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Katrina Gillespie, 12 March 2015

Senior Research Fellow/Associate Research Professor

University of South Australia

Position title - Health Economist/Econometrician (Senior Research Fellow/Associate Research Professor) (Level CSRF / DARP)
Organisation – University of South Australia
Location – Adelaide, South Australia
Application closing date – 9.00am Friday 10 April 2015
Job advert – please see below
Link to Working at UniSA - http://workingatunisa.nga.net.au/?jati=d586993a-17e3-d0f6-b94b-88b368ee1763
Contact person/s phone and email
Contact: Professor Leonie Segal
Position: Research Chair: Health Economics
Telephone: +61 8 8302 2473
Email: leonie.segal@unisa.edu.au
Full time (negotiable), 2 year contract

The University of South Australia is Australia's University of Enterprise. Innovation and entrepreneurship are instilled in our students through industry informed teaching and learning. As a dynamic and agile University, UniSA continues to be ranked among the top 3% of more than 10,000 institutions worldwide, according to the QS World University Rankings. UniSA also ranked 49 in the 2014 Times Higher Education Top 100 under the age of 50.

The School of Population Health, the newest school in the Division of Health Sciences, will consolidate and advance the University of South Australia's capacity for training research professionals in the analysis of complex population-level data to inform health and social policy.

The Health Economist / Econometrician (Senior Research Fellow / Associate Research Professor) will be a leading mid-career academic researcher with discipline-based training and skills in health economics (and mathematics) with experience in multi-disciplinary, applied health economics and social policy research. This position will provide leadership and enhance the productivity of HESPG and the School of Population Health, in collaborative multi- and trans-disciplinary Category 1 research initiatives, authorship of refereed publications, and supervision of postgraduate research degree students.

HESPG has embarked on a number of specific studies which will form the focus of the work program for this position. These include:

1. Children of Prisoners – lead research and analyses exploring the differential outcomes of children whose mothers were incarcerated during their childhood compared with children whose mothers were not incarcerated.
2. Aboriginal Families in Central Australia – provide expert advice and support in assessing the overall performance of the Congress cross-portfolio / broad program model (clinical services, preventive services, early childhood, DV & drug and alcohol services, Family support programs, population health advocacy) through a family-focused primary care model, in partnership with Central Australian Aboriginal Congress.
3. Children subject to abuse and neglect – lead research and analyses to identify cost-effective intervention options to inform service strategies for improving outcomes for this population.

Further information regarding these studies is provided in the position description.

To be successful, you will have a PhD in health economics or other relevant field. You will also have discipline-based training and skills in health economics and in one of econometrics, epidemiology, social policy and mathematics. You will have had experience leading multi-disciplinary, applied health economics research teams and good contacts with government, clinicians and/or other providers. Demonstrated interpersonal skills and the ability to develop networks and strategic partnerships are essential.

Applications close: 9.00am Friday 10 April 2015

Please note: Pursuant to the Children's Protection Act 1993 (SA), this position has been deemed prescribed. It is a condition of appointment that the successful candidate provides the University with a Criminal History Assessment determining them fit to work with children.