ANNOUNCE Doctoral Studentships in Healthcare Innovation (SD7103)

[SDMAIL Bayer, Steffen C]

Posted by  "Bayer, Steffen C" <s.bayer at imperial.ac.uk>

Imperial College London is offering doctoral studentships in Healthcare 
Innovation (see advertisement below).


I would be particularly keen to hear from candidates with an interest in 
system dynamics modelling and would advise students with initial ideas 
for research in this area to contact me directly at 
s.bayer at imperial.ac.uk 

Steffen Bayer
Imperial College London
Tanaka Business School

EPSRC Doctoral Studentships in Healthcare Innovation

The Tanaka Business School is inviting applications for three year doctoral 
studentships on innovation in healthcare delivery. Successful candidates will 
be working within an interdisciplinary team in the Health and Care 
Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC, www.haciric.org). 
We would like to hear from those who are interested in carrying out research 
on themes such as:

•         Technology adoption and diffusion

•         Managing innovation in complex organisational environments

•         Stimulating innovation in organisations, for example through incentives and targets

•         Simulation and modeling to understand the impact of innovation

•         Planning and delivering the infrastructure to enable innovative health services

Candidates are likely to have a background in social science and an interest in 
technology/innovation management, health policy or management disciplines, such as 
organisational behaviour and should have a good degree at Master's level.  Candidates 
with an interest in either quantitative or qualitative research methods are encouraged 
to apply. For further information, please contact Prof. James Barlow, 
j.barlow at imperial.ac.uk 

Funding is available for UK and EU fee status applicants. For UK applicants, the 
studentships cover fees and a stipend of c£14,500 per annum for three years.  EU 
applicants are eligible for full funding if they have spent a minimum of 3 years 
studying or working in the UK immediately before taking up the award.

How to apply:  Candidates should submit applications to the Doctoral Programme on our 
online application system:  
www.imperial.ac.uk/tanaka/programmes/doctoral-degree/admissions   
Please indicate on the form that you are interested in being considered for this 
studentship.  Please contact doctoral at imperial.ac.uk if you have any questions about 
the admissions process.  The deadline for applications is the end of July 2008.

Posted by  "Bayer, Steffen C" <s.bayer at imperial.ac.uk>
posting date  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:58:41 +0100