Master’s Internship Position in Public Health/psychology/nursing
il y a 2 jours
**Applicants must be enrolled in a Master's program, and the internship must be a mandatory part of the degree.**
Within the Department of Precision Health, the Ageing, Cancer and Disparities Research Unit (ACADI) aims to investigate key moments in the cancer pathway where inequalities are likely to occur, namely pre-diagnosis, treatment decision-making, and active treatment, and propose recommendations and interventions.
The ACADI team has recently received support from ThinkPink Luxembourg to run a project that will set the team’s future research agenda on cancer treatment decision-making in Luxembourg. For the first phase of the project, comprising a qualitative questionnaire sent to patients, family, and healthcare professionals, we are offering a 6-month Master's Student internship.
The main tasks of the Master’s Student will be to work on distributing the survey and conducting preliminary qualitative content analysis on the data. In the frame of this work, the Master student will benefit from the expertise of Dr India Pinker in health psychology and Dr Sophie Pilleron in epidemiology.
**Key Accountabilities**
- Questionnaire dissemination;
- Discuss results within the group & with other researchers;
- Interpret findings qualitatively;
- Participate in project meetings & organisation;
- Join other group-based activities;
- Co-writing a high-level scientific paper.
**Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications**
- Master’s Student in but not limited to Public Health, Psychology, Nursing, or Social Sciences;
- Some experience or basic training in qualitative research;
- Comfortable speaking English, with good English writing skills;
- Good organisational skills;
- High motivation and discipline to work in a multi-disciplinary team;
- Skills in French, German, Luxembourgish, or Portuguese are assets;
- ** Applicants must be affiliated with their own University;**:
- ** The internship needs to be part of the Master’s curriculum.**
**What we offer**
- Students have the opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary & international scientific environment, benefiting from exchanges with other students and scientists across the department;
- An environment allowing further training in a variety of health-related domains, fostering the acquisition of global skills in presentations & communication, scientific English, qualitative analysis, statistical data evaluation, and more.
**Gender Equality**
The LIH is an equal opportunities employer. We are fully committed to removing any discriminatory barrier related to gender, and not only, in recruitment and career progression of our staff. The LIH is attentive to gender representation among its leadership staff and aims to eliminate obstacles to the recruitment and promotion of female leaders and their career development.
**In Short...**:
- Contract duration : 6 months
- Work hours : 40h/week
- Location : rue Thomas Edison 1 A-B - 1445 LUXEMBOURG
- Start date : ASAP
- Ref : IP
**How to apply**:
Applications including a letter detailing your motivation and a curriculum vitae should be sent through our website.
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