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Applications are invited for one or two-year, full-time post-doctoral fellowships in Vancouver, Canada,
to take an active role in the ACTION for Health project: an international and multi-disciplinary study that explores the social aspects of information technology in the health sector within Canada and abroad, with goals of encouraging
positive change in health care policy and practices. Fellows will work at the interface of social, health and information sciences.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The research is organized along 3 themes:
■ Theme 1 - Lay User Issues:
Information Literacy, Intermediaries &
Navigation, Information Use
■ Theme 2 - Health Care Practitioner Issues:
Technology Use in Context, Stardardization
■ Theme 3 - Ethical and Legal Issues:
Liability, Privacy, Intellectual Property,
Employment
BENEFITS TO FELLOWS
■ competitive salary and benefits
■ acquire skills essential for communicating with multiple stakeholders, including decision-makers in government and health care
REQUIREMENTS
■ Ph. D. in Social Sciences (e.g., Sociology,
Anthropology, Communication,
Science, Technology & Society), Information or Computer Science, or other related disciplines
■ publications in the field
■ develop project management skills
■ gain experience in developing research along the aforementioned research areas
■ work with a group of bright and outgoing students from the SFU Assessment of Technology In Context (ATIC) Lab
■ knowledge of information science as it relates to health care systems
■ experience conducting field research
(Themes 1 & 2)
Please send the following to us via email for consideration:
■ current curriculum vitae ■ live, work and play in Vancouver, British
Columbia — a beautiful, culturallydiverse city that affords numerous yearround recreational activities; and host of the 2010 Winter Olympics
■ a brief overview of research areas of interest, a description of short-term objectives to be achieved with a fellowship, along with a description of your long-term career goals
■ 3 letters of recommedation
■ graduate transcripts
Applied Communication Technology: Information .
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FOR MORE INFORMATION contact Ellen Balka: +1.604.725.2756
email Kelly, the ACTION for Health
Project Co-ordinator: actadmin@sfu.ca
visit the following websites: www.sfu.ca/~aticdl www.sfu.ca
www.vchri.ca/s/Home.asp
www.sfu.ca/act4hlth
The ACTION for Health project is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. > www.sshrc.ca