[AISWorld] HISRC PhD Studentship in Data Quality

[Dr. John O'Donoghue (HISRC)]

Job Posted: 20 Feb 2013
Closing Date for Applications: 21 Mar 2013
Department: Health Information Systems Research Centre (HISRC)
School: College of Business and Law
Contract Type: Fixed Term Whole-Time
Job Type: Research
Salary: see below
Candidates for a 3-year funded PhD studentship are currently being sought to work on a research project entitled Supporting LIFE. Funded by the European Commission FP7 Framework Programme, Supporting LIFE brings together a consortium of European (University College Cork, University of Oxford, Lund University) and Malawian universities (Mzuzu University), and non-governmental organisations (Ungweru, Luke International Norway) with diverse experience in health information systems, primary care, maternal and child health, epidemiology & public health, knowledge management and community based education. It is a translational research project, which will be based in rural health clinics in Northern Malawi and focuses on using mobile phone based technology to improve the assessment and diagnosis of young children with infectious diseases.
In Malawi the under-five mortality rate is 133 per 1,000 live births. Internationally most of the 11 million deaths per year of children under the age five years occur in areas where adequate medical care is not available. First-level health facilities - the closest health care services available to most sick children in developing countries, are generally run by Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs). HSAs used the World Health Organisation, Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines to assess and diagnose young children who present at rural health clinics. Given that child health is critical to the stability and wellbeing of a nation as a whole, and to meet United Nation’s MDG4 and MDG6 goals of reducing the number of under-five year deaths by two thirds, we are proposing a three-pronged approach to combat mortality and morbidity among children in Malawi. This is achieved through the usage of 1) mobile phone technology to serve as a mechanism for improved implementation of 2) IMCI clinical guidelines and 3) improved diagnosis of serious infections in children using vital sign data collection.
The studentship will involve examining all of the key data processing phases i.e. data collection, data collation and data presentation to ensure that the information delivered by the e-IMCI is of a high quality. The student will be provided with a small stipend per annum. The PhD student will work under the direction of the Principal Investigator or their nominee(s) and will be located in the Health Information Systems Research Centre (HISRC).
A highly motivated student with an upper second class or first class honours degree in Information Systems or a related subject area are invited to apply. Candidates with a research Masters or an equivalent research background would hold an advantage.
To Apply:
Eligible candidates are requested to send a cover letter detailing their relevant experience, competencies and motivation for applying, a separate one page synopsis on how data quality can be managed through the utilisation of electronic IMCI within a developing world context, and a full C.V. (including names and contact details of two academic referees) by email only to Dr. John O’Donoghue, Co-Director, Health Information Systems Research Centre (HISRC) on or before the closing date of Thursday 21st March 2013. Email: john.odonoghue at ucc.ie<mailto:john.odonoghue at ucc.ie> Telephone: 021-4903835
Candidates considered suitable for the post will be invited to attend for interview.
Supplementary information on the research centre is available at the following URL: http://hisrc.ucc.ie

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.aisnet.org/pipermail/aisworld_lists.aisnet.org/attachments/20130315/443be14e/attachment.html>