JOB: Durham: Public Health Ethics Post
Stephen Clark
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Durham University
Wolfson Research Institute
Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease
Wolfson Research Fellowship in Public Health Ethics
Post reference: 1114
The Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease (CHMD) seeks
applications for a 5-year Wolfson Research Fellowship in Public Health
Ethics (tenable from October 2006). Candidates must hold a PhD or
equivalent doctorate degree in Ethics or Public Health or Social Science
or Medicine and have a significant publication record relevant to the
field of ethics in public health. The successful applicant will carry
out research in public health ethics, in co-ordination with staff of the
CHMD and the Centre for Public Policy and Health. He/she will also
contribute to postgraduate teaching in Ethics and Public Health.
The Post
The successful applicant will be appointed as a fixed-term (5 years)
Research Fellow (Grade II) in the Centre for the History of Medicine and
Disease (CHMD), Wolfson Research Institute. He/she will be a member of
the Board of Studies of the School for Health.
The postholder will:
carry out research in the field of public health ethics, in
consultation with staff of the CHMD and of the Centre for Public Policy
and Health. By the end of the five-year period he/she is expected to
have produced and have accepted for publication a number of articles and
to have submitted the manuscript for a monograph to a publisher
contribute to postgraduate teaching in Ethics and Public Health
contribute to developing a taught Master's and/or Continued
Professional Development programme in Public Health Ethics
develop a research programme and apply for external funding in the
area of ethics and public health
undertake such other organisational duties as may be required from
time to time by the Directors of the CHMD and the Wolfson Research
Institute
Person Specification
Essential
The successful applicant
will have a PhD or equivalent doctorate degree in Ethics or Public
Health or Social Science or Medicine
will have a significant publication record relevant to the field of
public health ethics
will be able to demonstrate the ability to carry out innovative
research in public health ethics
will be able to demonstrate the ability to co-operate in research
within the Wolfson Research Institute, in particular with the Centre for
the History of Medicine and Disease and the Centre for Public Policy and
Health, with other relevant University departments and centres, and the NHS
will be able to demonstrate the ability to contribute to
postgraduate teaching in Ethics and Public Health
Desirable
The successful applicant
will have teaching experience relevant to postgraduate teaching in
Ethics and Public Health
Terms and Conditions
The main terms and conditions of employment are as follows (the person
appointed will receive a full written statement of the Terms and
Conditions of Employment):
The post is full-time and fixed-term for five years
The salary £27,929 - £32,490 per annum
The post is subject to a probationary period of three years
The post is pensionable
Informal enquiries may be made to the Director of the Centre for the
History of Medicine and Disease, Professor A H Maehle. Tel.
0191-334-0701 or -6557. E-mail: a.h.m...@durham.ac.uk
Applications
Closing Date: 7 December 2005. Please quote reference number: 1114
In the interests of efficiency, we request that you apply for this
vacancy using the on-line application form. If you prefer, we can post
an application pack to you, if you telephone our answering service on
0191 3346499
Durham University
The University was founded in 1832, and in 1908 incorporated within a
federal structure King's College Newcastle, that was later to become the
University of Newcastle. In 1963 the Universities of Durham and
Newcastle Act provided for the separate establishment of the two
universities. The Vice-Chancellor and Warden is Professor Sir Kenneth
Calman.
Durham University is one of the UK's leading universities. We have
9,584 full-time students following three- and four-year degree
programmes, 1,522 full-time postgraduate students and c. 2,500 part-time
and distance learning students a year. Our research and teaching covers
a broad spectrum of academic disciplines. We pride ourselves on the
quality of our teaching, as confirmed by national assessments. Of the
23 departments which have been assessed on teaching quality, 15 achieved
the rating of excellence or scored grade 4 (the highest score) in at
least 4 of the 6 assessment criteria. Details at website:
www.dur.ac.uk/undergraduate/quality.htm
The University is one of Britain's best research universities. We place
great emphasis on our research activities and the results of the last
research assessment exercise placed two-thirds of our departments
containing 80% of our staff in grades 4 or 5, the top two rankings.
Durham University Queen's Campus (DUQC)
A new campus of the University was opened in 1992 twenty miles south of
Durham at Thornaby, Stockton on Tees, in purpose-built accommodation of
very high quality, as a key component in the region's economic
development strategy with the general aim of making the resources of
Durham University more widely available to the region. From 190
students in 1992/3, the Campus grew to over 1,600 full-time students in
2001/2002 with about 286 part-time students. Around half the student
population is made up of mature and non-traditional entrants from the
region.
We plan to grow to about 2,000 full-time students in the next few
years. All the degrees based at Queen's Campus which have been
externally reviewed have been highly commended, as has the Campus as a
whole following a visit of the Quality Audit Agency as part of the
review of Durham University.
The Queen's Campus at Stockton, both a teaching and residential site, is
a 21st Century environment. The recent completion of the £15m second
phase of development has doubled the previous facilities together with
superb computer technology, state-of-the-art laboratories and 515
en-suite student bedrooms. Staff are developing research at Stockton
focused on regional problems and priorities. The £12m Wolfson Research
Institute accommodates 10 multi-disciplinary Research Centres focusing
on Health and the Environment.
The present range of degree courses at DUQC is as follows:-
Applied Psychology Human Sciences
Biomedical Sciences Medicine
Business Finance Sport, Health & Exercise
Education Teacher Training (primary)
Heakth and Human Sciences Teacher Training (JCT)
Teacher Training (general)
In 1997 a Foundation Programme qualification was introduced as an
alternative route for entry for those with non-traditional
qualifications. In 2002 a Foundation Programme specific to Medicine
commenced as one element of our programme for Widening Access to Medicine.
The School for Health (SfH)
The School for Health comprises Undergraduate Medicine, the Centre for
Public Policy and Health, the Centre for Clinical Management
Development, the Centre for Integrated Health Care Research, the Centre
for Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine, the North East Public
Health Observatory and the Centre for the History of Medicine and
Disease. The SfH collaborates closely with other University Departments
some of which are in other Faculties, including the Biological and
Biomedical Sciences, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Anthropology.
Many of these groups are linked through the Wolfson Research Institute
with allied subjects such as geography, environmental studies and
infectious diseases.
An important initiative from the SfH is the development of research
groupings to capitalise on strengths within the University and to link
them with the NHS. These include Cardiovascular Disease, Mental Health,
Primary Care and Public Health. The success of these groupings will
depend on our capacity to deliver research expertise, ranging from
initial training to grant proposals and research management.
Wolfson Research Institute
The Wolfson Research Institute is based in a purpose-built £12m
building, including 23 laboratories and 60 offices, on Durham
University's Queen's Campus, at Stockton-on-Tees but also involving a
considerable amount of research at its Durham campus. The Institute
forms the research division of the University's Health Strategy Board
and as such provides the inter-disciplinary framework within which all
health and medically-related research from the three Faculties of the
University is brought together and interfaces with the NHS and other
partners in the region. This research is organised around four broad
themes - clinical and health services; the Life Cycle and the life
sciences; medical humanities; and public policy, health and well-being -
and involves around 200 research staff and students, working at both the
Durham and Stockton campuses of the University. The Institute's prime
aim is to play a key role in meeting two of the University of Durham's
strategic goals: international excellence in agenda-setting research;
engagement with policy communities and groups beyond the University,
particularly in the north east of England, in influencing policy
formation and implementation. Thus the emphasis is upon the impact of
research, on making a difference, both within and outside the academy.
The Centre
Established in 2001 as an interdisciplinary University Research Centre,
the Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease (Director: Professor
Andreas-Holger Maehle, Dr.med.habil., PhD) provides a focus for research
and postgraduate education in the history of medicine, health and
disease, and medical ethics. It unites staff and postgraduates from the
Department of Philosophy (graded 5 in RAE 2001) and the School for
Health, and has associated members in several other University
departments. Current major areas of research are the history of medical
professional ethics and the history of sex education in the twentieth
century. The Centre has recently (October 2005) launched a new taught
Master's programme in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine.
The CHMD regularly organises workshops and research seminars, and hosts
conferences. For further details see http://www.dur.ac.uk/chmd
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Dr Matthew D Eddy
Director of Postgraduate Studies in HPSM
University of Durham
Department of Philosophy
50 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN
United Kingdom
(44) 191 334 6554 (Office)
(44) 191 334 6551 (Fax)
http://www.durham.ac.uk/m.d.eddy/
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Stephen Clark
Dept of Philosophy
University of Liverpool
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