Consultant- Senior Research Assistant

Project Brief: 

The HTAIn Resource centre will have the following objectives: 

1. To provide capacity building on HTA to individuals, institutions and the Government 

2. To provide technical assistance on various issues related to HTA to state Governments and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

 3. To complete HTA related studies assigned to it by the Department of Health Research, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. 

4. To publish scientific papers, policy briefs and other document to inform the Sate and National Government. 

5. To publish communication material on various HTA related issues for use of different stakeholders. 

6. To represent and present results of HTA in National and International conferences, meetings and other fora.

Deliverables: 

• To contribute to literature and systematic reviews as required
• To develop complete protocols for each review 
• To execute the search strategies 
• To complete the data synthesis from the selected articles as per protocol 
• To complete the literature and systematic review reports in consultation with the PI and Co-PIs 
• To undertake cost data collection and analysis (including health system cost and patient level expenditures) as required in the project 
• To contribute to completion of economic evaluations as required in the project
• To complete economic evaluation protocols
•  To develop models for economic evaluation
•  To finalise tools of data collection
•  To execute and run models for economic evaluation
•  To complete data analysis for economic evaluations
•  To finalise research reports in consultation with all team members, PI and Co-PIs
•  To contribute to any other HTA related research as may be assigned to the Centre. 
• To undertake data collection and supervise data collection sites 
• To undertake basic statistical analysis 
• To contribute to the training programmes of the Centre 
• To develop training agenda 
• To develop adequate communication material for engaging with potential trainees
•  To ensure successful execution of trainings 
• To contribute to teaching/training activities as necessary 
• To contribute to academic administration activities at IIPH Delhi as necessary. 
• To coordinate with other staff members including the finance team at PHFI to ensure compliance, reporting and other administrative issues. 
•  To develop manuscripts/policy briefs based on the research and prepare for publication
• To prepare and deliver presentations of the study in conferences/meetings as necessary. 
• To liaise with ICMR, DHR and other Government agencies for the purpose of the project
• To ensure compliance of reporting guidelines with ICMR/DHR
•  Travel as required Any other activities as delegated by the PI/Co-PI              Qualification: Essential:
•  Masters level qualification in Public Health, health economics, or a related discipline Desirable: 
• Academic qualification in Health Technology Assessment/Economic evaluation

Experience:

• Around 1-2 years’ experience in the field of public health/ health economics/HTA related research

Desirable: 

• Capability of undertaking systematic reviews and/or preparing and running decision analysis modelling 
• Knowledge of MS Office, STATA (or other statistical software like SPSS, R, etc.), TreeAge, etc.