Institution: Public Health Foundation of India
Duration: One year
Deadline for application: 05 December 2024
Overview:
The National Institute for Health and Care Research has funded the Public Health Foundation of India and the University of Leicester to establish a Global Health Research Centre for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTCs). MLTCs are commonly defined as the co-existence of two or more long term conditions, each of which is a long-term physical (e.g., diabetes), mental (e.g., depression) or infectious disease (hepatitis C). According to recent community surveys from India, the prevalence of MLTCs ranges from 9.4% to 65%. Age, female gender, lower socioeconomic status and physical inactivity are main risk factors for MLTCs. For more information on MLTCs, please see the editorial entitled “Multimorbidity or multiple long-term conditions: need for bridging the evidence & care gaps to address an emerging priority public health issue in India.”
Despite its growing burden, MLTCs have received minimal recognition from healthcare providers and policymakers. Health systems are still focused on individual disease management rather than having an integrated care model, resulting in the delivery of fragmented and inefficient care. The Centre aims to address some of these issues via co- designing, implementing and evaluating a patient-centered health system intervention comprising of decision support system, assisted telemedicine and patient facing application.
The fully funded one-year master’s programme will be embedded within the Centre. The candidate will be required to be affiliated with/join the Public Health Foundation of India or other co-applicant institutions (AIIMS Jodhpur or HRIDAY) before starting the master’s programme. The candidate will be jointly supervised by a team of highly accomplished researchers across institutions in India and the UK. The candidate will be based in India and will travel to Leicester for completing the programme depending the programmes s/he gets selected into or will apply. The master’s degree will be awarded by the respective collaborating UK based universities mentioned below.
The Centre plans to build capacity of the individuals under its research capacity strengthening work package. The Centre will fund the tuition fees for the selected candidates to pursue full-time master’s in the following masters level programmes.
1. Applied Research Methods from University of Leicester (UoL)
Applied Health Research MRes, PGCert | University of Leicester
2. Medical Statistics MSc from University of Leicester (UoL)
Medical Statistics MSc | University of Leicester
3. Health Economics and Health Policy MSc from Brunel University London
Health Economics and Health Policy MSc Online|Brunel University London
4. Public Health and Health Promotion MSc from Brunel University London
Public Health and Health Promotion MSc | Brunel University London
5. Data Science MSc
Data Science MSc | Prospective Students Graduate – UCL – University College London
‘Residents of India with bachelor’s or master’s degree in health, medicine, dentistry, nursing, statistics/biostatistics, demography, economics, population studies, nutrition etc.
Please complete the online application form which can be accessed here – Master’s Programme Form – Google Forms. Please upload the following documents (in one single PDF) while filling the online application
1. CV (Two-pages maximum, Arial font of size 11) indicating the following: –
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- Full name, address, email ID and contact number
- Education
- Work experience
- List of publications (highlight your name, use * if you are first, corresponding or last author and indicate your specific contribution to the paper in a sentence)
- Conference presentations
- Contact information of two referees
- Statement of purpose explaining why you want to pursue this programme (maximum 750 words)
We also encourage applicants to go through eligibility requirements set by the above university for the master’s programme.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Surabhi Verma at surabhi.verma@phfi.org.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted to attend an interview by a panel comprising of Centre investigators and UK university admissions office personnel.