Postdoctoral Research Fellow

4 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa University of the Witwatersrand Full time

The MRC/Wits-Agincourt Research Unit is a leading health and population research centre that supports a major research infrastructure including a health and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS) covering the Agincourt sub-district of rural Mpumalanga Province adjacent to Mozambique. Taking a life course approach, the Unit undertakes interdisciplinary observational and intervention research collaborating with scientists from South and sub-Saharan African, UK/European, and North American institutions.

The two postdoctoral positions relate to a two-year funded grant that will investigate how families and friends provide care and support in the context of dementia within the MRC/Wits-Agincourt study area. The grant is co-led by Professor Lenore Manderson and Dr Guy Harling. Professor Manderson is a medical anthropologist with extensive research experience across three continents. At Wits she leads a programme of work around medical interventions, technology, access, and equity, and on chronic care and aging in community settings. Dr Harling is a social epidemiologist and Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale fellow at University College London who has worked in South Africa since 2004. His research focus is on how social connections and social networks both place people at risk for, and protect them against, poor health outcomes.

The study is concerned with (1) how extended households negotiate and provide care to people with ADRD; and (2) how the health and wellbeing of all caregivers are affected by care roles. Rural South Africa is ideal for examining ADRD caregiving since dementia prevalence is rising, understanding of dementia is limited, formal care is limited, and household structures and social networks are diverse and in flux due to poverty, rapid social change, circular migration, and comorbid conditions - all allowing careful examination of constellations of care.

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**Successful applicants will join a multidisciplinary team and enjoy unparalleled opportunity across all stages of the research process. This will include ethics and public engagement, field research, data management, and research-to-policy engagement. Fellows will be mentored to publish in peer-review journals.**:
**The positions will be based in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga Province, where Wits offers several accommodation options, with time in the School of Public Health and related departments in Johannesburg, and possibly occasional travel abroad. The fellowship is initially tenable for one year. Renewals are not guaranteed, but a second year may be possible depending on good academic performance.**:
**Required minimum education and training**:

- Doctorate awarded within past 5 years (or pending)
- Background in relevant discipline(s), including Epidemiology, Anthropology, Public Health, Demography, Population Studies, related Social Sciences
- Evidence of high academic and scholarly potential
- English language proficiency, strong conceptual and writing skills

**Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities**

Knowledge of Shangaan/Xitsonga or a related language would be an advantage

Evidence of interest in research on social networks, aging, caregiving, or dementia

Closing date : 31 May 2023

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