1 PhD student position available at Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda) – ESC6

14 May 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Makerere University

Research Field

Medical sciences » Medicine
Medical sciences » Other

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Uganda

Application Deadline

14 Jun 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Offer Starting Date

1 Jan 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

HE

Reference Number

SUPPORT ESC6

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

PhD student position available to develop his/her thesis within the  SUPPORT project  (funded by EDCTP3):  action ‘Supporting the next generation of African researchers on preventing HIV pediatric mortality through a training network’, a highly multidisciplinary, international and competitive training program in pediatrics research.

RESEARCH PROJECT: EVALUATE THE USE OF AI DEVICES TO MONITOR EARLY SIGNS OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE TO REDUCE POST-DISCHARGE MORTALITY

Among the high proportion of children that died during a post-discharge period a big proportion die at home without consulting. Grunting is a sound related to severe pneumonia that can be present when the children get worse. The goal is to develop an application based on a telemedicine platform to automatically record children's respiratory sounds, with three objectives: first, to make it available to the doctor in real-time for direct clinical assessment; second, to train and automatically run an algorithm capable of detecting the pattern of grunting associated to respiratory failure; third, to estimate respiratory rate automatically from the audio. Our final goal is to develop a tool for remote monitoring of signs of respiratory distress associated with pneumonia, and eventually, with PDM.

Requirements

Research Field

Medical sciences » Medicine

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Medical sciences » Other

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

• Hold a bachelor degree inmedicine and surgery (MBChB) or equivalent, or a master degree in a relevant field (biotechnology, bioinformatics or a clinical discipline)
• Strong interest in information technology and artificial intelligence
• Proficiency in English (oral and written) is mandatory (an interview in English will be conducted during the recruitment process)
• Willingness to work for at least two years in a Sub-Saharan country after the PhD completion

Specific Requirements
Be a citizen or resident of a Sub-Saharan country

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Additional Information
Benefits

• A 36-month contract with Makerere University to undertake a PhD
• A competitive gross salary according to the Marie Sklodowska-Curie training network tables taking into account family status and mobility (gross salary including employer’s social contribution and without family allowance: 2,284.80€/Month)
• The integration in a network composed of 14 European and African institutions specialized in pediatrics
• A 3-month secondment at Universidad Europea de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
• An extensive multidisciplinary training in research and transferable skills
• The Access to state-of-the-art infrastructures

Selection process

Send your CV, a cover letter detailing your motivation to pursue a research career in pediatric infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan African, a recommendation letter and an additional contact for recommendation, to [email protected] before June 14th 2024. Please quote the reference ESC 6 in the object of the email. 

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Makerere University

Country

Uganda

City

Kampala

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Kampala

Website

https://www.mak.ac.ug/

STATUS: EXPIRED