The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship in Comparative Health Policy for 2008-2009. The postdoctoral fellow will work closely with the center's program on comparative health policy while completing his or her own research. The fellow's research should focus on contemporary health or healthcare in two or more countries of the Asia-Pacific. Potential topics include (but are not limited to) comparative analysis of healthcare financing and delivery; population health and burden of disease; the implications of demographic change; long-term care; and health policy processes. We welcome applications from junior scholars (PhD conferred after 2005) from a variety of disciplines, such as sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, public policy, law, health services research and related fields.

The fellow will be expected to be in residence for at least three academic quarters, beginning the fall quarter of the 2008 academic year, with possibility of extension to a second year depending on progress and funding. He or she will take part in center activities throughout the academic year, and is required to present research findings in center seminars. The fellow will also participate in the center's publication program and may participate in other activities at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, such as the weekly Research in Progress Seminars at the Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research. The fellowship carries a stipend between $40,000 and $45,000 depending on experience, with $2500 for research expenses.

Applicants should submit two letters of recommendation, a curriculum vitae, and a short research statement (not to exceed six double-spaced pages) describing the research and writing to be undertaken during the fellowship period, as well as the published product that will be the result. Recent PhDs must have degree conferral by August 30, 2008.

Deadline for receipt of all materials is January 15, 2008. Address all materials and queries to:

Karen Eggleston
616 Serra St.
Encina Hall, Room E311
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
(650) 723-9072 (voice)
(650) 723-6530 (fax)
karene@stanford.edu