example, some topics under consideration include rapid diagnostic tests in malaria; triple therapy in filariasis; self-testing for HIV; and counselling after stillbirths. There are also a variety of methodological projects related to Cochrane including review updating and non-financial conflicts of interest; and formal evaluation of ease of access in LMICS to the Cochrane Library. Overall, we aim for a mixed portfolio to provide a broad exposure to evidence informed science.
The successful candidate will have a Masters that includes training in interpreting statistical and quantitative data; ideally you will also hold a postgraduate qualification in epidemiology or related quantitative topic. You will have experience in biomedical or social science research in low and middle-income countries and have the ability to critically appraise medical literature at postgraduate level.You need to have completed a systematic review or an applied research project. Additionally, you must possess evidence of critical insight into priority policy questions in international health relevant to infectious diseases.If you have authored a Cochrane review, have experience of using GRADE, or have a track record in published research, it will be an added advantage to your application.
Take a look at our website http://www.evidence4health.org/ where you will find annual reports of our work and learn more about the CIDG team. Any further informal inquiries, please contact paul.garner@lstmed.ac.uk Closing Date: 24th November 2019
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