PhD holder to join the ERC project “Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Initial Medication...

Updated: over 2 years ago
Location: Sant Boi De Llobregat, CATALUNA
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 13 Jan 2022

PhD holder to join the ERC project “Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Initial Medication Adherence intervention: cluster randomized controlled trial and economic model” AND project “NHOA_Never HOme Alone”

Funder 1:  European Research Council; IMA-cRCT / Call: Starting Grant /Reference: 948973

Funder 2: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación/ Call: Proyectos en líneas estratégicas 2021 (colaboración público-privada) / Reference: PLEC2021-007868


Main tasks

The candidate will join Health Technology Assessment in Primary Care and Mental Health (PRISMA) Research group (https://www.irsjd.org/en/research/36/health-technology-assessment-in-primary-care-and-mental-health-prisma ).

PRISMA research lines are focused in health interventions designing and assessment and health economics, specifically, preventive strategies, drug use and adherence and healthy lifestyle interventions focused on high prevalence diseases which also have social impact as mental cardiovascular diseases. PRISMA research group has research expertise in several research techniques as real world data analysis, economic evaluation and qualitative research.

The candidate will join the project “Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Initial Medication Adherence intervention: cluster randomized controlled trial and economic model” founded by ERC Starting Grant  and also the project “NHOA_Never HOme Alone” founded by Science and Innovation Spanish Ministry . The candidate main task is the project management of these projects as well as participate in several task related to qualitative analysis.

Other research projects where PRISMA is involved are:

  • Drug adherence estimation and assessment Real World Data.
  • Cost of illness studies
  • Health intervention economic evaluation
  • Health policies assessment
  • Qualitative exploration of reasons for medication non-initiation in paediatric population