PhD Studentship available - University of Birmingham

Where? University of Birmingham, Institute of Applied Health and Research
What? Helping preventable mortality measurements and interventions as part of the NIHR's CLAHRC West Midlands.

Requirements

• A medical doctor, or a first or upper second class honours degree in areas such as physical or social science, economics, mathematics, management studies; relevant degrees in other subjects may also be considered
• Additional relevant research experience or higher qualifications, and experience with the NHS would be preferred.

For further information about the PhD, please contact Dr Semira Manaseki-Holland (s.manasekiholland@bham.ac.uk; Tel 0121414533).

Formal applications require:
– CV to include the names and addresses of two referees (postal and email)
– Covering letter explaining why your experience makes you suitable for this PhD.
Please send your application to haps-pgr@contacts.bham.ac.uk by midday on 1st December 2015
Full time three years (envisaged start date February 2016)
Part time applications will also be considered up to a minimum of 50% time on project.
Please note closing date may close early if high number of applications received

Funding Notes
The University of Birmingham registration fee is covered for duration of 3 years for UK/EU students. You are not exempt from applying if you are an overseas student (non-EU), but you will be required to pay the difference in the Overseas registration fee
Stipend

Annual stipend of £16,000 (15/16), plus research expenses (travel and consumables)
The project information is also is on findaphd.com and can be accessed via this link.

‘Real-World’ Evaluation: Ten Key Principles for Evaluating Complex Health and Social Interventions 2 day course: Fridays, 8th AND 15th January 2016

Dr Steve Ariss and Dr Nasrin Nasr are running a two-day short course for the third year:

‘Real-World’ Evaluation: Ten Key Principles for Evaluating Complex Health and Social Interventions on Fridays, 8th AND 15th January 2016.

The course is primarily focused on evaluations in complex ‘real-world’ situations, in which the evaluator has limited control over the intervention or context, and traditional experimental methods are inappropriate. It aims to introduce ten key principles for evaluation of complex interventions and how to apply these in health and social care settings. The course will mix theory and practice, and give broad perspectives drawing on the participants’ own work and evaluation needs. Participants will be introduced to complex situations, complex interventions and innovative evaluation methodologies, including theory-driven approaches. Time between the workshops will provide an opportunity for structured, self-directed study to reflect on experiences and begin to design an evaluation proposal that is in line with the nature of their practice.

Who will benefit from the course?

Anyone with an interest in evaluation especially those who feel that there is a need to address issues of complexity which have been overlooked in traditional methods of evaluation:

·         Academics & Researchers

·         Health and social care practitioners and managers

·         Public health practitioners (NHS, Local Authority & not-for profit organisations)

·         Health and social care Commissioners

·         Post graduate students

·         Evaluators with experience of Traditional Experimental evaluation methodologies who want to develop an

·         understanding of new ways of evaluation

·         Implementers of technological innovations (including private sector)

Expected outcomes:

By the end of this programme participants will be able to:

·         Identify differences between simple, complicated and complex interventions;

·         Describe ten key principles for evaluating complex interventions;

·         Discuss the strength and limitations of various approaches for evaluating complex interventions

·         Develop theories to guide evaluation

·         Plan the application of methods for theory-driven evaluation

·         Appreciate the key issues for data analysis and presentation of findings

Further Information      

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the Short Course Unit scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk or by telephone + 44 (0)114 222 2968. 

Further details and online booking can be found here:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit

‘Real-World’ Evaluation: Ten Key Principles for Evaluating Complex Health and Social Interventions 2 day course: Fridays, 8th AND 15th January 2016

Dr Steve Ariss and Dr Nasrin Nasr are running a two-day short course for the third year:

‘Real-World’ Evaluation: Ten Key Principles for Evaluating Complex Health and Social Interventions on Fridays, 8th AND 15th January 2016.

The course is primarily focused on evaluations in complex ‘real-world’ situations, in which the evaluator has limited control over the intervention or context, and traditional experimental methods are inappropriate. It aims to introduce ten key principles for evaluation of complex interventions and how to apply these in health and social care settings. The course will mix theory and practice, and give broad perspectives drawing on the participants’ own work and evaluation needs. Participants will be introduced to complex situations, complex interventions and innovative evaluation methodologies, including theory-driven approaches. Time between the workshops will provide an opportunity for structured, self-directed study to reflect on experiences and begin to design an evaluation proposal that is in line with the nature of their practice.

Who will benefit from the course?

Anyone with an interest in evaluation especially those who feel that there is a need to address issues of complexity which have been overlooked in traditional methods of evaluation:

·         Academics & Researchers

·         Health and social care practitioners and managers

·         Public health practitioners (NHS, Local Authority & not-for profit organisations)

·         Health and social care Commissioners

·         Post graduate students

·         Evaluators with experience of Traditional Experimental evaluation methodologies who want to develop an

·         understanding of new ways of evaluation

·         Implementers of technological innovations (including private sector)

Expected outcomes:

By the end of this programme participants will be able to:

·         Identify differences between simple, complicated and complex interventions;

·         Describe ten key principles for evaluating complex interventions;

·         Discuss the strength and limitations of various approaches for evaluating complex interventions

·         Develop theories to guide evaluation

·         Plan the application of methods for theory-driven evaluation

·         Appreciate the key issues for data analysis and presentation of findings

Further Information      

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the Short Course Unit scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk or by telephone + 44 (0)114 222 2968. 

Further details and online booking can be found here:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit

Dem@Care - EU Project and Expert Opinion

RAT Group's Professor Gail Montain was invited to and provided an expert view on a large EU funded project (Dem@Care) that is coordinated by CERTH - The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas. 

This took place in Thessaloniki, Greece on Friday, June 5th. 

About the project: Dementia Ambient Care: Multi-Sensing Monitoring for Intelligent Remote Management and Decision Support is a project that aspires to contribute to the timely diagnosis, assessment, maintenance and promotion of self-independence of people with dementia, by deepening the understanding of how the disease affects their everyday life and behaviour. In the context of the project, we are inviting experts from related fields to join our next project meeting as members of an Advisory Board so as to present them our research and results and gather their feedback to further improve our work. Further information can be found here: (Dem@Care).

The project team presented their latest achievements, key findings, and remaining issues of Dem@Care to which Professor Mountain provided her feedback. 

MSc in Implementation and Improvement Science

Where? King's College, London

Free bursaries are available to those who meet the criteria.

If  you would like further information please click here.

Before you apply: view the Enquiry Form.

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7848 1648

Email: pg-healthadmissions@kcl.ac.uk

Jane Sandall
Professor of Social Science and Women’s Health
NIHR Senior Investigator
Division of Women’s Health | Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine | King’s College London |Women’s Health Academic Centre | St. Thomas’ Hospital
London| SE1 7EH
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/research/divisions/wh/index.aspx​
jane.sandall@kcl.ac.uk

PhD Available - Glascow Caledonian University

Title: Social networks, social connectedness, and maternal mental health and well-being: the personal and social lives of vulnerable pregnant women when they are transitioning to motherhood and/or adapting to an additional child

Where? Glascow Caledonian University

Department: School of Health & Life Sciences/Institute for Applied Health Research

Research theme: Public health

Reference Number: SHLS-116S

Application deadline: Monday 13th April

Want to know more? Click here.

How to apply? Complete an application form that can be found here. Also, send the form stating the studentship project title and reference number with a CV, copies of academic qualifications, references and other documents required. This should all be sent here: researchapplications@gcu.ac.uk