Centre for Health Policy seeks Researcher/Senior Researcher - Johannesburg, South Africa

The Centre for Health Policy (CHP) is a South African health systems and policy research unit based in the School of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. CHP employs a multi-disciplinary group of public health and social scientists and offers a dynamic environment in which to conduct cutting-edge health systems and policy research that strongly encourages writing for publication. The Centre provides opportunities for engagement in South African health sector policy and as well as international academic consortia. CHP has an established national and international reputation.Website: http://www.wits.ac.za/chpThe Centre for Health Policy is a member ofSouth African Initiative for rapid evidence syntheses and systematic reviews on health policies and systems (SAI) as well as theGlobal Evidence Synthesis Initiative(GESI). Both initiatives aim to build capacity to conduct rapid reviews and syntheses of evidence in the field of health systems and policy, and to promote the use of reviews amongst public health decision makers, practitioners, researchers and civil society. CHP intends to establish a rapid evidence synthesis service to clients who need rapid, high quality syntheses that are easily accessible and translatable for uptake by policy makers and lobbyists.  We are looking for a researcher to work on this exciting project. The appointment will be on a fixed term contract, renewable depending on availability of funding.  The successful candidat...

Source: Cochrane News and Events - October 15, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Nancy Owens Source Type: news