Laboratoire national de Santé Etablissement public Direction PhD

Laboratoire national de Santé
Etablissement public
Direction
E.P. Laboratoire national de santé | 1, rue Louis Rech L-3401 Dudelange
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PhD Student in Infectious Diseases and Cancer Epidemiology (M/F)
The Surveillance & Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Section within the
Microbiology Department of the Laboratoire National de Santé (National Health
Laboratory) is recruiting a doctoral student for the research project Papillux funded by
the Fonds National de la Recherche.
This project’s objective is to investigate the impact of the human papillomavirus (HPV)
vaccination program in Luxembourg. In particular we will study the epidemiology of HPV
infections in young women by comparing the diversity of HPV genotypes in vaccinated
and unvaccinated young women. This project is a collaboration between the Laboratoire
National de Santé, the Inspection Générale de la Sécurité Sociale, the Direction de la
Santé and the Planning Familial.
We are seeking applications from biomedical, mathematical and social science
graduates with a strong interest to pursue a research career in infectious diseases or
cancer epidemiology. The ideal candidate has obtained a Master’s degree, has a good
command of written English and can adapt to a French speaking working environment.
The PhD position is funded for 3 years at a fixed level of 2.928€ per month.
Applications should include a detailed CV including honours, awards and publications,
full contact information including email and phone numbers from 2 academic referees
and a one-page letter why you are interested in this particular project.
If you are interested, please send your application to: [email protected] quoting
reference 2015-PAP-01.
Deadline: August 21, 2015.
Laboratoire national de Santé
Direction
B.P. 72
L-3401 Dudelange
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