Research positions at the University of California

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Research positions at the University of California

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University of California, Irvine

Join an enthusiastic research team of Harvard/Stanford/MIT-trained
colleagues building a comprehensive modeling framework to inform health
policy decisions. We seek researchers to contribute to our existing
efforts
and help shape our future research directions. Currently, we have two
grant-funded projects: Project 1 - We are creating a system dynamics
computer simulation model to help understand the long-term economic and
public health consequences of possible changes in tobacco policy. Project
2 - Building on the success of the Harvard Lifesaving Priorities Project,
we
are amassing secondary data on the cost-effectiveness of hundreds of cancer
prevention and control interventions ranging from environmental regulation
to mammograms to chemotherapy. Both the tobacco policy model as well as
the
cost-effectiveness database will ultimately be made available on the
Internet for direct use by policy makers. We are now hiring for three
positions:

Mathematical Modeling Specialist (Position 1)

Doctorate or Masters degree in quantitative field. Experience working with
aggregate health/medical data and developing statistical/mathematical
functions, e.g. for use in computer simulation models. Experience modeling
disease risk, competing risk phenomena, survival curves, and/or population
change. Understanding of meta-analysis helpful. Position is for at least
two years and may be renewable.

Cost-Effectiveness Analyst (Position 2)

Doctorate, MD, or Masters degree. Experience with cost-effectiveness,
cost-utility and/or cost-benefit analysis. Rigorous understanding of
accepted methods of cost-effectiveness analysis in health and medicine.
Interest in using cost-effectiveness analysis to inform the prioritization
of societal investments in public health. Position is for three years and
may be renewable.

Cost-Effectiveness and Cost Analyst (Position 3)

Doctorate, MD, or Masters degree. Ability to identify secondary data on
the
direct medical costs of treating diseases caused by tobacco use.
Experience
with cost-effectiveness, cost-utility and/or cost-benefit analysis.
Position is for three years and may be renewable.
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Rank and salary are flexible and will be commensurate with experience.
Appointment at the level of post-doctoral scholar, research specialist, or
junior/senior research faculty (non-tenure track) are all possible.

Inquiries may be sent via e-mail to tengs@uci.edu or phone (949)824-4630.
To apply, please mail hardcopy of letter, curriculum vitae, and the names
and addresses of 3 to 5 persons from whom letters of recommendation may be
solicited to the principal investigator:

Tammy O. Tengs, Sc.D.
Health Policy and Planning
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
School of Social Ecology
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-7075

Closing date for applications is 6/30/99. The University of California is
an equal opportunity educator and employer committed to excellence through
diversity.
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