Wellcome Trust PhD Studentship

Centre for History in Public Health

Wellcome Trust PhD studentship

The Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) invites applications for a doctoral studentship funded by a Wellcome Trust award.

The topic should be related to an aspect of the history of post-war health policy. Preference will be given to proposals on issues such as the history of illegal drugs; the history of voluntary organisations and health; or the contemporary history of patient consumerism, but proposals for research on other aspects of the history of health policy will also be considered.

Supervision will be by Dr Alex Mold. The Centre has a particular focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. It benefits from its unique position at LSHTM, where historians work alongside specialists in public health, epidemiology, health services research and drug and alcohol research. This setting provides an important opportunity for historians to engage with live issues in health policy.

Funding

The Studentship will cover tuition fees at Home/EU level and an annual stipend in the first year and thereafter for three years in total.

Please be aware that non-EU applicants will be liable for paying the difference between Home/EU and overseas PhD fees. Click here for details of the Tuition Fees 2010/11.

Eligibility

Applicants should be qualified to Masters level in either history of medicine or in twentieth century British history, or in a cognate area.

How to Apply

Step 1: Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact Dr Alex Mold, preferably by e-mail, to discuss their proposed research area before completing their application.

Step 2: The application must be in writing and must clearly state the name of the studentship you are applying for. The application should comprise of the following elements:

Research Application Form (112K PDF)
Research Applicant Reference Form (106K PDF)
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (168K PDF)
a full, original, transcript of the applicant's academic record
two-page CV, including names of two academic referees
your current postal, email address and telephone number

Please send your PhD application to: Registry, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7299 4646, fax: +44 (0)20 7323 0638 or email: registry@lshtm.ac.uk

Application forms can be requested from Registry (e-mail: registry@lshtm.ac.uk), or from the School's website

Deadline for Application

Deadline extended to: 28th May 2010.

Interviews

Interviews will be held on 24th June and the studentship will start in September/October 2010.