Post-doctoral Research Associate (2 Positions) at Imperial College London

Salary: €50,000 to €60,000

Location: Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, and Imperial College London, United Kingdom 

Job Summary

Imperial College Business School has partnered with Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) in a European Joint Action on Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes (JACARDI). As part of this project, two new post-doctoral research positions are being created. The successful candidates will be employed by Bocconi University and will be based partly at Bocconi and partly at Imperial College London (balance to be determined as a function of project needs and candidates’ profiles). 

Prospective applicants should apply to Bocconi using the link at the bottom of this advert. Applications made directly to Imperial College are not permitted. 

JACARDI, the Joint Action on CARdiovascular diseases and DIabetes is a European Joint Action (JA) funded through the European Commission’s EU4Health programme, involving 21 EU countries and 77 partners. Over 4 years, JACARDI aims at reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes (DM) in EU countries, both at individual and societal level. 

The post-holder will join research teams at both Bocconi and Imperial College to lead a critical component of JACARDI, the health and economic evaluation of interventions aimed at preventing and treating cardiovascular disease and diabetes. 

While formal employment will be with Bocconi, the appointed candidate will spend a significant proportion of their time in London working with the Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation (CHEPI) at Imperial College Business School. Working in London is subject to obtaining an appropriate visa. 

Responsibilities in the Project:

• Liaising with pilot project leads to develop a methodological framework for the evaluation of pilot projects assessing the following dimensions: clinical effectiveness, patient experiences, economic efficiency, distributional equity, and sustainability.
• Coordinating two workshops to develop the framework for the evaluation of pilot projects.
• Supporting the project team in the design, implementation and evaluation of each pilot project.
• Conducting multidimensional health and economic evaluation utilizing the health policy microsimulation model Health-GPS to estimate the longer-term health and economic outcomes of a subset of pilot projects.
• Supporting the development of final reports for pilot projects.

Job description: The candidate will be expected to contribute to the development of a methodological framework for the multi-dimensional (health and economic) evaluation of interventions designed to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The candidate will also be expected to undertake evaluations of selected interventions, based on the above framework, and to provide support to project teams undertaking similar evaluations of other interventions. The position will involve close collaboration with a team of researchers based at Imperial College London, which will require the candidate to be based at Imperial College for at least part of the duration of the appointment.

Candidates will be expected to have:

• PhD in a relevant discipline, e.g. in economics, behavioural sciences, epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health
• Experience in health-related research
• Experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies
• Experience in constructing and maintaining large data sets
• Experience of statistical / econometric analysis using appropriate software

For any enquires relating to the Imperial College component of this post, please contact Dr Jack Olney (jack.olney@imperial.ac.uk)

Apply online via the above ‘Apply’ button.