Post-Doc / Research Associate

University of Bremen / BIPS GmbH
Bremen - Germany
S: TV-L 13

1 full-time position for 3 years
Expected starting date: June 1st, 2016 (negotiable)
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until position is filled.

The University of Bremen (Institute for Public Health und Nursing Research) and the Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS GmbH initiated jointly a Cooperative Research Group for Evidence-Based Public Health. The interdisciplinary research program intends to apply quantitative and qualitative research approaches to policy relevant research questions, in particular concerning life-style related risk factors (e.g. obesity, alcohol, smoking) for chronic diseases.

The successful applicant will have experience in—or show the capacity of—conducting policy relevant (population-level) public health research. The role of the applicant in the research group is
• participating in the general research work of the research group
• collaboration on research proposals for external grants
• pursuing own research topics which fit into the general framework of the research group

The applicant should have experience in one or more of the following research topics:
• modelling or projecting population-level health consequences of changes in risk factor exposure
• comparative cost-effectiveness analysis for population level interventions
• public health economics
• analysis of household-level data for policy analysis

The position requires a (nearly completed) PhD or equivalent publication experience in one of the following or related areas:
• Economics
• Health Economics / Public Health
• Demography / Statistics

Candidates with little or no background in public health but strong expertise in economic or quantitative modelling are encouraged to apply.

There are no teaching obligations.

We welcome applications from highly qualified and motivated early-career scientists of all nationalities.
Disabled applicants with identical technical and personal qualification will be given preference.
The applicant will be employed full time by the BIPS.
Bremen is a beautiful and vibrant port city in the North of Germany, close to the North Sea. It is a good place to live, and the cost of living is very reasonable.

Please visit also our homepage: www.ebph.uni-bremen.de. Direct any inquiries to Prof. Dr. Stefan K. Lhachimi (Lhachimi@BIPS.Uni-Bremen.de) are welcome.

If you are interested, please send your complete application: cover letter, curriculum vitae, copies of key publications (English, peer reviewed) and details of three contactable referees as soon as possible via email, quoting the reference number A06/16 until May 1st, 2016 to

Leibniz–Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie – BIPS GmbH
Personalverwaltung
Michaela Modde
Achterstraße 30
28359 Bremen

or via E-Mail to Michaela Modde:
modde@bips.uni-bremen.de

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