Projeto: PTDC/SAU-PUB/29567/2017- POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029567

Prazo de candidatura: 30 de setembro a 11 de outubro de 2019

Project: When do health inequalities start? Understanding the impact of childhood social adversity on health trajectories from birth to early adolescence” (PTDC/SAU-PUB/29567/2017- POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029567)

Description: A scholarship is available within the framework of the project “When do health inequalities start? Understanding the impact of childhood social adversity on health trajectories from birth to early adolescence” (PTDC/SAU-PUB/29567/2017- POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029567)” funded by FEDER through the Operational Programme Competitiveness and Internationalization and national funding from the Foundation for Science and Technology – FCT (Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education).

Scientific area: Health Sciences

Admission requirements:

Mandatory:

Applicants must have a Bachelor degree in Nursing and a Master degree in Public Health with specialization in Epidemiology; and also experience in health studies and population-based cohort studies.

Desirable:

Familiarity with social determinants of health and/or impact of stressful events for health; experience and training in statistical analyses and scientific writing. Fluency in English documented by corresponding diploma or scientific papers as the first author.

Activity outline: 

The successful applicant will be part of the research team. He/she will be responsible for data collection and organization, management of databases, statistical analyses and writing scientific reports.

Legislation and regulations: Law Nº. 40/2004, from August 18th (Research Grant Holder Statute), republished in the law no. 202/2012 of 27th August (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/estatutobolseiro) and Regulation Research Grant from the Foundation for Science and Technology 2019 (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores.phtml.en)

Work place and Supervision: Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (ISPUP), Porto, Portugal, supervised by Doutora Sílvia Fraga.

Duration: The duration of the position is 12,5 months, if does not exceed the end date of the project.

Value of monthly maintenance allowance: The amount of the grant corresponds to

€ 989,70 (free of taxes), according to the table of grants values ​​of FCT in the country (http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores).

Selection methods: There will be a selection based on ranking by curriculum evaluation of all the eligible candidates. If necessary, the candidates will be invited for an interview (for a maximum of 3 candidates).

Composition of the Jury Selection:

Jury President: Silvia Fraga

Effective Member: Ana Cristina Santos

Effective Member: Ana Henriques

Substitute Member: Joana Araújo

Form of disclosure / notification of results: Candidates will be notified by email and all relevant information will be published at the ISPUP website (http://www.ispup.up.pt).

Call start and finish dates: September 30th to October 11th 2019.

Submission of applications: Applications must be formalized by e-mail to candidaturas@ispup.up.pt with the application letter and with the following documents: Curriculum Vitae, academic certificate and a letter of motivation. Only applications sent by e-mail will be approved to evaluation.

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