Vacancy: Research Programme Leader in Malawi
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
An ambitious and capable scientist with experience in tropical
medicine is sought to assume direction of the Karonga Prevention
Study, a large research programme associated with the London
School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The appointee will be
based mainly in Malawi, as a member of the LSH&TM staff. S/he
will succeed Professor PEM Fine who retires in 2005 or 2006.
There are excellent opportunities both for continuing the pro-
gramme's strong tradition of research on mycobacterial diseases
and HIV and for expanding or developing new research on HIV in-
terventions, phase 2-3 vaccine trials, parasitic disease epide-
miology and control, nutrition, etc.
The programme has been running since 1979, and currently employs
9 senior and 90 support staff. It is based on a 25-acre campus
near Chilumba, in Karonga District, a rural area of northern Ma-
lawi. For further information, see:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/ideu/kps/
The appointment will be without duration, and at a level of sen-
iority commensurate with previous experience, from Lecturer to
Professor. Interested scientists are encouraged to contact Prof
Paul Fine mailto:paul.fine@lshtm.ac.uk or Prof Hazel Dockrell,
Head of Department mailto:hazel.dockrell@lshtm.ac.uk for further
details.
An application form and further particulars are available from:
The Personnel Officer
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Tel: +44-207-927-2203
mailto:personnel@lshtm.ac.uk
Closing date for applications is 28 January 2005. Please quote
ref. PF52
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to
being an equal opportunities employer.