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This is a full/part-time, fixed term appointment for 3 years at Academic Level C or D and requires the successful applicant to provide academic leadership in social sciences as related to population health and medical education. The successful applicant will contribute to the development and delivery of an innovative multidisciplinary teaching program for medical students and other undergraduate and postgraduate students. The successful applicant will be a key member of the Population Health teaching team, which is responsible for the delivery of population health teaching into the medical program at The University of Queensland, and will lead the social sciences component of that teaching. The successful applicant will also work with the Head of School of Population Health, the Head of the Health Systems & Economics Academic Discipline Group and other members of the School of Population Health to build and maintain vibrant research and teaching programs around the social aspects of health and medical practice within health systems and population health frameworks.
This is a part-time (0.4 FTE), fixed term appointment for 1 year at Academic Level D and requires the successful applicant to provide academic and research leadership to two major projects in the School of Population Health. With regard to the ACE-Prevention study, the successful applicant will systematically report on the project findings and to disseminate these research findings appropriately to different stakeholders, including government and non-governmental health policy makers, researchers and health professionals. The incumbent will be part of a research team consisting of 15–20 research fellows, research assistants and PhD students at UQ and Deakin University. The principal investigators will provide guidance and supervision. As Director of QEG, the successful applicant will oversee independent evaluations of the submissions made by pharmaceutical companies to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC). The Director will oversee QEG to provide evaluations of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pharmaceutical products being considered by the PBAC for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule. The successful applicant would liaise with personnel with expertise in clinical epidemiology, health economics and biostatistics to assist them in the preparation and review of the evaluations. The successful applicant will also participate in other research activities with the Group, such as projects in pharmacoepidemiology.
This is a full/part time, fixed term appointment for 1 year at HEW Level 7 and requires the successful applicant to undertake the study coordination and data management tasks for a large multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trial and related trials as part of the activities of the Australasian Kidney Trials Network.
This is a fixed term appointment to 31 December 2012 at academic level B or C and requires the successful applicant to contribute to the development, organisation and delivery of courses in biostatistics. This role will require you to supervise and co-supervise Master Dissertations and Research Higher Degrees students. Additionally, in this role you will be required to develop a research program, either in an area of biostatistics related to the School’s major research themes, collaboratively with multidisciplinary research teams within the School, or in collaboration with staff in local hospitals.
This is a full-time, fixed term appointment for 2 years at Academic Level A and requires the successful applicant to contribute to the work on updating the Global Burden of Disease study undertaken at the University of Queensland. The Gates Foundation is funding this three year study as a collaborative effort between the University of Washington, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the World Health Organization and the University of Queensland. The goal of the project is to produce new, robust and reliable estimates of burden for all major diseases, injuries and risks that are widely disseminated, understood and easily used by policymakers, researchers, funders and practitioners.
This is a full-time, fixed term appointment for 2 years at Academic Level B and requires the successful applicant to be responsible in collaboration with Thai counterparts for the day-to-day running and intellectual oversight of the health economics component of a study called “Burden of Disease and Cost-Effectiveness of interventions options: informing policy choices and health system reform in Thailand” or “Setting Priorities based on Information of Cost-Effectiveness (SPICE)”. The study is a collaborative effort between the School of Population Health at UQ, the Ministry of Public Health and Mahidol University in Thailand and funding has been secured for the 5-year period from August 2005 to August 2009. The main aim of the study is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of interventions for major clusters of risk factors. Topic areas of work include tuberculosis, a cluster of life style factors influencing cardiovascular disease and diabetes, road traffic accidents and mental disorders. As part of the project, a number of activities have been carried out to strengthen the mortality data which will drive most of the measurement of health benefits in the cost-effectiveness analyses. These activities include assessments of under-registration of deaths, and the collection and validation of “verbal autopsy” data which determine a large proportion of cause of death information in Thailand. This appointment in the School of Population Health will be located in Thailand at the Ministry of Public Health.
This is a full-time or part time, fixed term appointment for 12 months at HEW Level 7 and requires the successful applicant to assist academics to deliver high quality courses that enrich the UQ student experience by providing professional, technical and administrative support.
This is a full-time, fixed term appointment for 12 months at HEW Level 5 or 6 (dependent on qualifications and work undertaken) and requires the successful applicant to assist with statistical analyses and data management activities of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health at the University of Queensland
This is a full-time, fixed term or part time appointment for 3 years at HEW Level 5 and requires the successful applicant to contribute to the longitudinal study of Drug Use by a Community Sample of Young Amphetamine Users in South-East Queensland project within the research program of QADREC.
This is a full-time, fixed term appointment until 30 June 2010 at academic level B or C and requires the successful applicant to provide academic expertise in the field of tropical and infectious disease across the School and the University, and to work with the Head of School, the Director of the Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health (ACITH), and the Head of the Pacific Malaria Initiative Support Centre, as well as other members of the School to develop and implement School strategic plans and to build and maintain a vibrant research program with links and relevance to the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), Australian Army Malaria Institute (AAMI), Centre for Military and Veterans Health (CMVH) and other Schools within the Faculty of Health Sciences (such as Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, etc.) and the School of Integrative Biology, and with major international health research and education centres in Australia and the WHO Western Pacific and South East Asian Regions.
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Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor
(closed: Monday, 12 May 2008 )This is a full/part-time, fixed term appointment for 3 years at Academic Level C or D and requires the successful applicant to provide academic leadership in social sciences as related to population health and medical education. The successful applicant will contribute to the development and delivery of an innovative multidisciplinary teaching program for medical students and other undergraduate and postgraduate students. The successful applicant will be a key member of the Population Health teaching team, which is responsible for the delivery of population health teaching into the medical program at The University of Queensland, and will lead the social sciences component of that teaching. The successful applicant will also work with the Head of School of Population Health, the Head of the Health Systems & Economics Academic Discipline Group and other members of the School of Population Health to build and maintain vibrant research and teaching programs around the social aspects of health and medical practice within health systems and population health frameworks.
Principal Research Fellow
(closed: Monday, 5 May 2008 )This is a part-time (0.4 FTE), fixed term appointment for 1 year at Academic Level D and requires the successful applicant to provide academic and research leadership to two major projects in the School of Population Health. With regard to the ACE-Prevention study, the successful applicant will systematically report on the project findings and to disseminate these research findings appropriately to different stakeholders, including government and non-governmental health policy makers, researchers and health professionals. The incumbent will be part of a research team consisting of 15–20 research fellows, research assistants and PhD students at UQ and Deakin University. The principal investigators will provide guidance and supervision. As Director of QEG, the successful applicant will oversee independent evaluations of the submissions made by pharmaceutical companies to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC). The Director will oversee QEG to provide evaluations of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pharmaceutical products being considered by the PBAC for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule. The successful applicant would liaise with personnel with expertise in clinical epidemiology, health economics and biostatistics to assist them in the preparation and review of the evaluations. The successful applicant will also participate in other research activities with the Group, such as projects in pharmacoepidemiology.
Clinical Trial Coordinator
(closed: Monday, 5 May 2008 )This is a full/part time, fixed term appointment for 1 year at HEW Level 7 and requires the successful applicant to undertake the study coordination and data management tasks for a large multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trial and related trials as part of the activities of the Australasian Kidney Trials Network.
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (Biostatistics)
(closed: Monday, 28 April 2008 )This is a fixed term appointment to 31 December 2012 at academic level B or C and requires the successful applicant to contribute to the development, organisation and delivery of courses in biostatistics. This role will require you to supervise and co-supervise Master Dissertations and Research Higher Degrees students. Additionally, in this role you will be required to develop a research program, either in an area of biostatistics related to the School’s major research themes, collaboratively with multidisciplinary research teams within the School, or in collaboration with staff in local hospitals.
Research Officer
(closed: Monday, 28 April 2008 )This is a full-time, fixed term appointment for 2 years at Academic Level A and requires the successful applicant to contribute to the work on updating the Global Burden of Disease study undertaken at the University of Queensland. The Gates Foundation is funding this three year study as a collaborative effort between the University of Washington, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the World Health Organization and the University of Queensland. The goal of the project is to produce new, robust and reliable estimates of burden for all major diseases, injuries and risks that are widely disseminated, understood and easily used by policymakers, researchers, funders and practitioners.
Research Fellow
(closed: Monday, 28 April 2008 )This is a full-time, fixed term appointment for 2 years at Academic Level B and requires the successful applicant to be responsible in collaboration with Thai counterparts for the day-to-day running and intellectual oversight of the health economics component of a study called “Burden of Disease and Cost-Effectiveness of interventions options: informing policy choices and health system reform in Thailand” or “Setting Priorities based on Information of Cost-Effectiveness (SPICE)”. The study is a collaborative effort between the School of Population Health at UQ, the Ministry of Public Health and Mahidol University in Thailand and funding has been secured for the 5-year period from August 2005 to August 2009. The main aim of the study is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of interventions for major clusters of risk factors. Topic areas of work include tuberculosis, a cluster of life style factors influencing cardiovascular disease and diabetes, road traffic accidents and mental disorders. As part of the project, a number of activities have been carried out to strengthen the mortality data which will drive most of the measurement of health benefits in the cost-effectiveness analyses. These activities include assessments of under-registration of deaths, and the collection and validation of “verbal autopsy” data which determine a large proportion of cause of death information in Thailand. This appointment in the School of Population Health will be located in Thailand at the Ministry of Public Health.
Teaching Development Officer
(closed: Monday, 24 March 2008 )This is a full-time or part time, fixed term appointment for 12 months at HEW Level 7 and requires the successful applicant to assist academics to deliver high quality courses that enrich the UQ student experience by providing professional, technical and administrative support.
Research Assistant (Statistician)
(closed: Monday, 24 March 2008 )This is a full-time, fixed term appointment for 12 months at HEW Level 5 or 6 (dependent on qualifications and work undertaken) and requires the successful applicant to assist with statistical analyses and data management activities of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health at the University of Queensland
Senior Research Technician
(closed: Monday, 10 March 2008 )This is a full-time, fixed term or part time appointment for 3 years at HEW Level 5 and requires the successful applicant to contribute to the longitudinal study of Drug Use by a Community Sample of Young Amphetamine Users in South-East Queensland project within the research program of QADREC.
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (Tropical and Infectious Disease)
(closed: Monday, 3 March 2008 )This is a full-time, fixed term appointment until 30 June 2010 at academic level B or C and requires the successful applicant to provide academic expertise in the field of tropical and infectious disease across the School and the University, and to work with the Head of School, the Director of the Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health (ACITH), and the Head of the Pacific Malaria Initiative Support Centre, as well as other members of the School to develop and implement School strategic plans and to build and maintain a vibrant research program with links and relevance to the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), Australian Army Malaria Institute (AAMI), Centre for Military and Veterans Health (CMVH) and other Schools within the Faculty of Health Sciences (such as Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, etc.) and the School of Integrative Biology, and with major international health research and education centres in Australia and the WHO Western Pacific and South East Asian Regions.
