Senior Research Coordinator

University of Alberta; Edmonton; Presencial; CAD 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Health Technology & Policy Unit in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta is seeking applicants for a one-year appointment. The role is in-person at North Campus Edmonton and focuses on evaluating health technologies and programs for Alberta's publicly funded system.

The unit employs methods from epidemiology, health economics, modelling, and qualitative analysis to support evidence-informed decision making for health technologies and programs within the publicly funded

Descripción del empleo

This competition is open to all applicants however; internal applicants will be given priority consideration based on minimum qualifications, or a combination of experience, skills, and abilities before external applicants are considered.

This position has an initial appointment of1 year.

Location - This role is in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus Edmonton.

The Health Technology & Policy Unit in the School of Public Health undertakes research aimed at creating knowledge to support fair, evidence-informed decision making around the introduction and use of health technologies, services and programs in the publicly funded healthcare system. It also conducts health technology assessments (HTAs)and evidence reviews for Alberta Health. HTA uses evaluative methods from the social and applied sciences, including clinical epidemiology, biostatistics, health economics, modelling, and qualitative techniques to systematically examine the clinical, economic, social, legal, ethical and overall system implications of health technologies and programs.