University of York Teaching PhD Scholarship
The Inequalities In Health Research Group
Department Of Health Sciences

With York rated 6th out of 172 UK research education institutions,
research students in the Department have unrivalled opportunities to
develop their skills by working alongside research teams who are
building the international evidence base.

The Department seeks outstanding applicants for this full time PhD
Scholarship, funded by the University of York and supervised by Dr
Kate Pickett

The Scholarship offers tuition fees and a stipend for 3.5 years and a
defined teaching role and training programme. It is an opportunity to
gain valuable teaching experience and career development at the same
time as carrying out doctoral research. The research project will be
within the discipline of social epidemiology.

Applicants should have, or expect to have, a first or upper second
class honours degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. sociology,
psychology, health studies, epidemiology, geography) and an interest
in the application of research to policy and practice. An MA/MSc with
a research methods/statistics orientation and/or experience of
analysis of large scale data sets would be an advantage.
For details please visit www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/welcome.htm

Application forms are available at:
www.york.ac.uk/admin/gso/gsp/finance/awards.htm#howtoapp

Email: ds21@york.ac.uk Tel: 01904 321372

Closing date: 30 April 2007

www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences