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| | Call for Applications for PhD Fellowship -Environmental Health Background |    | | | The University of Copenhagen in partnership with the University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the Dodowa Health Research Centre has been awarded funding from the Danish Ministry of Foreign (FFU) affairs to conduct a large sanitation research project in the Dangme West District of Ghana, with a focus on rapidly developing townships.
The Sustainable Sanitation-Ghana Project aims to identify existing barriers to improved sanitation and propose business models for providing hygienic latrine technologies and waste management solutions that can be used in poor, rapidly urbanizing townships in Ghana.
In conjunction with this research work, the University of Ghana, in partnership with the Copenhagen School of Global Health at the University of Copenhagen, is pleased to announce a call for applications for one PhD fellowship in the field of Environmental Health.
The PhD candidate will be enrolled as a PhD fellow at the University of Ghana and will have the possibility for joint enrollment at the University of Copenhagen if requirements regarding publication in peer reviewed journals are met. PhD supervision will be a joint University of Ghana and University of Copenhagen effort and the PhD fellow will have the opportunity to take PhD level courses at both Universities.
Location of work: Fieldwork will be carried out mainly in Dangme West District of Ghana. While in Ghana, the fellow will be affiliated to the Department of Biological, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences at the University of Ghana. While in Denmark, the fellow will be affiliated to the Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen.
Requirements:
The successful candidate will have a minimum of:
- MD, DVM, M.Sc, MPhil, MPH, or other equivalent masters degree in a relevant field (e.g. Environmental Health and Hygiene, Veterinary Public Health, Microbiology/Parasitology, Biological Sciences)
- Intense interest and proven experience in scientific exploration in at least one of the three subject fields:
- Environmental Health and Hygiene
- Epidemiology
- Microbiology/Parasitology
- Competency with quantitative and preferable also qualitative research methods
- Willingness to work in a team and a strong ambition to accomplish the research goals of the project
- Creative personality
- Excellent academic results /transcripts
- Excellent communication skills
- Good command of English in speaking and writing
- PhD candidates from non-Anglophone countries are required to submit an internationally recognised Certificate of Proficiency in the English Language (TOEFL or British Council, IELTS).
- Willingness to work, incl. extensive field work, within Ghana in the Greater Accra and Dangme West Districts
- Ability to travel to Copenhagen for periods of 3-4 months for PhD course training, data analyses and supervisory workshops
- Full time availability from 01.09.2011 for a period of three years
Priority will be given to Ghanaian/West African Researchers. Residents from high-income countries are not eligible for consideration.
Responsibilities
The PhD researcher’s tasks will be to study and report on the research activities described in the PhD sub-study protocols to be jointly prepared by the fellow and his/her supervisors. The sub-studies will require intensive interaction with the supervisors, program leader, research collaborators and the other PhD researcher(s) in the SUSA-GHANA project.
The fellow /researcher will be offered a three-year scholarship beginning in September 1, 2011 and ending September 31, 2014 at which time the fellow must submit the PhD thesis. Evaluation of the progress of the PhD activities will be done according to regulations at the involved universities. The selected candidate will be jointly enrolled in the University of Ghana, Department of Biological, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences and University of Copenhagen, Department of Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences. The fellow will be affiliated to the Research School of Global Health under the Copenhagen School of Global Health. The fellow will be required to submit 3-4 manuscripts for publication in international peer-reviewed journals.
Contact and Application
Candidates should send their application electronically including a letter explaining the background and reasons for applying; curriculum vitae, including publication list; minimum 3 names and e-mail addresses of references; copies of publications of direct relevance to the research study areas (if applicable) before close of day 27th May, 2011 by email to Dr Mawuli Dzodzomenyo at mdzodzomenyo@ug.edu.gh and Dr. Anders Dalsgaard at ad@life.ku.dk with a copy to Dr. Margaret Gyapong at margaret.gyapong@ghsmail.org and Michael Calopietro at mjc@sund.ku.dk.
Please indicate in your application that you apply for “PhD Fellowship SUSA-GHANA Work Package 4” and provide the following information as part of your CV:
1. Name
2. Documentation of highest educational qualification attained
3. Sex (Male or Female)
4. Age
5. Birth date
6. Nationality
7. Current position and employer (if any)
8. Current residence
9. Ghanaian language fluency (if any)
10. Research experience
11. List of peer reviewed publications
12. Any other publications
13. Disciplinary area of undergraduate degree
14. Awarding institution
Please note that all shortlisted candidates must attend a selection interview with an independent review panel which will take place in or near Accra, Ghana. The date of the interview will be communicated after short listing. The selection interview is mandatory to support the final selection of candidates.
More information on the research content of the PhD project can be obtained from Dr Mawuli Dzodzomenyo mdzodzomenyo@ug.edu.gh or Dr. Anders Dalsgaard (ad@life.ku.dk). Questions within other aspects can be obtained from Dr Magaret Gyapong at Margaret.gyapong@ghsmail.org | | | | Date Published: 12/05/2011 | | | |   |
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