ANNOUNCE Doctoral Studentships in Healthcare Innovation

[""Bayer, Steffen C"" <s.bayer]

Posted by ""Bayer, Steffen C"" <s.bayer@imperial.ac.uk>

Imperial College London is offering doctoral studentships in Healthcare
Innovation (see advertisement below).


I would be particularly keen to hear from candidates with an interest in
system dynamics modelling and would advise students with initial ideas
for research in this area to contact me directly at
s.bayer@imperial.ac.uk

Steffen Bayer
Imperial College London
Tanaka Business School

EPSRC Doctoral Studentships in Healthcare Innovation

The Tanaka Business School is inviting applications for three year doctoral
studentships on innovation in healthcare delivery. Successful candidates will
be working within an interdisciplinary team in the Health and Care
Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC, www.haciric.org).
We would like to hear from those who are interested in carrying out research
on themes such as:

• Technology adoption and diffusion

• Managing innovation in complex organisational environments

• Stimulating innovation in organisations, for example through incentives and targets

• Simulation and modeling to understand the impact of innovation

• Planning and delivering the infrastructure to enable innovative health services

Candidates are likely to have a background in social science and an interest in
technology/innovation management, health policy or management disciplines, such as
organisational behaviour and should have a good degree at Master's level. Candidates
with an interest in either quantitative or qualitative research methods are encouraged
to apply. For further information, please contact Prof. James Barlow,
j.barlow@imperial.ac.uk

Funding is available for UK and EU fee status applicants. For UK applicants, the
studentships cover fees and a stipend of c£14,500 per annum for three years. EU
applicants are eligible for full funding if they have spent a minimum of 3 years
studying or working in the UK immediately before taking up the award.

How to apply: Candidates should submit applications to the Doctoral Programme on our
online application system:
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/tanaka/progra ... admissions
Please indicate on the form that you are interested in being considered for this
studentship. Please contact doctoral@imperial.ac.uk if you have any questions about
the admissions process. The deadline for applications is the end of July 2008.

Posted by ""Bayer, Steffen C"" <s.bayer@imperial.ac.uk>
posting date Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:58:41 +0100
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