Postdoctoral Fellow
The Behavioral Economics and Global Health Insights (BEGIN) Lab at the University of Pennsylvania is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow who can support ongoing research projects and conduct original research on a wide range of topics in global health. Co-directed by Professors Alison Buttenheim and Harsha Thirumurthy, the mission of the BEGIN Lab is to seek innovative solutions to persistent challenges that limit healthy lifespans globally. In pursuit of these solutions, the BEGIN Lab’s projects include the design and evaluation of behavioral, structural, and policy interventions that have the potential to advance health for all. Supported by grants from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the BEGIN Lab’s projects take place in Kenya, India, South Africa, and Uganda and are focused on both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Apply here.
Project Manager
The Division of Health Policy is seeking a highly motivated Project Manager B (PM-B) to be responsible for the day-to-day research operations for a new program in which we plan to test the effects of utilizing behavioral economic principles to increase healthy food purchasing behavior among an urban population at high-risk of ASCVD and food insecurity across Penn Medicine. The PM-B will be responsible for oversight of all grant activities for this study including management of day-to-day research activities, IRB and regulatory requirements and the training and supervision of research staff. The PM-B will be responsible for managing and tracking study budgets as well as managing the timely submission of grant reporting to the sponsors. The PM-B will meet regularly with study leadership (internal and external) to provide study updates but will function independently in carrying out most responsibilities. Apply here.
Health Economics Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Postdoctoral Fellow will join The Parity Center, based in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy in the Perelman School of Medicine. This new interdisciplinary team of experts will be led by Amol Navathe, MD, PhD, as Center Director, and will include Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH; Austin Kilaru, MD, MHSP; Kristin Linn, PhD; Ravi Parikh, MD, MPP; and Eric Roberts, MA, PhD, as Associate Directors. The aims of The Parity Center are to advance the redesign of payment and policy to promote health care equity; build partnerships with payment and delivery organizations to translate and test in real world settings; and train future leaders who can address payment-related drivers of inequity. Apply here.
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