**Please contact Jennifer Bitz, Research Coordinator, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation for more information about this opportunity **

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Post-doctoral Fellow for Pathways to Health and Community Partnership Research

Fellowship Description
Applications are invited for a one or two year, full-time postdoctoral fellowship position beginning September 2002.  This fellowship offers a rich variety of experience working within a multidisciplinary environment on a number of research projects currently funded in the area of knowledge management and health care research.  The position will work at the interface of behavioural and information sciences as they relate to population health, health services, health services reform, community partnership and evidenced based decision making.  Specifically, the incumbent will explore the following:

§        outcome evaluation

§        interactive computer technology for learning and behaviour change

§        integrated information systems and knowledge management

§        impact of technology on work and health care

§        linked databases

§        health technology assessment

 Fellows are encouraged to initiate research within the study topics outlined above.  The annual stipend offered is $45,000 plus benefits.

 Training Resources

 Allan Best, PhD (direct supervisor), is a health psychologist whose career has focused on building conceptual and methodological bridges between behavioural sciences and health care. He has led projects in primary care, schools, workplaces, hospitals, and whole communities to foster behavioural, cultural, and structural changes at the individual, regional, and population levels, particularly in the area of health promotion. His work is characterized by tight links between models, measures, and interventions, using a mix of rigorous designs for quantitative outcome studies and qualitative methods to study process.

 Ellen Balka, PhD is Associate Professor, School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, and Director of the Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab. The focus of her work is on field assessment of human interaction with information technology, technology design, and implementation. This special interest in participatory design of health information technology and computer-supported cooperative work is pivotal for the kind of integrated health information systems we hope to foster.

 James Frankish, PhD is Associate Director of the Institute of Health Promotion Research at the University of British Columbia, one of Canada's leading centres for health promotion and policy research. He is a B.C. Health Research Scholar, with major interests in community participation in health decision-making, participatory research methods, dissemination, and health impact assessment. Recent publications highlight a wide range of applied health promotion and policy research projects, including extensive population health best practice assessment work.

 Francis Lau is Director of the School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria. A PhD graduate in health informatics specialized in the design, implementation and evaluation of health information systems, he also has a diverse background in business administration, computing and medical sciences, with 15 years of professional experience in the information technology (IT) industry. Francis' recent projects include a CPHI grant to study regional health indicators and knowledge management, the development of an electronic evidence-based framework for injury management knowledge, fostering a virtual network in community health research in Alberta, and establishing a distance learning program for health professionals in evidence-based practice.

 Robert Reid, MD is a physician and health services researcher whose primary research interests center on the interface between primary and specialty care, ambulatory case-mix adjustment, methods of physician payment, and measurement of quality in primary care settings. Dr. Reid's central roles in the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research are to oversee development of an expanded database using the B.C. Linked Health Database as a cornerstone, bridging between health services research and the Primary Care Research Network. In October 2001, Dr. Reid was awarded an inaugural Scholar award by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.  An on-going project for CHSRF on defining and measuring continuity of care will see the publication of a major report in 2002.

 Experience, Education and other Requirements

  1.. Any innovative mix of relevant preparation will be considered for this unique interdisciplinary training position. The most likely qualifications are a PhD in behavioural or social sciences (psychology, anthropology, sociology, information sciences or other related disciplines)
  2.. Publications in the field
  3.. Knowledge of information science as it relates to health care systems
 Deadline

By May 1st, 2002, applicants are requested to submit:

1.      current curriculum vitae

2.      a brief overview of research areas of interest along with a description of short term objectives to be achieved with a fellowship, and long term career goals

3.      three letters of recommendation

4.      graduate transcripts

For more information and to submit an application, contact

Jennifer Bitz, Research Coordinator

Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation

Research Pavilion, Vancouver Hospital, Room 709, 828 West 10th Ave

Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1L8

phone: 604-875-4111 ext. 61810

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