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Title: Research Officers
(Various)
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme is well known internationally
for its diverse health studies, including clinical, epidemiological,
immunological and health systems research (finance and governance). The Programme invites applications from suitably qualified and
experienced persons to fill the following Research Officer positions:
1. Research Officer – Health
Care Financing (Maternal and Child Health), to be based in Nairobi.
To assist the principal investigator in overseeing the design and
implementation of a study on Effective Coverage and financial risk protection
for Maternal and Child Health services in Kenya.
2. Research Officer – Health Care Financing, to be based in Nairobi.
To assist the principal investigator in overseeing the design and
implementation of a study on evaluating health care purchasing arrangements in
Kenya.
Deadline for both applications is 30th October 2013.
3. Research Officer - to be
based in Kilifi.
To work closely with a post-doctoral fellow on a project aimed at
dissecting the functional mechanisms that underlie acquired immunity to malaria
in humans.
The work will involve the analysis of cell populations and antibodies
that have been shown to play role in the clearance of malaria parasites from
the human host.
Deadline for this application is 23rd October 2013.
4. Research Officer – Research
Ethics, to be based in Kilifi.
To contribute to a study on ethical aspects of public health research
data sharing, through reviewing published literature and international and
national policy guidelines; and participation in empirical research to describe
the views of community members, research staff and other stakeholders on this
topic.
This empirical research will begin in Kilifi in early 2014 and be
conducted in another research setting in Kenya in 2014/2015.
Deadline for this application is 25th October 2013. For full job
descriptions and application procedure details, please check our website
www.kemri-wellcome.org.
Find the vacancies under Jobs, Careers section.
