Newcastle University

The Health Foundation (www.health.org.uk) is funding two prestigious Improvement in Science awards.  The awards, which will fund research leading to a PhD, are designed to to help create a sound theoretical, empirical and experiential knowledge base on improvement science. Research will be based in one or two of the following five topics: Optimising the delivery of alcohol health improvement interventions in primary care; Understanding the role and impact of patient activation in supporting implementation of shared decision making; Using economic evaluation and preference elicitation methods to inform decisions about how best to reorganise services; Implementation intentions for creating and breaking habits in care provided to patients with type 2 diabetes: a dual process approach; How can theory-based implementation tools optimise the implementation of complex interventions in health care?

Its expected that a PhD will be completed within the 3 year period of the fellowship.

You should have a first degree in a relevant subject and preferably a Master’s degree, or work experience with evidence of application of relevant research methods.  Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Richard Thomson or Dr Justin Presseau via e-mail to Alison.Etherington@ncl.ac.uk in the first instance.

To apply please use the University’s on-line recruitment system at www.ncl.ac.uk/vacancies.