Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap

Research assistant in health economics

Are you interested in working with health economics, with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favourable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for a research assistant in health economics position at Uppsala University.

Uppsala Health Economics (UHE) is a specialized unit of health economists, within the Social Medicine/CHAP (Child Health and Parenting) group, at the Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, at Uppsala University. Our team has expertise in applying health economic methods to health-related questions, including trial-based and model-based economic evaluations of health interventions, and using register data to evaluate the impact of health services on health and economic outcomes. Our health economists lead several projects across different fields including Mental Health, Child Health, Public Health, Precision Medicine and Innovation in Healthcare. Our approach is grounded in collaboration, working closely with clinicians to reach the best outcomes. We work with both national and international partners. engage in commissioned work for healthcare providers, municipalities, and independent foundations.

Duties

The research assistant will work in the following projects:

  • Health economic evaluation of interventions in mental health and child health,
  • Economic burden of mental ill-health,
  • Health economic evaluation of innovation and healthcare improvement projects,

The projects require knowledge in health economics, statistics, econometrics, and epidemiology. The tasks include analysis of data from clinical studies and Swedish registers including data on resource use, costs and health outcomes, as well as conducting cost-effectiveness analyses of different interventions.

 Requirements

The candidate should have a Master of Science in Health Economics or related areas relevant to the job assignment. The ideal candidate will have strong data analysis experience, and good writing, and communication skills, be able to learn new research methods, have the ability to work in a team, and to think creatively about research. Fluency in spoken and written English is essential.

 
Additional qualifications

Experience working with statistical programs STATA and/or R is desirable. Previous experience in research and basic knowledge of the Swedish language is also desirable.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position, 12 months. Scope of employment 100%. Starting date 2025-03-01 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Filipa Sampaio, filipa.sampaio@uu.se;.

 

Please submit your application by 31th of January, UFV-PA 2025/50

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Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full time
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100%
City Uppsala
County Uppsala län
Country Sweden
Reference number UFV-PA 2025/50
Union representative
  • Seko Universitetsklubben, seko@uadm.uu.se
  • ST/TCO, tco@fackorg.uu.se
  • Saco-rådet, saco@uadm.uu.se
Published 10.Jan.2025
Last application date 31.Jan.2025 11:59 PM CET
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