UK : University of Hull PhD Scholarship: Reducing inequalities related to early mortality from cancer

PROJECT DETAILS
Outcomes for people with cancer are poorer in areas of socio-economic disadvantage. In general, cancer patients in the UK have poorer survival than those in other areas of Europe or in Canada and Australia. In addition, an important proportion of the poorer outcomes found in England may relate to the numbers of cancer patients who die within the first year after diagnosis. This studentship will therefore study in greater detail the circumstances surrounding deaths within the first year after diagnosis, focussing on how outcomes are influenced by socio-economic disadvantage. The challenge is to understand the pathway before diagnosis in order to ascertain the characteristics of patients who die within a short time period so that we can reduce such deaths in the future.

This project will aim to explore the demographic characteristics of patients who die within one year of diagnosis (e.g. age, sex, socio-economic status), the tumour specific features of patients who die within one year of diagnosis (e.g. stage, treatment, performance status) and the diagnosis pathway features of patients who die within one year of diagnosis (e.g. place of initial presentation, time to referral, time to treatment). Methods will include database review (in collaboration with the cancer registry) and retrospective observational study involving data collection from primary and secondary care records for the period leading up to diagnosis.

LOCATION AND RESEARCH CULTURE
The project will be hosted by the University of Hull’s SEDA Research Group (Supportive care, Early Diagnosis and Advanced disease) headed by Dr Miriam Johnson, Reader in Palliative Medicine and Prof Una Macleod, Professor of Primary Care Medicine. SEDA is part of the Centre for Health and Population Studies at the Hull York Medical School. This studentship will be embedded within a programme of research funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research’s endowment to the University of Hull on Inequalities in Cancer. The successful candidate will join five other PhD students and, by mid 2012, six post-doc researchers.

NAMED ACADEMIC
The primary supervisor for this project is Professor Una Macleod (una.macleod@hyms.ac.uk). Interested applicants can informally consult with Professor Macleod about the project.

FUNDING
Each full-time UK/EU PhD scholarship will include fees at the ‘home/EU' student rate and maintenance (£13,590 in 2012/13) for three years and the international fee bursaries will cover full tuition fees for full time overseas students for three years, depending on satisfactory progress. Funding for conference attendance will also be available.

The international fee bursaries will cover full tuition fees for full-time overseas students for three years, depending on satisfactory progress.

START DATE
This scholarship is expected to commence in October 2012.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
This project is suitable for someone with a degree in health or social sciences.

HOW TO APPLY
All applications MUST BE submitted to the HYMS Postgraduate Centre via the online application method: http://www.hyms.ac.uk/postgraduate/applying-for-postgraduate-study.aspx

Please quote 'HYMSPG/09/1213' with the scholarship title when applying. In order for the Panel to get a sense of your academic background, commitment and interest, you are required to complete the application form in full and provide a research proposal/outline of academic interest.
If you have any queries on how to apply please email postgraduate@hyms.ac.uk.

INTERVIEW DATE
Interviews for the scholarship will be held as soon as possible after the closing date. Applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be sent details of the date, time and venue via email within a week of the deadline. If you are not invited for the interview, it means that your application has not been successful. Please note that we do not offer feedback to applicants who are not invited to the interview.

INTERVIEW OUTCOME
As soon as reasonably practicable after the interviews have taken place HYMS will write to the successful applicant offering him/her the post. Upon receipt of formal written acceptance of the post we will write to notify unsuccessful candidates. Whilst we try to do this in as effective and efficient manner as possible, sometimes the process can take rather longer than is ideal because of the need to recall candidates for a second interview and reconvene interview panels and/or due to routine disruptions caused by leave and other absences. We apologise for any delay and inconvenience caused in these circumstances.

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Application Deadline : 2 March 2012

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