AFRO-NETS> Vacancy: Research Physician at the Gates Malaria Partnership in Tanzania

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@mweb.co.za>]

Vacancy: Research Physician at the Gates Malaria Partnership in Tanzania
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Application deadline: 30 December 2002

The Gates Malaria Partnership of the London School of Hygiene and 
Tropical Medicine is collaborating with Muheza Designated District 
Hospital (DDH) and National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) to 
conduct practical clinical studies of treating malaria during preg-
nancy, which will be useful for clinicians and policy makers in East 
Africa. The project activities will be based at Muheza DDH in Muheza 
district starting March 2003. Applications are invited from qualified 
East African candidates for the post below.

A post of a Research Physician is being re-advertised. The successful 
candidate will take part in clinical trials and studies, initially in 
pregnant women who have malaria. In addition to gaining experience in 
international standard research, an appropriate post-holder will be 
encouraged to register for a PhD at a local University, and will re-
ceive practical and financial help, and scientific supervision, to 
make this possible. The PhD project should be within the project ac-
tivities.

Qualifications and experience: 
Holder of Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree or equivalent from a recog-
nized University, and have at least 3 years practical clinical ex-
perience. Specialist knowledge of pediatrics or obstetrics would be 
an advantage, as would postgraduate training in clinical research or 
public health. Ability to speak Kiswahili is an important require-
ment.

Duties and responsibilities: 
Undertake approved clinical research under minimal supervision from 
the Project Leader Responsible for clinical care of study patients 
Manage project activities when the Project Leader is away on duty 
from the project site Manage and provide guidance to junior members 
of the study team Perform any other duty as directed by the Project 
Leader

There will be an on-call commitment.

Salary: 
Will range from GBP 12,000 to GBP 14,000 a year (all inclusive), de-
pending on qualifications and experience.

Applicants should apply in confidence, indicating clearly the contact 
address including telephone, facsimile, and email address where pos-
sible. Together with the application, enclose your Curriculum Vitae 
(CV), Photostat copies of certificates and/or transcripts. Each ap-
plicant should provide two independent referees and their reliable 
contact addresses.

Applications should be sent to the undersigned not later than 15:30 
hours of 30 December 2002. Late applications will not be considered. 
Short-listed applicants will be called for interview around 1st week 
of February 2003.

Further enquiries can me made to 
Dr. Christopher Whitty
mailto:c.whitty@lshtm.ac.uk
or 
Dr. TK Mutabingwa
mailto:tkmuta@ud.co.tz
Project Leader
Gates Malaria Partnership
c/o Muheza Designated District Hospital
Private Bag
Muheza
Tanga, Tanzania

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