Dear All, Two fascinating job opportunities have appeared. Even if you’re not looking for a job, the job descriptions tell you a lot about things going on below the surface: A role at the Associate or Full Professor level in Singapore The National University of Singapore is looking to appoint a Director for an innovative
Dear All: The UN Interagency Coordination on AMR Secretariat, hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), is looking for a consultant to support the delivery of the work of the ad hoc Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (IACG). As context, IACG’s mandate is to provide practical guidance for approaches needed to ensure sustained effective global action to address
Dear All: The Pew Charitable Trusts are in search of an Innovation Officer to form and influence public policy by leading the project’s work related to economic incentives for antibiotic discovery and development. There’s a longer description on the website, but here are the core responsibilities: Tracking and analyzing federal legislative and regulatory proposals related to
Dear All: Two interesting job posts this week. Could one of them be for you? First, CARB-X seeks a Boston-based full-time Chief of R&D (link). This is clearly a very senior role on the CARB-X leadership team: the R&D Chief would have responsibility across the entire CARB-X portfolio for the planning, review, awarding and monitoring of
Dear All: BARDA’s Division for Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe) was established earlier this year with a mission to develop countermeasures to protect Americans from natural and intentional health security threats. BARDA now seeks a permanent director for the Division. The job description for this role is that the Director will: Use vision and strategic and scientific leadership
Dear All, WHO is seeking two consultants to work for 6-12 months in Geneva. The consultants would provide strategic support and technical facilitation forestablishment of the global governance structures recommended by the UN Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (IACG, link). The work would be in close consultation with the Tripartite Organizations and other UN and
Dear All, Two things on a Friday afternoon: First,CARB-X Funding Round 4 will be open from 12-19 Nov 2019 for Expressions of Interest (EOIs). This round is very focused and seeks only applications for new classes and/or new targets in early development phases (hit-to-lead through Phase 1) targeting a specific list of Gram-negative pathogens (see link,
Dear All, Today, 3 fabulous job opportunities! Could this be you or someone you know? The Global Strategy Lab focuses on transnational health threats and social inequalities; as part of their work, they are a WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance. They are hiring a couple of senior roles in Toronto. Both roles are initially for
Dear All, CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy) at the University of Minnesota has posted a full-time job offering for a Deputy Director! Here’s my quick summary drawn both from the posted job description and a brief sidebar with CIDRAP staff: The job is very senior (part of CIDRAP’s Executive Team) and spans research
Dear All, WHO continues on their streak of seeking support for their AMR-related work! Today we have a posting by the Tripartite Joint Secretariat on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) of a consultancy opening for an 11-month project that would support development of multisectoral guidance(s) on development and strengthening of the coordination mechanisms and governance structures for addressing AMR. Full details
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