LSHTM Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellowship for African Scholars UK

The two-year Fellowship will give an early career researcher the freedom to pursue novel research in the field of planetary health, including climate change and the implications of land use change, environmental destruction and degradation, and the evaluation of policies and measures to address these risks. The fellow will be able to work with world-class LSHTM faculty, including at MRC Units, from a broad range of disciplines including epidemiology, health systems, mathematical modelling, data science, diagnostics, social science, anthropology, clinical research and more. Based on their research interests, applicants are asked to submit a research proposal as part of the application. Applicants should identify a location for the research, and, if relevant, a collaborating African institution.

The Fellow must be a national from sub-Saharan Africa*. The successful applicant will be based primarily at either the MRC Unit in the Gambia (Key contact: Dr Kris Murray, [email protected]) or the MRC Unit in Uganda, and will be expected to move to either location, if not already based there.

*Sub-Saharan Africa, as defined by United Nations Development Programme, includes the following countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe,Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leona, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

• Table of Content
• About London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Fellowship
• Requirements for London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Fellowship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Founded in 1899 at the London Docks, LSHTM is now based in Bloomsbury, where it has two main sites at Keppel Street and Tavistock Place, and additional sites in The Gambia and Uganda. Today, our staff, students and alumni work in government, academia, international agencies and health services across the world. Learn more about the history of LSHTM.

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Fellowship

Aim and Benefits of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Fellowship

The fellow will receive a competitive research fellowship stipend of £25,000 per annum at either Gambia or Uganda. In addition, the fellowship will pay for the fellow's accommodation, annual holiday airfares and contribution to children’s school fees. They will also receive a modest research budget. Relocation and visa support will also be available for international applicants.

Requirements for London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Fellowship Qualification

Applications from individuals based at LMICs research institutions are strongly encouraged. Proficiency in the English language is a requirement for the Fellowship. Applications will be assessed on submitted documents and scored against the following criteria:

• Completed PhD degree within the last 3 years. We will accept applications from candidates who are confident that they will complete their PhD by 1 September 2022. Fellowships will only be awarded to people who have completed their PhDs.
• Demonstrated interest and experience in research on the links between health and environmental change.
• Ability to conduct a research project relating to environmental change and health that is of high scientific quality and has potential to make a clear impact on human health and that is deliverable within the duration of the Fellowship programme.
• Clear route for Fellowship work to benefit communities disproportionately affected by environmental change and/or traditionally under-served or under-resourced in adaptation or mitigation response measures.
• Potential for the project to generate novel interdisciplinary insights or methodology.
• Clear plan for the Fellowship to contribute to career development.
• Potential for the project to deliver a positive impact that lasts beyond the end of the Fellowship.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

This is a two-stage application process with the following timelines Stage 1: Interested applicants are invited to submit:

• CV including summary of key outputs and publications (maximum 3 pages)
• Personal statement (maximum 1 page) outlining career goals and reasons for applying
• An outline of a proposed research project to be conducted during the Fellowship (maximum 1 page)

Applications at Stage 1 will be shortlisted by a multi-disciplinary search committee and a shortlist of applicants will be invited to submit full applications in Stage 2.

Stage 2: Shortlisted applicants must submit:

• Preference for location to conduct the study
• List of two Faculty at LSHTM (either in London or at the MRC Units in Gambia and Uganda) they would be working with.
• Two letters of recommendation preferably from previous academic supervisors.
• An update of the outline proposal presented in stage one (details will be provided after stage 1 selections)

Applications with required documentation should be sent to: [email protected] with a copy to [email protected]. 

• The Stage 1 application deadline is 31st May 2022. Stage 1 applicants will be notified if they are invited to proceed to Stage 2 by 30th June 2022.
• Stage 2 applications will be interviewed either face-to-face or “virtual” in July/August 2022.
• Fellowship offers will be made to successful candidates in September 2022.
• The Fellowship start-date will be flexible, but the fellow should be in post by 1st January 2023.