Postdoctoral researcher in tuberculosis and social protection

The Department of Global Public Health is a multidisciplinary department with the aim to advance knowledge about challenges and opportunities for public health in a local, national, and global setting. Research at the department is focused on how different societal and individual factors affect population health, and to develop and evaluate structural and individual-oriented interventions. Many researchers at the department are scientific advisors to authorities and other decision makers at regional, national, and international levels. The department has 12 research groups, about 110 PhD students and about 140 employees.

Karolinska Institutet has been collaborating with Friends for International TB Relief (FIT) in Vietnam since 2017 on implementation and research studies related to TB and social protection. We have taken a mixed methods approach, with an emphasis on health economics, implementation science and qualitative research, to study modes to mitigate the financial costs and social consequences of TB care in Vietnam.

We aim to recruit a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a background in intervention development, evaluation and special interest in the social protection for tuberculosis (TB)-affected people. You will support the team in the design of social protection and TB research in Vietnam. The team in Vietnam will co-design implementation and research studies with the team at KI and FIT, as part of the Swedish Research Council funded project: Assessing Social Protection in Vietnam to End catastrophic Costs in Tuberculosis.

In this role, you will help design studies, prepare applications for ethical approval, draft protocols, surveys, topic guides, and standard operating procedures. You will also develop data collection systems that adhere with Vietnamese and Swedish data privacy and protection laws, monitor study implementation, clean and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data and take a leadership role in the development of manuscripts. You will also support team members in preparing existing manuscripts for publication. Furthermore, you will draft and support grant applications.

In addition, you are expected to contribute to grant applications, teaching, supervision of master and PhD students and support activities related to the Health and Social Protection Action Research and Knowledge Sharing (SPARKS) Network including supporting the communication activities and the operations.

This is a full time position, temporary for 2 years, with a possible extension.

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To be eligible for employment as a postdoctor a doctoral degree or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. It is considered as an advantage if you have completed your doctoral degree within the last three years, if there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.

You must have a degree in the field of Public health, global health, health economics, or other development-related field. You must also have advanced skills in intervention development and evaluation with experience collecting and analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data. You have to have knowledge of social protection systems and track record of publishing in peer reviewed journals. In addition, you need to have good communication and supervision skills and be able to work effectively in an international and interdisciplinary team. Proficiency in written and spoken English is mandatory.

Understanding of TB, some knowledge of the Vietnamese context, previous experiences of international research collaboration and grant writing are also a merit.

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Solna

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An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

• A complete resumé, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
• A complete list of publications
• A summary of current work (no more than one page)

Welcome to apply at the latest 8th of March 2024.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.