2020-2021 HealthCorps Fellowship CALL FOR APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!

FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Public Health Fellowships for Early Career Professionals

Closing Date: 6 March 2020

Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) offers a
competitive annual fellowship programme that provides a meaningful
health research and programmatic experience, training and mentorship to
early- and mid-career public health practitioners. The CIDRZ HealthCorps
fellows become integral members of the respective hosting teams
involved in public health programmes, research or analysis units.
Fellows find that the rich opportunities for developing their scientific
writing, project implementation and  presentation skills  through
hands-on experience and professional development mentorship which helps
them to redefine their  career trajectory. Fellowship placements are
made in our programme areas depending on the intake year.  CIDRZ now
calls for applications to the prestigious 2020/21 HealthCorps fellowship class in the following fields:

Biomedical Science

The Enteric Disease and Vaccine Research Unit (EDVRU) focuses on (i)
understanding the aetiology and burden of diarrhoea particularly in
Zambian children and (ii) safety, efficacy and effectiveness evaluation
of promising vaccine candidates for diseases of public health
importance. The mission of the group is to improve public health in
Zambia by conducting research (basic and translational) that aims at
influencing policy and strengthening of disease prevention and control
in country. Biomedical Research Fellow will work in the EDVRU focusing
on conceptualization of priority research ideas, preparation of needed
laboratory infrastructure, equipment and consumables, development of
assay protocols, supervision of laboratory work, data analysis and
interpretation of findings. The fellow will also be required to
contribute to development of original research ideas/ research proposals
and compete for open grant calls.

Qualifications

A Masters  degree in Biomedical Sciences

Clinical Research

CIDRZ undertakes a range of interventional and observational clinical
studies on a number of diseases of public health importance to Zambia.
The HealthCorps Fellow in Clinical Research will join 2-3
different teams with active work on either clinical trials or
observational clinical studies. The Fellow,  will  participate in
protocol activities such as participant enrolment, clinical assessments,
specimen collection, completion of case record forms, assessment of
adverse events and general documentation and manuscript preparation in
close collaboration with other team members in the laborotary and the
clinics.  She/he will act as study physician for the participants on the
studies to be run by the unit. The Fellow will be central to ensuring
that clinical aspects of these projects are well planned and effectively
executed and that the data are updated in the database in preparation
for analysis and manuscript development. She/he will contribute to
development of original research ideas/ research proposals and make
grant applications.

Qualifications

MBChB, MBBS, MD or equivalent and completed a medical residence in infectious diseases .

For details of the fellowship requirements and to download the application form logon to : http://www.cidrz.org/cidrz-healthcorps-fellowship/

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