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Ellison Institute for World Health at Harvard University

A new global institution, the Ellison Institute for World Health at Harvard University, is currently seeking distinguished candidates for the Global Fellows Program. 

The mission of this groundbreaking new Institute is to improve population health and the efficiency of health-system resource use through the regular reporting of inputs, outputs, and impacts of the world's health systems and major health funders.  Fostering accountability for the achievements of health systems and major health actors requires global reporting of benchmarked measurement of spending, coverage of key services and interventions (preventive and curative), efficiency, and, most importantly, the impact of current policies and practices on population health.  The work of the Ellison Institute for World Health at Harvard University is designed to provide key information that will help governments, bilateral donor agencies, multilateral institutions, foundations, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to improve their own performance.  

Program Overview:
The Global Fellows Program is currently accepting applications for a two-year fellowship to work at the Ellison Institute for World Health at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.  Global Fellows will apply their core research skills in the areas of economics, public health, health policy, demography, and related fields with the expectation that they will make important research contributions for future international health policy.

Global Fellows will have abundant opportunities to collaborate with many faculty mentors within the Ellison Institute for World Health on a number of research areas, including: national health accounts, health intervention delivery, cost-effectiveness, mortality, burden of disease/comparative risk assessment, population health, health forecasts, financial risk protection, and efficiency of resource use.  Fellows are expected to produce research deliverables related to the content priorities of the Institute, including: working papers, journal articles, and presentations for international conferences during their tenure at the Ellison Institute for World Health.  In addition to receiving an annual salary, Fellows will have access to a full range of university resources, including health benefits. 

Applicant Eligibility Requirements: 
An MD and/or a PhD in health economics, health services research, statistics, epidemiology, public health, or related field or equivalent experience is required. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.  This fellowship has a flexible start date of January 1, 2006 and a minimum starting salary of $45,000.

Interested applicants should forward an electronic copy of the following:
- Letter of intent (describing the applicant's research areas of interest)
- One letter of recommendation 
- Curriculum vitae

Please send these documents via email to: global-health@harvard.edu and include 
"Ellison Global Fellows Program" in the subject line of your email.

If you are unable to send us your materials via email, you may send them to us at the following address:
Ellison Institute for World Health at Harvard University
Global Fellows Program
104 Mount Auburn St., 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138   USA