PhD Health Economics at University of Glasgow, UK

PhD Health Economics – Valuing the health and wellbeing aspects of community empowerment using economic evaluation techniques at University of Glasgow, UK

Study Subject(s):Health Economics
Course Level:PhD
Scholarship Provider: University of Glasgow
Scholarship can be taken at: UK

Eligibility:
graduates with a first- or upper-second-class honours degree or equivalent, particularly those with an MSc in Economics, Health Economics or a relevant social science degree. This studentship is available to UK and EU applicants.

Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: EU and UK

Scholarship Description: This studentship will be nested within the GoWell programme, an ongoing project evaluating neighbourhood regeneration in Glasgow. The studentship is part of an exciting new initiative in ‘The Economics of Public Health’ between the University of Glasgow’s MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit and the Glasgow Centre for Population Health. The studentship will involve the identification and valuation of proposed and actual benefits from community empowerment and community development activities within a small number of Glasgow communities. The use of economic evaluation methods will be employed to generate evidence on the value of these outcomes in the context of other regeneration outcomes.

You will be supervised by Dr Emma McIntosh of the Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) team at the Centre for Population Health Sciences with secondary supervision from Professor Carol Tannahill, Director of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health and Kenny Lawson of the MRC CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit. The successful candidate will also be provided with additional health economics training via courses run by HEHTA as well as gaining access to modules on Glasgow University’s Masters in Public Health.

How to Apply: Send via email

Scholarship Application Deadline: 29th August 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application