UNU-IIGH Global Health PhD Fellowship Programme 2026 – YOA

Deadline: Unspecified

Applications are open for the UNU-IIGH Global Health PhD Fellowship Programme 2026. The Global Health PhD Fellowship Programme on the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) gives an OPPORTUNITY for PhD candidates to complement their doctoral coaching via direct engagement with world well being coverage processes within the UN system.

The Fellowship is designed to supply palms-on expertise in utilized analysis, coverage evaluation, and data translation. Fellows will probably be embedded inside UNU-IIGH’s analysis crew and can contribute to coverage-related work that helps UN companies, governments, and companions.

Successful candidates will probably be assigned to a mission underneath the mentorship of a UNU-IIGH researcher. Fellows are anticipated to actively interact within the Institute’s work and contribute to its analysis, coverage, and capability growth actions.

Duties and duties

Under the supervision of the work package deal lead, the PhD Fellow will:

• Contribute to literature opinions, evaluation, and preparation of draft reviews or journal manuscripts for assigned tasks inside UNU-IIGH’s world well being portfolio.
• Co-lead (with supervision) the event of a UNU-IIGH report, coverage temporary, and/or peer-reviewed journal manuscript primarily based on work performed in the course of the Fellowship, aligned with each the Fellow’s PhD analysis and UNU-IIGH’s lively tasks.
• Support the analysis and programmes crew on assigned tasks, together with (as related) occasion preparation, communications, mission planning, and reporting.
• Identify and meet mutually agreed analysis, programme, and studying targets with the supervisor, together with in areas comparable to world well being governance, well being coverage and programs, and proof-to-coverage translation.
• Present a seminar on a mutually agreed matter and supply a brief reflection on the Fellowship expertise on the finish of the position.
• Communicate commonly and successfully with the supervisor and UNU-IIGH crew and ship assigned outputs to a excessive skilled normal and inside agreed timelines.
• Comply with all related UNU-IIGH, UNU, and UN insurance policies and procedures, together with onboarding and administrative necessities.

Benefits

• Exposure to world well being coverage processes inside the UN system.
• Hands-on expertise in coverage-related analysis and data translation.
• Mentorship from senior UNU-IIGH researchers.
• Opportunity to contribute to excessive-affect coverage and analysis outputs.

Eligibility

Applicants ought to:

• Be at the moment enrolled in a PhD programme in world well being, public well being, well being coverage, or a associated discipline.
• Have sturdy analytical and writing abilities in English.
• Demonstrate curiosity in world well being coverage, governance, and utilized analysis.
• Be capable of work independently and collaboratively in a world, multidisciplinary setting.

Application

Send your CV and three references to UNU-IIGH Director’s e mail: [email protected] 

For extra data, go to UNU-IIGH Global Health PhD Fellowship.