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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear
Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington is
currently accepting applications for its Post-Graduate Fellowship program 2010
winter cohort. It would be greatly appreciated if you could forward along
the job description to those who may be interested. Interested candidates
may learn more about the IHME, our research, and the Post-Graduate Fellowship
program by visiting our website: <a
href="http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/">http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Brief
Position Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
Post-Graduate Fellowship is a highly intellectual, structured, and focused
didactic program where talented researchers can leverage their expertise to
help advance the field of health metrics. Strong candidates for this program
have graduate-level training in quantitative methodology from one of the
following areas: health policy, economics, mathematics, statistics,
biostatistics, epidemiology, health services, demography, engineering, physics,
medical sciences, or other related fields.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Fellows
receive training through on-the-job research, methods workshops, access to
University of Washington courses, and on-site lectures and seminars.
Post-Graduate Fellows contribute directly to IHME’s research agenda
through their involvement in work groups, development of new methods, and
managing and driving research projects to meet deliverables.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Post-Graduate
Fellowships are appointed at IHME for one year with the possibility of renewal
for a second year upon mutual agreement. The salary is $50,000. As University
of Washington employees fellows are eligible for an insurance benefits package
that includes a choice among several medical and dental insurance plans, life
insurance, and long-term disability. Please note that there is no retirement
package included with this appointment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#404040'>Sean Lassiter</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'>Education and Training Project
Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://healthmetricsandevaluation.org/"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'>Institute for Health Metrics and
Evaluation | University of Washington</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'>2301 5th Avenue, Suite 600 |
Seattle, WA 98121 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='color:#404040'>Tel: +1-206-897-2832 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="mailto:oviattj@u.washington.edu"><span lang=FR style='color:#0033CC'>seanpl@u.washington.edu</span></a></span><span
lang=FR style='color:#0033CC'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://healthmetricsandevaluation.org/"><span style='color:#48AA43'>http://healthmetricsandevaluation.org</span></a></span><span
style='color:#48AA43'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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