Call for expression of interest for the selection of members of the Scientific Committee

Global Health EDCTP3 is launching a call for expression of interest for the selection of members of its Scientific Committee.

The governance of Global Health EDCTP3 is led by a Governing Board which is advised by a Scientific Committee and a Stakeholders Group.

Competence and Expertise 

Candidate members should have proven competence and expertise in at least one of the following areas:

•    Product development and clinical research in infectious diseases affecting sub-Saharan Africa including HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected infectious diseases, lower respiratory tract infections, diarrhoeal diseases, emerging and re-emerging infections, antimicrobial resistance as well as related co-morbidities.
•    Epidemic preparedness research and response.
•    Early warning, risk assessment and surveillance of emerging infectious diseases, climate crisis-related infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance.
•    Drug and vaccine development, as well as immunisation research for infectious diseases with a focus on poverty-related infectious diseases and neglected tropical diseases.
•    Epidemiological research on infectious diseases.
•    Implementation research for medical interventions in low- and middle-income countries, in particular in sub-Saharan Africa.
•    Clinical trial design and operations, biostatistics.
•    Clinical pharmacology and pharmacokinetics.
•    Mathematical modelling for infectious diseases and clinical health research.
•    Clinical research ethics.
•    Regulatory affairs & pharmacovigilance.
•    Training and capacity development of researchers in clinical trial research in low-resource settings.
•    Capacity building for medical research in developing countries.
•    Social science, community engagement and gender balance in research in low-resource settings.
•    Health research systems and policy, translation of research findings into policy guidelines and adoption within public health systems.
•    Health research data sharing, data access and governance.
•    Climate and Health research.
•    Pharmaceutical Industry R&D experience.

For an overview of the tasks of the Global Health EDCTP3 Scientific Committee click here.
 

Application procedure:

Interested individuals are invited to submit their application via the functional mailbox: EC-GLOBAL-HEALTH-EDCTP3-EOI-SCIENTIFIC-COMMITTEE@ec.europa.eu

For applications to be admissible, they must include:

•    A motivation letter explaining how the applicant fulfils the criteria set out.
•    A curriculum vitae (CV).

Deadline for applications:

The applications must be sent by 30 September 2024, 23:59 (CET).

Further information on this call for expression of interest, can be found here.