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PhD position
At the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, a full-time PhD-position is available in the Health Economics, Leadership, and Transformative Ethics- Research Group (HELTER) for a period of three (3) years. The position is part of the project “HEKIMA”, funded by The Research Council of Norway. A short project description can be found at HEKIMA | Section for Ethics and Health Economics | UiB.

About the project/work tasks:

• Project Design and Planning: Develop and refine the PhD project scope, including objectives, methodology, and detailed plans for data collection and analysis
• Data Collection and Quality Control: Plan and conduct discrete choice experiments and qualitative research to assess household acceptance and willingness to pay for monoclonal antibody (Mabs) treatment, ensuring adherence to quality standards and research protocols
• Data Analysis: Execute planned analyses, interpreting results to address research questions and advance project objectives
• Manuscript Preparation: Draft and revise scientific manuscripts based on findings, targeting publication in peer-reviewed journals and dissemination of results within partner networks
• Thesis Writing: Compile research outcomes and manuscripts into a cohesive doctoral thesis, adhering to academic standards and submission timelines
• Readiness of Implementation:Help evaluate the readiness of healthcare systems in each country, identifying barriers such as logistical challenges, supply chain limitations, and training gaps with the aim of informing tailored solutions to strengthen system capacity and facilitate smooth delivery of Mabs
• Policy engagement: Participate in policy engagement with ministries of health and international organizations to ensure that relevant findings contribute to actionable recommendations

Qualifications and personal qualities:

• The applicant must hold a master’s degree or equivalent in the field of medicine or social sciences (i.e. political science, development studies or health economics) or a related discipline, or be in the process of completing his/her master’s studies with a planned graduation date before the specified start date for the position. Employment is contingent upon the completion and passing of the master’s degree (minimum grade C). No extensions to the start date will be granted due to delays in completing the master’s degree
• Experience from relevant research projects will be considered as positive
• We are especially interested in people whose academic area of interest includes implementation research
• Experience from relevant work in comparable research projects or groups working in related fields, or research of policy processes in global health will be considered positive
• The candidate should be able to work independently and in a structured manner, and have the ability to comfortably cooperate interculturally
• The applicant should have the ability and motivation to carry out a PhD project that includes international travels and field work in project countries
• It is a requirement that the candidate will be based in Bergen, Norway and contributes to the daily working life at the department during the PhD period
• The applicant must be fluent in spoken and written English, see documentation requirements
• Documented oral and written proficiency in another official language spoken in the project region will be considered positive, see documentation requirements

The applicant’s personal suitability for the position is a significant factor in the evaluation.
Applicants whose education is from another country than Norway, need to also attach a certified translation of the diploma and transcript of grades to English or a Scandinavian language, if the original is not in any of these languages. It is also required that the applicant enclose a review from the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir) whether the education (bachelor and master degree) in question is of a scope and level that corresponds to the level of a Norwegian master’s degree. Please see https://hkdir.no/en/ for more information about HK-dir’s general recognition. The review from HK-dir may take some time and the application should be sent to HK-dir as soon as you have decided to apply for the position. If no answer within the application deadline, you must enclose documentation from HK-dir that they have received your application. Please note that the automatic recognition offered by HK-dir is not sufficient, and will not be accepted as basis for admission to the PhD programme. Applicants with education from a Nordic country or medical degree from the EEA area and a license to practice medicine in Norway are exempt from the requirement for HK-dir assessment, see Admission requirements at the Faculty of Medicine | Faculty of Medicine | UiB
See documentation requirements for language qualifications: http://www.uib.no/en/med/115526/english-language-requirements-phd-admission
About the PhD position:

• Project Design and Planning: Develop and refine the PhD project scope, including objectives, methodology, and detailed plans for data collection and analysis
• Data Collection and Quality Control: Plan and conduct discrete choice experiments and qualitative research to assess household acceptance and willingness to pay for monoclonal antibody (Mabs) treatment, ensuring adherence to quality standards and research protocols
• Data Analysis: Execute planned analyses, interpreting results to address research questions and advance project objectives
• Manuscript Preparation: Draft and revise scientific manuscripts based on findings, targeting publication in peer-reviewed journals and dissemination of results within partner networks
• Thesis Writing: Compile research outcomes and manuscripts into a cohesive doctoral thesis, adhering to academic standards and submission timelines
• Readiness of Implementation:Help evaluate the readiness of healthcare systems in each country, identifying barriers such as logistical challenges, supply chain limitations, and training gaps with the aim of informing tailored solutions to strengthen system capacity and facilitate smooth delivery of Mabs
• Policy engagement: Participate in policy engagement with ministries of health and international organizations to ensure that relevant findings contribute to actionable recommendation