Haramaya University is one of the oldest Universities in Ethiopia, with its first intake in 1954. It is about 17km from the city of Harar, 40km from Dire Dawa (where there is a regional airport), and 510km East of Addis Ababa. The College of Health and Medical Sciences is based on a campus in Harar town to facilitate training of students in nearby hospitals. This campus also hosts the office of the two Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS).
BACKGROUND
Haramaya University has formed a research collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Current research projects are focused on maternal and child health. The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance network (CHAMPS, http://champshealth.org/) is a global health surveillance network funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aimed at understanding the causes of child death in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The core of the project is to develop laboratory, epidemiological and clinical surveillance for detection of infectious diseases (through minimally invasive tissue sampling) in children who have died and those with life-threatening illnesses. The Maternal Infection Study, an aligned research project, is investigating the contribution of infection to stillbirth and early neonatal death.
The post-holder will be responsible for working with health care workers and research staff to support and facilitate all research activities within the Microbiology and pathology Laboratory department.
Duties and Responsibilities
The post-holder will work full-time at the CHAMPS site in Haramaya, Eastern Ethiopia and will be responsible to the Laboratory Director of the CHAMPS study. The post-holder will work closely with other project specific staff (Pathologist, Project Managers, Medical and Clinical Officers, Nurses, Demographic Surveillance staff, Social Science staff) to develop capacity to participate and maintain the site in the CHAMPS network. The core of the project is to develop laboratory, epidemiological and clinical surveillance for detection of infectious diseases (through minimally invasive tissue sampling) in children who have died and those with life-threatening illnesses.
The Research Microbiologist will be responsible for developing capacity for conventional and molecular microbiological assays (Taqman Array Cards and other methodologies) using standardised operating procedures defined in the CHAMPS and other research protocols. In addition, the post holder will be expected to develop an individual research base in a related area which may not be limited to vaccines against bacterial infections, genomic analysis of bacterial pathogenesis, or similar - depending on the existing skills and interests of the successful applicant.
Key Responsibilities
The post holder will closely work with staff assigned by the LSHTM in smooth flow of activities related to the laboratory research activities both in the clinical and community setting. Some of the major activities include:
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