E-drug: PhD programme for professionals at Utrecht University (NL)
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Dear E-druggers,
The Utrecht WHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis offers an international high quality PhD-programme for professionals with several years of relevant work experience. The unique format of the programme combines academic research and public health practice, requiring candidates to use their work experience, data and policy issues as input for their PhD-thesis. The Utrecht Centre is a leading platform for independent multidisciplinary research which links pharmacoepidemiology, public health and policy analysis. The Centre is based at the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology of Utrecht University in the Netherlands, an internationally acclaimed research institute, and works closely with the WHO Department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies (EMP) in Geneva, Switzerland. The Division also has strong ties with many other partners at the national and international level.
The work of the Centre focuses on the design and evaluation of pharmaceutical policies, pricing and access, regulatory affairs and global drug development issues. Work of the applicant should be in this field.
If you are interested in this programme, please visit the Centre's website (www.pharmaceuticalpolicy.nl > Graduate program > PhD program. More information about what we offer, the candidate's profile, further requirements and features of a typical PhD thesis in this program including a typical workplan can be found there.
Application
If you wish to apply for the PhD programme, please send a recent CV, three references, an employer commitment statement, a writing sample of a recent paper or report and a personal statement before 1 May 2011 to:
Dr. A.K. (Aukje) Mantel-Teeuwisse and Prof. dr. H.G.M. (Bert) Leufkens
Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology
P.O. Box 80082, 3508 TB Utrecht, the Netherlands
E-mail: a.k.mantel@uu.nl; Tel: +31 30 253 73 24