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>Research Officer required to support a research program in the field of
>HIV/AIDS epidemiology
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>In January 1997, the Ontario Ministry of Health (including the AIDS Bureau
>and Central Public Health Laboratory) initiated a collaborative effort with
>the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto to enhance
>HIV/AIDS surveillance and research activities in Ontario. The program
>includes, among other things, the following:
> - support CPHL in the analysis of HIV serodiagnostic data
> - participate in the Viral Load Evaluation project
> - perform supplementary analyses on the Ontario AIDS
> surveillance database
> - collaborate with HIV/AIDS researchers in new and
> ongoing studies
> - propose research studies to support HIV prevention
> policies and programs
>
>Under the supervision of the principal investigator, the Research Officer
>will carry out literature reviews, help to prepare study protocols,
>co-ordinate data collection or data transfer in collaboration with other
>investigators, carry out descriptive and analytic analyses and help to
>write reports and manuscripts suitable for publication.
>
>Qualifications: Masters degree with concentration in epidemiology
>Excellent programming skills; in particular, familiarity with SAS
> Good personal and communication skills (verbal and written)
> Some research experience would be an asset
>
>Salary: Commensurate with training and experience
>
>Term: One year, full-time, with the possibility of renewal
>
>Start date: September 21, 1998, or as soon as possible thereafter
>
>
>Please send curriculum vitae before September 11, 1998 to:
>
> Dr. Robert S. Remis
> Department of Public Health Sciences
> University of Toronto
> 4th floor, McMurrich Building
> 12 Queen's Park Crescent West
> Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
>
> (416) 978-8299 Fax
> (416) 946-3250 Telephone
>
>
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Canalising a river
Grafting a fruit tree
Educating a person
Transforming a state
These are instances of fruitful criticism
And at the same time instances of art.
-Bertolt Brecht
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Dennis Raphael, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Director,
Masters of Health Science Program in Health Promotion
Department of Public Health Sciences
Graduate Department of Community Health
University of Toronto
McMurrich Building, Room 101
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 1A8
voice: (416) 978-7567
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