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Title: Health Systems Research for Africa – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Post by: sparrow on Apr 01, 2010, 05:00 AM
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – RCSI – Connecting Health Research in Africa and Ireland Consortium

We are offering PhD's in health systems / services research.  PhD training is one component of a Partnership Programme of health research capacity strengthening involving three Irish and seven Africa-based Higher Education Institutes.  The Irish partners who are responsible for the training, which will be delivered in Ireland, are: the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG).

The goal of the Partnership:
To build health research capacity in Ireland and Africa so as to conduct research that strengthens health systems in Africa to serve the poor more effectively.

PhD Programme will include:
    * Relevant taught modules in the first year of study in Ireland
    * Guidance in developing a research topic
    * Supervision by internationally renowned principal investigators

We welcome co-funded, self-funded and external-scholarship-funded candidates with a Masters degree or a first or upper second class honours (2.1) Bachelors degree. 

Deadline for applications is Monday 12th April 2010. Interviews will take place in Dublin May 2010.

For more information and how to apply see:  Health Systems Research for Africa – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (http://www.rcsi.ie/phdsforafricahealth)