Funded Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship Available

The Sociology Department is seeking outstanding post-doctoral candidates to apply for a 3 year Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust. Candidates are expected to have been awarded their PhD before they apply and must not hold a long term established post. The research must be in any area of human and animal health.

In order to be considered, please submit the following documents to Ed Kirby (ed.kirby@york.ac.uk) by 4pm on Friday 11th December:

• A short CV (1 page)
• An outline of the proposed research (max 500 words) and the name of your proposed mentor and why you have chosen them (max 100 words). The outline should include a summary of the project, the research questions, how the research advances the field and the proposed methodology.

It is recommended that you contact your proposed mentor in advance of applying. If you have any questions regarding the process please contact Ed Kirby.

BSA Yorkshire Medical Sociology Group

York Sociologists are taking part in the Inaugural meeting of the BSA Yorkshire Medical Sociology Group on the afternoon of February 24th at Sheffield University. There will be a keynote from Mary Dixon-Woods from Leicester University on 'Knowing about patient safety: how hard can it be?' Amongst the other papers, Sian Beynon-Jones from York will be speaking on'Without delay: using women's accounts to trouble the temporalities of abortion policy and practice in England'

It is still possible to register for the event:

Registration: http://portal.britsoc.co.uk/public/event/eventBooking.aspx?id=EVT10322