PHD Scholar Job at Infectious Diseases Institute

Infectious Diseases Institute

PHD Scholar Job Post

Location: Jobs in Uganda 2025 - 2026

Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day

Salary: UGX

No. of vacancies: 01

Deadline: January 19 2025

Hiring Organization: Infectious Diseases Institute

Job Details:

General Summary
• The PhD scholar will be working under an NIH funded observational study entitled Clinical Predictors of 3-months Isoniazid and Rifapentine (3HP)- related Adverse Drug Reactions during Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy.
• The PhD study will be a sub study evaluating the pharmacogenetic predictors of adverse drug reactions among individuals receiving the 3HP regimen for TPT.

Key Responsibilities
Project Implementation and Data management
• The scholar will develop a proposal regarding the sub study for PhD research project.
• The scholar will review, clean and ensure data accuracy for the data from the main study that will be used for analysis as part of the PhD research project.
• The scholar will follow up and review the genotypic data results from the lab.
• The scholar will take the lead in the analysis and interpretation of the genotypic data.
• The scholar will be required to meet all the required outcomes for a PhD scholar under Makerere University Directorate of research and graduate training.

Academic Qualifications
• Bachelors degree in a clinical field or statistics
• Person Specification
• The PhD Scholar should have experience in working with clinical related data and preferably pharmacokinetic/pharmacogenetic data.
• Basic training in pharmacokinetics/clinical pharmacology is an added advantage.