Research Scientist/Senior Research Scientist

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About the Organization

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is working towards building a healthier India. It is helping to address the limited institutional and systems capacity in India by strengthening education and training, advancing research and technology and facilitating policy and practice in the area of Public Health.  PHFI is headquartered in New Delhi with national presence through its constituent units of regional Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPHs) and Centers of Applied Research in core public health themes. The Foundation, established in 2006 as a public private initiative, is governed by an independent board comprising of senior government officials, eminent Indian and International academic and leaders, civil society representatives and corporate leaders.

Job Responsibilities

• Draft questionnaires and standard operating procedures for various research activities
• Review the literature to inform development of tools for various research activities
• Draft applications for submission to the institutional ethics committee
• Contribute to development and implementation of the pilot and cluster randomized controlled trial
• Oversee development of study database
• Coordinate with field staff to ensure timely and high quality data collection
• Coordinate with statistician/data manager for data cleaning and analysis
• Review data for errors and get them rectified in timely manner
• Keep track of publications and other research outputs
• Coordinate with communications manager to ensure dissemination of research outputs through various social media channels
• Attend various committee meetings
• Contribute to development of the research capacity strengthening efforts.
• Contribute to data analysis and report writing.
• Travel as required.
• Any other task assigned by the PI.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

Essential:

• MD in Community Medicine or PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology or other allied field.

Experience:

Essential:

• 1-3 years of experience in implementing community-based research projects
• Publishing manuscripts in high impact factor journals
• Proficiency in the use of software’s for data analysis – R or Stata and NVivo or MAXQDA.

 

Interested and eligible candidates may send their updated CV to recruit@phfi.org and fill the application form– https://forms.office.com/r/y5gRCLWWzT. Please mention the exact Position Code (PHFI-RSRS-2508) in the email subject line. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the interview.

Last Date of Receipt of Applications:  05 March 2025.

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