The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) invites applications from candidates from Sub-Saharan Africa for fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships to start a research degree programme on 3 January 2022. There are three studentships available.
LSHTM has pre-identified eight research projects that address the links between hygiene and health in Sub-Saharan Africa in one or more of the following areas:
- The role of hygiene in the prevention and transmission of infectious diseases and their consequences.
- Hygiene behaviours and hygiene behaviour change.
- The intersection of hygiene and broader social and economic impacts
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Candidates applying for a PhD studentship under this scheme should choose one of the eight projects listed below that matches their interests, skills and experience and then develop the project further in their application. Projects to choose from are as follows:
- Exploring how a social business model can promote good menstrual health and improve the lives of women socially and economically.
- Hygiene Interventions in Kampala’s Informal Settlements: global health imaginaries and local health realities.
- Understanding the sustainability of Menstrual Health and Hygiene interventions in schools in Uganda.
- Assessing educational outcomes in a school-based menstrual health and hygiene intervention trial in Uganda.
- Economic analysis of a school-based menstrual health and hygiene intervention in Uganda.
- Hygiene-related determinants of enteric infection in rural and urban settings of Mozambique.
- Economic evaluation of adding hand hygiene and point-of-use chlorination interventions to existing treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Senegal.
- Complementary food hygiene, childhood diarrhoea, and antibiotic use: exploratory research in peri-urban Zambia.
Benefits
Each PhD studentship will comprise:
- Tuition fees at the LSHTM overseas fee rate for the duration of the research project (up to 4 years).
- An annual tax-free stipend equal to the UKRI stipend level (inclusive of London weighting).
- Up to GBP20,000 for research costs, travel and/or training.
Eligibilities
The normal minimum entrance qualification for registration at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine general entrance requirements as follows:
- A master’s degree in a subject appropriate to the course of study to be followed (recommended).
- A qualification appropriate to the course of study to be followed, in medicine, dentistry or veterinary studies.
- An upper second-class honours degree from a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, in a relevant subject.
- Evidence of an aptitude for research.
- LSHTM asks for English language proficiency which is slightly higher than the Common European Framework for languages (CEFR) B2 level.
- Once you have submitted your application the Admissions Team will check your English language ability.
Application Process
- To apply for this studentship, applicants should submit an application for research degree study via the LSHTM application portal. Applications not submitted through this portal will not be considered.
- In their applications, applicants should develop a research proposal based on one of the eight projects listed above. Applications not based on any of the eight projects will not be considered.
- Applicants should also include a personal statement in section 6 of the online form in which they describe their long-term career goals and their vision for contributing to research into hygiene and health in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Applicants should apply via the LSHTM Faculty (ITD, EPH or PHP) of the primary supervisor listed for their chosen project. They should also enter ‘Reckitt-LSHTM Hygiene & Health PhD Studentship’ under ‘LSHTM Scholarship name’ in the ‘Funding Details’ section of the online application form.
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Application Deadline: July 11, 2021
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