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Postdoc | International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

Call for applications:

Post-Doctoral Fellow: Sustaining the African Health Initiative Community of Practice, Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), Ghana.

  • Deadline for applications: 8 August 2025

The Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) is seeking young and motivated researchers for a full-time postdoctoral fellowship. This postdoctoral research opportunity will be focused primarily on implementation science research using data collected for the evaluation of the African Health Initiative (AHI) health systems strengthening programmes in Ghana – the Ghana Essential Health Interventions Programme (GEHIP) and the Programme for Strengthening Community-Based Health and Planning Services (CHPS+).

Interested candidates must have recently completed (within the past five years) or anticipate completing a PhD or equivalent degree in the social sciences, public health, or biomedical sciences before the start of the fellowship.

Fellows would be given a year of funding. They will be paid a monthly stipend and provided office space. The postdoctoral fellows will be located at Regional Institute for Population Studies with opportunities to collaborate with partner institutions in the AHI Community of Practice. 

As part of the postdoctoral program, fellows will be trained in important career areas such as grant writing and research communication. During the fellowship, postdoctoral fellows will have the opportunity to be mentored by experienced implementation science researchers within the African Health Initiative Community of Practice.

Responsibilities: 

The responsibilities of the postdoctoral fellow include:

  • Conduct of research using data from African Health Initiative funded research studies. 
  • Production of at least one paper for submission to peer-reviewed journals.
  • Dissemination of findings at conferences and seminars.
  • Submission of at least one research proposal for funding.
  • Development of policy briefs and fact sheets to share research findings with policy makers and practitioners. 
  • Participation in any project data collection activities. 
  • Participation in stakeholder engagements and project dissemination activities. 
  • Participation in team meetings. 
  • Participation in all trainings organised for early career researchers on the project.
  • Supporting the coordination of local convenings and other project activities. 
  • Making presentations at least one RIPS Research Seminar and one RIPS Capacity Building Seminar for Graduate Students.  

Required qualifications: 

The ideal candidate will be interested in conducting health systems and policy research. The candidate must have:

  • A PhD or be near completion of their PhD programme.  Applicants need not have completed their doctoral training prior to applying but training must be completed prior to the start of the fellowship in September 2025.
  • Familiarity with statistical software, (e.g., Stata, R).
  • Experience in quantitative methods. Knowledge of qualitative will be considered a plus.
  • Strong written and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Previous experience with research on health systems or health-related topics preferably including peer-reviewed publications.
  • Fluency in English.

Application procedure: 

Interested applicants should submit the following materials:

  1. Cover letter
  2. Curriculum vitae
  3. Personal statement describing research interests to be pursued during fellowship.
  4. One lead-author published or unpublished manuscript.
  5. Names and contact information of two references who will provide letters of recommendation. References will be contacted to submit their letters of recommendation.

Applications should be submitted to: ahi_cop@ug.edu.gh

Deadline for applications: Friday 8th August 2025.

Postdoctoral Training | University of Minnesota

We seek postdoctoral candidates for our Population Health Training Program at University of Minnesota.

We train scientists to understand complex health problems and health disparities as resulting from multiple interacting layers of influence that unfold over chronological, biological, and historical time. This exciting program at the University of Minnesota, housed in the Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation and Minnesota Population Center, features cross-training in the biology and etiology of disease as well as in the social sciences. The program includes engagement in independent and collaborative population health research, supervised by interdisciplinary teams of faculty, and intensive professional socialization. It is designed to integrate trainees from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and prepare them to pursue outstanding careers as population health scientists. We’ll start reviewing applications July 21.

Interested candidates can read more about our program and apply online. Trainee research goals should align withNICHD’s Population Dynamics Branch (PDB)’s priorities.  

Please direct all questions to William Fennie (wfennie@umd.edu) or Lindsey Fabian (fabian@umn.edu), our training program manager. 

PhD Student | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

PhD Student | Research Group Migration and Health Inequalities

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is seeking to appoint a full-time PhD student to join the ERC-funded Research Group on Migration and Health Inequalities. The group, led by Silvia Loi, brings together experts from Demography, Quantitative Sociology, and Social Epidemiology to address the pressing scientific and societal question: Why do immigrants age in poorer health compared to non-immigrants? 
The research group agenda builds up on these three research areas:

  1. quantify the gaps in healthy ageing trajectories between immigrants and non-immigrants by age, gender, socioeconomic status, and their interactions; 
  2. identify the critical events and circumstances in immigrants’ lives that put them on a different healthy ageing trajectory from non-immigrants; 
  3. study the impact of family composition and family ties in mitigating health inequalities by migration background. 

We are seeking a qualified and highly motivated student with a quantitative background with interests at the intersection of migration, ageing and health, broadly defined. The successful candidate must have a Master’s degree in Demography, Sociology, Social Epidemiology or related fields, and a strong quantitative background. Candidates with interests in topics surrounding migration, health and ageing in any setting and comparing across gender, socioeconomic class, or geographical location are welcome. Demonstrable skills in R or Stata are highly desirable. 

This PhD studentship offers an excellent opportunity for motivated students to work with a highly international team of researchers, to take advantage of the interdisciplinary intellectual environment at the MPIDR, as well as substantial financial support for travel, research training and data acquisition. 
Admitted students take part in the International Max Planck Research School for Population, Health and Data Science (IMPRS-PHDS) that merges demography, epidemiology and data science. IMPRS-PHDS equips doctoral students not only with advanced knowledge of the theory and methods of demography and epidemiology (broadly defined as ‘population health’), but also with strong technical skills in statistics, mathematical modeling, and computational and data management methods (broadly referred to as ‘data science’). PHDS supports strong interdisciplinary research training and exchange within a network of universities in Europe and the US. The research school offers a core training program in Rostock, extensive networking opportunities across partner sites, and high-quality supervision across at least two institutes. For more information on the IMPRS-PHDS curriculum please see https://www.imprs-phds.mpg.de.

Please apply online via this survey and include in a single PDF file:

  1. Curriculum Vitae including a list of publications 
  2. Copies of transcripts of undergraduate and, if applicable, Master’s degree;
  3. Motivation letter, 1-2 pages that describe how your research interests fit into the research agenda of the Research Group and the related project. Please include your research accomplishments, and highlight your technical skills, and areas of expertise;
  4. A writing sample;
  5. Contact information for up to 2 academic referees.

In order to receive full consideration, applications should be submitted by 28 February 2025. Online interviews will be held in the first half of March 2025. The starting date is flexible, but no later than 1 November 2025.
The advertised position is located at the MPIDR. It is expected that the successful applicant will be in residence at the MPIDR, in Rostock, Germany.
The PhD student is offered a 3-year contract with remuneration based on the salary structure of the German public sector (Öffentlicher Dienst, TVöD Bund) currently starting at 34,295.22 € gross a year, and will be expected to be in residence at the Institute.

Post-Doctoral Researcher | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Post-Doctoral Researcher | Research Group Migration and Health Inequalities

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is seeking to appoint a full-time post-doctoral researcher to join the ERC-funded Research Group on Migration and Health Inequalities. The group, led by Silvia Loi, brings together experts from Demography, Quantitative Sociology, and Social Epidemiology to address the pressing scientific and societal question: Why do immigrants age in poorer health compared to non-immigrants? 
The research group agenda builds up on these three research areas:

  1. quantify the gaps in healthy ageing trajectories between immigrants and non-immigrants by age, gender, socioeconomic status, and their interactions; 
  2. identify the critical events and circumstances in immigrants’ lives that put them on a different healthy ageing trajectory from non-immigrants; 
  3. study the impact of family composition and family ties in mitigating health inequalities by migration background. 

We are seeking a creative, self-driven, collaborative scholar with a strong quantitative background that can contribute to advancing one or more the three research areas of the group. The selected candidate will be a member of the Research Group on Migration and Health Inequalities, and will have the opportunity to collaborate with other units, such as the Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health (MaxHel)

We provide a stimulating research-oriented community, excellent infrastructure at the MPIDR, and an institutional culture that enables everyone to develop their individual skills and competencies. The MPIDR is one of the leading demographic research centers in the world, studying issues of theoretical and policy relevance. These include, but are not limited to mortality, fertility, migration, aging, health, and the redistribution of work and transfers over the life course. The MPIDR is part of the Max Planck Society, a network of 86 institutes that form Germany’s premier basic-research organization. Max Planck Institutes have an established record of world-class, foundational research in the sciences, technology, social sciences, and the humanities.

The successful candidate must have a PhD (or receive it soon) in Demography, Sociology, Social Epidemiology or related fields, a strong quantitative background and is expected to have a profile along at least one of the following lines:

  1. Migrant health
  2. Social determinants of health
  3. Social inequalities
  4. Measuring and modelling life-course processes

Demonstrable skills in R or Stata are highly desirable. Previous experience working with register data will be considered an advantage.

Please apply online via this survey and include in a single PDF file:

  1. Curriculum Vitae including a list of publications;
  2. Motivation letter, 1-2 pages that describe how your expertise fits into the research agenda of the Research Group and the related project. Please include your research accomplishments, and highlight your technical skills, and areas of expertise;
  3. A writing example (e.g., one of your publications or working paper);
  4. Contact information for up to 2 academic referees.

In order to receive full consideration, applications should be submitted by 28 February 2025. Online interviews will be held in the first half of March 2025. We expect candidates to start in the first half of 2025, though a later date might be possible under special circumstances. The successful applicant will be offered a 2-years contract with remuneration commensurate to experience (starting from approx. 57,000 EUR gross per year for researchers who have just completed their PhD, up to approx. 70,000 EUR gross per year for more senior scientists), based on the salary structure of the German public sector (Öffentlicher Dienst, TVöD Bund). The advertised position is located at the MPIDR. It is expected that the successful applicant will be in residence at the MPIDR, in Rostock, Germany, and support for relocation costs is available.