The Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego Postdoctoral Fellow Position

The Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California San Diego

Location: San Diego, CA

 

Postdoctoral Fellow Position 

 

The Center on Gender Equity and Health is located within the Division of Infectious Disease & Global Public Health in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego. The mission of the Center on Gender Equity and Health is to improve population health and development by improving the status, opportunities, and safety of women and girls globally. The Center focuses on conducting innovative global public health research, medical and academic training, and development and evaluation of evidence-based policies and practices related to:

·        Gender inequities (girl child marriage, son preference and daughter aversion)

·        Gender-based violence (partner violence, sexual assault & exploitation, sex trafficking)

The overarching goal of the Center is reducing gender inequities and gender-based violence, as such reductions are key to improving sexual, reproductive, and maternal and child health. To achieve this mission of creating sustainable and large-scale change, the Center seeks and maintains partnerships with governmental and non-governmental agencies around the globe. A social justice framework is utilized by the Center across these efforts, and innovative technologies are employed to facilitate and accelerate change at individual, community and national levels.

The Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego has an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative 4.5-year research study on social networks and reproductive health in West Africa. The Center is searching for a postdoctoral fellow to assist in designing and coordinating the study, which began in December 2020. The focus of the work is to evaluate the efficacy and scalability of a social network and social norms-based approach to improve family planning use among married adolescent girls and young women in Niger (funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) under the direction of Drs. Jay Silverman and Holly Shakya. This study will quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate the relative effectiveness and scalability of social network-based vs. standard community-level interventions to promote family planning. Learnings from this groundbreaking research will inform the implementation and scaling of family planning interventions in similar settings. The candidate must have completed a doctorate in public health or related field, possess strong quantitative analysis skills, be conversational in French, have experience coordinating complex projects, (once the COVID-19 crisis allows) be able to travel internationally and be willing to physically relocate to San Diego (most likely in the second quarter of 2021). The selected postdoctoral fellow will be reviewed annually, with the duration of the appointment being up to three years. 

 

Desired Qualifications:

·        Doctorate in Public Health or related field

·        Experience coordinating complex projects

·        Strong quantitative analysis skills

·        Ability to speak conversational French

·        Willing to physically relocate to San Diego (once the COVID-19 crisis allows)

 

Interested individuals should send a brief cover letter and CV to Dr. Silverman at jgsilverman@health.ucsd.edu.