ILRI PhD Graduate Fellowship
ILRI PhD Graduate Fellowship: Assessing wildlife value chain and interspecies transmission risk of zoonotic diseases using a One Health approach in Vietnam.
Application Deadline:Â 26th May 2022
About the Award: Wildlife cultivating and exchange has developed into a multimillion industry in Vietnam. It principally supplies food, pay and different occupations to numerous networks, and enhancements food creation holes from the animals business in different regions. Perhaps the greatest danger of this occupation, in any case, is its capability to act as a wellspring of novel zoonotic microorganisms. Distributed investigations show that up to 75% of all arising illnesses are zoonoses, with the vast majority of these being related with untamed life. Such clever zoonoses frequently cause gigantic wellbeing and financial effects. Instances of novel zoonotic microorganisms that as of late risen up out of natural life incorporate Ebola, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, Nipah infection and profoundly pathogenic avian flu.
Contingent upon biosafety and biosecurity rehearses used to forestall cross tainting, untamed life homesteads, slaughterhouses or markets could act as contact hubs from where zoonotic microbes overflow to the human populace. It is significant consequently to describe rehearses engaged with wild meat creation and promoting, distinguish hubs where people, homegrown creatures and natural life interface and measure hazard of overflows to illuminate designated reconnaissance and reaction.
ILRI is enrolling a PhD individual to create and execute a gamble evaluation structure established on the One Health approach along natural life meat esteem chains to decide the size of this issue. The individual will likewise dissect natural examples that were gathered as of late from these worth chains to decide the commonness of chosen zoonotic microbes in these chains. S/he will work with a group of scientists with an abundance of mastery on arising irresistible sicknesses (EIDs), sanitation and antimicrobial obstruction (AMR) work.
This ILRI PhD Graduate Fellowship position is important for the CGIAR Research Initiative on safeguarding human wellbeing through a One Health approach. The point of the drive is to safeguard human wellbeing by working on the avoidance, location and control of zoonoses, foodborne illnesses and antimicrobial obstruction (AMR) in low-and center pay nations. The drive will work in seven nations: Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Côte d’Ivoire, India, Bangladesh and Vietnam.
Responsibilities
In close collaboration with ILRI supervisors, the fellow will:
- Develop a protocol for screening human and animal diseases including collection blood and serum samples for zoonotic diseases.
- Lead the sampling and process the samples mentioned above for laboratory analysis.
- Develop a risk assessment framework, focusing on risk of zoonoses spillovers from wildmeat value chain.
- Develop a survey for risk factors, knowledge, attitude and perception.
- Conduct statistical analysis and develop a disease transmission model from animal/wildlife to human.
- Draft a thesis and at least three journal publications.
- Undertake other relevant tasks as assigned by work supervisors.
Type:Â PhD
Eligibility for ILRI PhD Graduate Fellowship:
- Bachelor’s degree in veterinary medicine, animal science, public health or other relevant areas and master’s degree within relevant field e.g., epidemiology, ecology and data science.
- Quantitative statistical analysis skills.
- Experience in qualitative or quantitative risk analysis is an advantage.
- Good skills in a programming/scription language (e.g., R and STATA).
- Experience with QGIS or ArcGIS.
- Willingness to travel and to spend time in the field.
- Ability to work in interdisciplinary and international team, very good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent command in written and spoken English and Vietnamese.
- Proven publication record (peer-reviewed).
- Good working knowledge of MS Office packages.
Eligible Countries:Â Developing countries
To be Taken at (Country): ILRI – Vietnam.
Number of Awards:Â 1
Value of ILRI PhD Graduate Fellowship:Â Â ILRI will offer a competitive stipend to cover living expenses, medical insurance cover, meet research expenses and tuition fees. The successful candidate will benefit from various capacity development opportunities available at ILRI and will be supervised jointly by an ILRI scientist and the university/academic supervisor.
Duration of Award: 3 Years 5 Months (July 2022 – Dec 2025).
How to Apply:
All applications MUST include the following (applications not containing these documents will not be considered):
- A cover letter addressed to the Head of Capacity Development, ILRI expressing their interest in the fellowship position and what they can bring to the fellowship. The position title and reference number REF: GF/ILRI/AHH/04/2022 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the cover letter.
- CV including names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience.
- Copies of academic qualification certificates/transcripts.
Applications must be submitted through our recruitment portal http://ilri.simplicant.com/ on or before 26 May 2022.
We thank all applicants for their interest in working for ILRI. Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.
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