Post-Graduate Fellowship

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Call for Applications

The Post-Graduate Fellowship is an intensive training program that provides opportunities both for self-directed research and interdisciplinary collaboration in health metrics. Strong candidates for this program have graduate-level training in quantitative methodology from one of the following areas: health policy, economics, mathematics, computer science, statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, health services, demography, engineering, physics, medical sciences, or other related fields.

The Post-Graduate Fellowship (PGF) combines academic research, education and training, and professional work with progressive, on-the-job training and mentoring from an illustrious group of professors and researchers.

The purpose of the fellowship is to:

·         Enhance skills in conducting in-depth, methodological research on a variety of global health topics with mentoring from faculty and researchers who are the leading minds in their fields.

·         Advance knowledge of quantitative analytical methodologies and their application to global health.

·         Develop understanding of the current global health landscape and its challenges.

·         Strengthen the ability to design and implement research projects and mentor junior researchers.

·         Prepare fellows for future positions in academia, national health agencies, international organizations, and foundations.

Applications for the IHME Post-Graduate Fellowship are due November 1.