Postdoctoral Researcher in Health Economics

Do you want to work in health economics, supported by competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Do you want an employer that invests in sustainable employee engagement and offers secure, favorable working conditions? Welcome to apply for a position as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Health Economics at Uppsala University.

Uppsala Health Economics (UHE) is a specialized unit of health economists within Social Medicine/CHAP (Child Health and Parenting) group at the Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University. Our team has expertise in the application of health economic methods in health areas, including RCT-based and model-based economic evaluations of various interventions, as well as using registry data to evaluate health and economic effects of healthcare interventions. Our health economists lead several projects in various fields, including mental health, child health, public health, precision medicine, and innovation in healthcare. We collaborate with clinicians to achieve the best possible outcomes. The group has several national and international partners and engages in commissioned work for various healthcare providers, municipalities, regions, and foundations.

Job Responsibilities

We are looking for a PhD-qualified and motivated postdoctoral researcher to work on projects including:

• Microsimulation modeling in child health,
• Analysis of the distribution of consumption of child health services in Sweden,
• Health economic evaluations of interventions in mental health and child health,
• Health economic evaluation of various innovation and healthcare development projects.

The projects require knowledge in health economics, statistics, econometrics, and epidemiology. Job responsibilities include analyzing data from both clinical studies and Swedish registries regarding the consumption of societal resources, costs, and health outcome data, as well as calculating the cost-effectiveness of various interventions. The postdoctoral researcher is also expected to write scientific publications, contribute to grant writing, teaching, and supervising junior researchers.

These projects provide a unique opportunity to develop new research tools and support better decision-making in child and mental health.

Qualifications

The applicant should have a PhD in health economics, economics, epidemiology, public health, or medicine. The candidate should have experience working with large databases and analyzing cost and outcome data, as well as conducting cost-effectiveness analyses using advanced quantitative methods.

Desirable/meritorious

Experience in registry-based studies that can be confirmed with scientific publications is meritorious, as well as skills in data visualization and presenting research results effectively. We place particular emphasis on the ability to communicate in both spoken and written form – in both Swedish and English.

About the Position

The position is temporary for at least 2 years and at most 3 years according to the central collective agreement. The extent is full-time. Start date March 1, 2025, or by agreement. Location: Uppsala

For inquiries about the position, please contact: Filipa Sampaio, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Welcome with your application by January 31, 2025, UFV-PA 2024/5051.

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