Offer DescriptionThe Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is a cutting-edge institute addressing global public health challenges through research, translation into policy, and education.
ISGlobal has a broad portfolio in communicable and non-communicable diseases including environmental and climate determinants, and applies a multidisciplinary scientific approach ranging from the molecular- to population-level.
ISGlobal's research is organized into the following themes: Malaria and other Infectious Diseases; Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health; Urban Health, Child, and Environmental Health; Climate; and Non-Communicable Diseases.
ISGlobal is accredited with the Severo Ochoa distinction, a seal of excellence from the Spanish Science Ministry.The activities will be carried out in the framework of the project "EChiLiBRiST - Enhancing Children's Lives with Biomarkers for Risk Stratification and Triage", which is a consortium of 13 institutions from across Europe, Africa, and North America.
This consortium aims to develop and clinically validate a quantitative point-of-care test (PoCT) to measure biomarker severity and improve risk stratification of fever syndromes and, therefore, enhance child survival.What We Are Looking for:ISGlobal is seeking a Postdoctoral candidate in epidemiological modelling for the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) research group, to manage activities in the project Echilibrist.
The overall goal of the HIA group is to evaluate the impact of public interventions on health outcomes.
The HIA group is part of the ISGlobal Severo Ochoa (SO) programme which supports interdisciplinary science to improve the understanding of complex health problems.The group collaborates with other programmes to evaluate and model more effective interventions to advance the Sustainable Development Goals.
HIA also aims to maximize its research impact through advocacy activities and dynamic dialogue with policy makers and programme managers.Within the Echilibrist Project, the HIA team is creating advanced individual-based models to assess how enhancing socioeconomic conditions, healthcare systems, and implementing Point-of-Care Testing (PoCT) strategies will affect child health in Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Gabon, with subsequent expansion across all of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Additionally, the postdoctoral candidate will collaborate with other HIA projects, and gain the benefit from the expertise of a wide network of researchers and modellers in Spain, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa, where the HIA team has similar models and studies.#J-18808-Ljbffr