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Recruitment- PhDposition in social science research on public confidence in vaccines
The research groupof Prof Hongjie Yu in the School of Public Health, Fudan University, China incollaboration with the research group of Prof Heidi Larson at the London Schoolof Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) seeks to recruit a PhD student towork on social science research related to public confidence in vaccines. Thisposition is funded by a prestigious Global Health Research award from theUnited Kingdom’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), and fundingfrom Prof Yu’s grants at Fudan University. This position is offered as part ofthe larger NIHR Evidence Policy Immunisation China multi-disciplinary researchprogramme that includes epidemiology, social science and health systems researchvaccine modelling and health economics. This position will be co-supervised byProf Heidi Larson and Dr Tracey Chantler at LSHTM and Prof Hongjie Yu at FudanUniversity.The PhD student will be registered at LSHTM, and will be mainlybased in LSHTM, but will need to spend part of their time at Fudan Universityand Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (with travel expensesprovided). Students will have a unique opportunity to interact with academicsand public health professionals in China and the United Kingdom.

Institutionalsummary

The researchgroup of Prof Hongjie Yu in the School of Public Health, Fudan University,Shanghai, China

Professor Hongjie Yuis a doctoral supervisor in the School of Public Health of Fudan University. Hereceived the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2015. Hewas also elected as one of Changjiang Scholars, Ministry of Education of thePeople's Republic of China. He is a member of The WHO Advisory Group of theGlobal Action Plan (GAP AG) for Influenza Vaccines, member of the WHO StrategicAdvisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) Working Group on influenzavaccines and immunization.
Prof Yu has decadesof experiences in multidisciplinary researches in infectious diseases,including the transmission dynamics, epidemiological parameters, diseaseburden, evaluation of interventions, as well as vaccine efficacy,effectiveness, safety, and cost effectiveness for emerging and re-emerginginfectious diseases with public health
importance, e.g. Ebola, novel animal influenza virusinfections, Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Dengue, Rabies, seasonal influenza,pneumococcal and Hib diseases. He has published over 135 articles ininternational peer-review journals, including 5 papers published in The Lancet,2 in BMJ, 4 in PLoS Medicine, 4 in Lancet Infectious Disease, and 1 in NatureCommunications as the first author or senior corresponding author.
The research teamled by Prof Yu is an interdisciplinary group tied closely to infectiousdiseases with great public health importance, and focuses on four researchareas: spatial epidemiology; dynamics, evolution and control ofemerging/remerging infectious diseases; clinical epidemiology; and vaccines. Inthe field of vaccines, the research team aims to undertake targeted,policy-focused research including estimates of disease burden, test of vaccinesfor safety, immunogenicity, efficacy, and effectiveness, evaluation of costeffectiveness, demand forecasting, and budget impact analysis to accelerate newvaccine introduction into Chinese National Immunization Program and to informevidence-based vaccine policy making.
For more informationon Prof Hongjie Yu, please see http://sph.fudan.edu.cn/t/174

The researchgroup of Professor Heidi Larson at LSHTM

Professor Heidi J.Larson is an anthropologist and Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project(VCP); Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science, Department ofInfectious Disease Epidemiology, LSHTM; Associate Clinical Professor,Department of Global Health, University of Washington; and Chatham House Centreon Global Health Security Fellow. Professor Larson previously headed GlobalImmunisation Communication at UNICEF, chaired GAVI’s Advocacy Task Force, andserved on the WHO SAGE Working Group on vaccine hesitancy.
The VCP, which is aWHO Centre of Excellence on addressing Vaccine Hesitancy, studies publicconfidence in vaccines using a variety of data sources and methods, seeking tohighlight the importance of the “vaccine confidence gap,” measuring publicattitudes and monitoring the media for signs of emerging confidence issues,developing advice for struggling immunisation programmes, and advancing themethodologies used to study the vaccine confidence phenomenon worldwide. TheVCP’s analyses focus on understanding vaccine hesitancy at a detailed level,going beyond the broad stereotypes of vaccine-hesitant populations, tounderstand what specific concerns people have that create barriers tovaccination. This deeper level of understanding allows public health programmesto respond more intelligently, targeting exactly those issues wheremisunderstandings are most prevalent, and if necessary changing the wayvaccines are delivered to better fit with people’s preferences for bothconvenience and cultural propriety.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,London, UK

The London School ofHygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a world-leading centre for researchand postgraduate education in public and global health. The School’s multidisciplinaryexpertise includes clinicians, epidemiologists, statisticians, socialscientists, molecular biologists and immunologists, and work with partnersworldwide to support the development of teaching and research capacity.
The School’seducation programmes have grown to more than 1,000 London-based Master’s andResearch students, 2,900 studying Master’s by distance learning and 1,000 onshort courses and continuous professional development. The School has alsolaunched a series of free online courses, and more than 15,000 peopleregistered on the first of these, Ebola in context. Staff, students and alumniwork in more than 150 countries in government, academia, international agenciesand health services.
The School is highlyranked in various university league tables. It was named the world’s leadingresearch-focused graduate school in the Times Higher Education World Rankingsin 2013, and was the Times Higher Education University of the Year in 2016. In2014, it was ranked in the top 10 universities in the world for citation rateby the new EU-supported U-Multirank database, fourth in the world for impact inmedical sciences by the Leiden Ranking and third in the world for socialscience and public health in the US News Best Global Universities Ranking. Accordingto the results of the UK government’s Research Excellence Framework, publishedin December 2014, the School was ranked second overall (after the Institute forCancer Research) on the key measure of impact.
For more informationon LSHTM, please see http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/.

Position overview

Period
3-4 years fromJanuary 2018.

Focus
The successfulcandidate will be part of the social sciences and health systems researchtheme. The PhD will focus on measuring public and provider confidence in currentvaccines and anticipate confidence in vaccines to be introduced in China in thenext 3 years (e.g. HPV). The student will be involved in mapping and assessingsocial attitudes to vaccination, conducting a systematic review on publishedevidence, and conducting primary qualitative research with vaccine programmebeneficiaries and health professionals who deliver immunisation programmes. Pleasesee the Vaccine Confidence Project for more information on this area ofresearch (http://www.vaccineconfidence.org/).

Skills weexpect a student to develop/acquire whilst pursuing this project
Expertise in study design, theory, data collection methods (i.e.in-depth interviews, focus groups, participant observation) and analyticalapproaches applied in anthropology and sociology
Experience in conductingsystematic reviews
Survey methodology
Social epidemiology
Knowledge of immunizationpolicies and programmes
An understanding of Health Systems Research.

Prioreducational requirements for a student undertaking this project
Postgraduate degree from a good university with astrong qualitative component, such as anthropology, sociology, socialepidemiology as well as mixed-methods research.
Undergraduatedegree from a good university with a strong qualitative component, such asanthropology, sociology, social epidemiology as well as mixed-methods research.

Englishlanguage requirements
Candidates need tohave a strong command of both spoken and written English. This is essential to:obtain a visa to study in the UK, be accepted into and complete LSHTM’s PhDprogramme.
The formal Englishlanguage requirements for entry to LSHTM are available here:
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2017-02/english_language_requirements.pdf
Candidate’s Englishproficiency will be assessed during the interview and all interviews will beconducted in English.

Essential andpreferred prerequisites
The PhDs are jointlyfunded by the ‘Global Health Research Initiative’ of the United Kingdom’sNational Institute for Health Research, and by Fudan University. Students arerequired to commit to returning China at the end of their studies to work withProf Yu’s research team. Applicants’ native language (mother tongue) should beChinese, or the applicant should be able to speak, read and write Chinese tothe level of a native speaker.
In terms ofpreferred prerequisites, we are seeking to appoint a highly motivated,ambitious, enthusiastic student, who has demonstrable (publications,undergraduate or Masters projects/essays, previous work/research experience)interest in vaccine related social science and health systems research.

How to apply
Please submit thefollowing with the subject line of: “PhD position in social science research onpublic confidence in vaccines” to: yhj@fudan.edu.cn and
qianmengcen@fudan.edu.cn
Curriculum vitae (with detailsof your professional, university referees)
A one-two page cover letter explaining why you are interested in thisposition (your experience in this field, research ideas), what you expect toget out of this position and your future career plans.

The deadline forapplications is 30th September 2017 and shortlisted candidateswill be invited for an interview in September/early October 2017. Selectedcandidates will then need to apply formally to the LSHTM PhD programme.
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/applications/applying-research-degree