Research Assistant Geospatial

at  Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Public Health of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (ITM) conducts public health research of international standing, delivers postgraduate education of high quality, and engages in service delivery to advance public health. The department is organized into multidisciplinary research groups, including public health specialists, epidemiologists, and social scientists. Within the Department of Public Health, the Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) group aims to contribute to the improvement of sexual, reproductive, and maternal health of populations primarily (but not only) in low resource settings, by collaborations in innovative research, advanced education, policy support and capacity-strengthening. We use quantitative, qualitative and mixed method inter-disciplinary approaches (e.g. epidemiology, sociology, anthropology, psychology, demography) to understand risks and vulnerability as an evidence base towards improving outcomes.
The SRH Group has two units: the HIV and Sexual Health unit and the Maternal and Reproductive Health unit. Within the dynamic and interdisciplinary Maternal and Reproductive Health unit, there is an exciting opportunity for a junior researcher in spatial analysis to support ongoing projects in order to understand the complex dynamics of maternal care provision and use in sub-Saharan African cities.

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