Jobs Week 34 2011

Submitted by floX on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 14:45

1) *Technical Officer (Laboratory), WHO Country Office Lao People’s
Democratic Republic:* To provide technical assistance to the Government,
partners and national counterparts in strengthening the capacity building
programme for communicable disease surveillance and response on avian
influenza and other emerging threats, in line with the Asia Pacific Strategy
for Emerging Diseases (APSED) and in compliance with the International
Health Regulations (2005).

Deadline for application: 3 October, 2011 (Likely Starting date in January
2012)

For more information:
https://erecruit.who.int/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?o_c=1000&jobinfo_uid...

2) *PhD scholarship for Risk Environments and Injecting Drug Use, Burnet
Institute, Melbourne:* Scholarship presents an exciting opportunity to
undertake research examining these issues from am public health,
epidemiological and policy perspective. Students interested in population
health research, epidemiology, social inequality/maginalisation and public
policy research are encouraged to apply.

Deadline for application: not specified

For more information:
http://www.burnet.edu.au/freestyler/gui/media/CRE_PhD_scholarship_2011%2...

3) *Field Coordinator, Epicentre, Niger:* il (elle) est sous la
supervision directe du Directeur du Centre de Recherche Epicentre basé à
Niamey et est son interlocuteur(trice) privilégié(e) dans sa zone
opérationnelle.Il (elle)est responsable de la cohérence organisationnelle de
la base de recherche Epicentre à Maradi. Il (elle) assure la coordination de
l’équipe des responsables d’activités d’Epicentre à Maradi. Il (elle) est
membre de l’équipe de coordination d’Epicentre Niger et travaille en étroite
collaborationavec chacun de ses membres.

Deadline for application: it says 21 August, but maybe they can make an
exception

For more information:
http://www.epicentre.msf.org/sites/epicentre.msf.org/files/coordinateur%...

4) *Clinician/PhD/Public Health expert, Institute of Medical Research,
Papua New Guinea:* There is a huge burden of TB in the South Coast around
Kikori and Exxon will fund an in-depth TB research program in the area. Such
a program would initially include the usual basic epidemiology and drug
resistance studies, but the idea would be to eventually set up prospective
cohorts to follow people over time, determine risk factor for infection and
progression to overt TB with the aim of putting in place community-based
control strategies.

Deadline for application: open

For more information: contact Irwin Law (irz_76@yahoo.com) or Prof Ivo
Mueller, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Australia
(ivomueller@fastmail.fm
)

5) *Open call for Epidemiologists, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Germany):* As
an epidemiologist you will work with the team to construct medical aid
projects, which it will be your role to evaluate. You will also be
supporting the establishment of early warning systems in potential epidemic
zones and training, or providing guidance to, local staff in the monitoring
of diseases.

Deadline for application: any time

For more information: Then please go to
www.aerzte-ohne-grenzen.de/mitarbeiten to fi nd out more. There you can also
fi nd a downloadable application form.