UK; Doctoral Studentship in the Centre for History in Public Health
The Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) invites applications for a doctoral studentship funded by a Wellcome Trust enhancement award.
The topic can be in the history of public health policy, including subjects such as drugs, alcohol, smoking, diet; or the history of health services in Britain since 1930.
Supervision will be by Dr. Martin Gorsky or Professor Virginia Berridge, dependent on topic. The Centre has a particular focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. It benefits from its unique position at LSHTM, where historians work alongside specialists in public health, epidemiology, health services research and drug and alcohol research. This setting provides an important opportunity for historians to engage with live issues in health policy.
Funding
The Studentship will cover tuition fees at Home/EU level and an annual stipend in the first year and thereafter for three years in total.
Please be aware that non-EU applicants will be liable for paying the difference between Home/EU and overseas PhD fees. For details of the Tuition Fees 2009/10, please click here.
Eligibility
Applicants should be qualified to Masters level in either history of medicine or in twentieth century British history, or in a cognate area.
To apply:
Applications initially should be made to Dr Martin Gorsky (history of health services topics), or Professor Virginia Berridge (history of public health policy topics) on 1-2 sides of A4 paper outlining the proposed research, and accompanied by a Curriculum Vitae.
Candidates will be interviewed and the successful candidate will be asked to fill out a full application form.
Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact Dr Martin Gorsky, (health services topics), or Professor Virginia Berridge (public health policy topics) preferably by e-mail, to discuss their proposed research area before completing their application
Application forms can be requested from Registry (e-mail: registry@lshtm.ac.uk), or from the School’s website
