Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Health Ethics
Fogarty African Bioethics Post-Doctoral Fellowship (FAB-PDF) Program

• Complete fellowship activities across multiple institutional contexts:
  • 4.5 months based at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, USA
  • 1 month based at MakCHS in Kampala, Uganda
  • 1 month based at Ethox in Oxford, UK
  • 11.5 months based at the postdoctoral fellow’s home institution
• Access bioethics mentorship, coursework, seminars and scholarly/practice/training networks
• Conduct individual and international collaborative mentored research and writing
• Participate in international global health ethics and research ethics conferences
• Plan and complete a funded global health ethics leadership project

• Current national of a country in sub-Saharan Africa
• Completed a bioethics-related PhD or related doctoral research degree, generally within 5 yrs of the fellowship start

• Previously completed an NIH Fogarty-sponsored bioethics training (at any level)
• Previously worked on global health ethics, infectious disease ethics, or international research ethics topics
• Have strong discipline-appropriate methods training used to conduct bioethics research and writing
• Have a record of bioethics scholarly publication, presentation, and/or professional service
• Hold a faculty position in an institution of higher-education in sub-Saharan Africa, or demonstrate institutional commitment to providing such a position

• Stipend of $5,084 USD/month (pre-tax) to cover accommodations, meals, and incidentals during the months while in residency at BI, plus health benefits
• Travel support sufficient to meet the costs of MakCHS and Ethox visiting fellow components
• Modest budgets for leadership project, technology and supplies; fee coverage for required courses and conference registration

Call for Applications
The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities at the University of Oxford have established the Global Infectious Disease Ethics (GLIDE) collaborative with support from the Wellcome Trust. A central pillar of this partnership is a joint post-doctoral fellowship training opportunity. We are pleased to invite applications to the program from uniquely qualified individuals who are committed to interdisciplinary and transnational collaboration and who have a particular interest in the ethical issues at the intersection of global health and infectious disease.

This two-year fellowship will begin September 1, 2025, pending funding approval.

Qualifications and Opportunities

• Doctoral-level degree in bioethics, philosophy, public health, law, medicine, social science, history or other relevant discipline, with fewer than five years of post-PhD research by the start date.
• Scholarly interests in ethical issues at the intersection of global health and infectious disease.
• Primary, in-residence appointment at Johns Hopkins and a residency requirement at the Wellcome Center. The exact nature, duration and timing of the Oxford residency is flexible and case-specific.
• Fellows will become integrated members of the ongoing post-doctoral training programs at both Institutions and have access to a wide range of activities and opportunities, including:
  • Regular seminars, presentations and discussions with leaders in the field;
  • Individualized research program;
  • Bioethics coursework and mentorship;
  • Professional development training;
  • Teaching opportunities (commensurate with experience and background);
  • Participation in outreach efforts via social media

Salary/Benefits

• $65,000 per year, plus health and other standard benefits available to all post-doctoral fellows of Johns Hopkins
• Travel for the residency requirement and modest living expenses when overseas
• A modest discretionary fund for travel to relevant conferences

To apply: The application window is now open. Applications are due by March 31, 2025, and must be uploaded via Interfolio (https://apply.interfolio.com/163563). Applications should include:   

• Cover Letter
• Personal statement in support of your application
• CV
• Copy of Graduate Transcript(s)
• Writing Sample
• Two Letters of Reference

For more information on the Berman-Oxford Joint Post-doctoral Fellowship Program, please contact the Berman Institute’s Associate Director for Global Programs (Joseph Ali, JD at [email protected]) or Professor Gail Geller, ScD, MHS at [email protected].

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Call for Applications

The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities at the University of Oxford have established a Collaborative Bioethics Research and Training Program with support from the Wellcome Trust.  Through this partnership, we have created joint post-doctoral training opportunities.  We are pleased to invite applications from uniquely qualified individuals who are committed to interdisciplinary and transnational collaboration and who have a particular interest in the ethical issues at the intersection of global health and infectious disease.  This two-year fellowship will begin September 1, 2024.

Qualifications, Responsibilities and Opportunities

• Doctoral-level degree in bioethics, philosophy, public health, law, medicine, social science, history or other relevant discipline, with fewer than five years of post-PhD research by the start date.
• Scholarly interests in ethical issues at the intersection of global health and infectious disease.
• Primary, in-residence appointment at Johns Hopkins and a residency requirement at the Wellcome Center. The exact nature, duration and timing of the Oxford residency is flexible and case-specific.
• Fellows will become integrated members of the ongoing post-doctoral training programs at both Institutions and have access to a wide range of activities and opportunities, including:
  • Regular seminars, presentations and discussions with leaders in the field;
  • Individualized research program;
  • Bioethics coursework and mentorship;
  • Professional development training;
  • Teaching opportunities (commensurate with experience and background);
  • Participation in outreach efforts via social media

Salary/Benefits

• $62,500 per year, plus health benefits
• Travel for the residency requirement and modest living expenses when overseas
• A modest discretionary fund for travel to relevant conferences

To apply: The application window is now open. Applications are due by May 10, 2024 and must be uploaded via Interfolio (http://apply.interfolio.com/143815). Applications should include:   

• Cover Letter
• Personal statement in support of your application
• CV
• Copy of Graduate Transcript(s)
• Writing Sample
• Two Letters of Reference

For more information on the Berman-Oxford Joint Post-doctoral Fellowship Program, please contact the Berman Institute’s Director of Education Initiatives (Gail Geller, ScD, MHS at [email protected]) or Associate Director for Global Programs (Joseph Ali, JD at [email protected]).

Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Health Ethics
Fogarty African Bioethics Post-Doctoral Fellowship (FAB-PDF) Program

Call for Applications  

The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics (BI), Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) and University of Oxford Ethox Centre (Ethox) invite applications for the Fogarty African Bioethics Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program (FAB-PDF) –an 18-month advanced bioethics postdoctoral training program for scholars from sub-Saharan Africa who hold a bioethics-related PhD. Funded by the Fogarty International Center, NIH, USA, the program focuses broadly on global health ethics, with particular opportunities for fellows to concentrate on issues involving global infectious disease ethics and advanced international research ethics.  The fellowship will begin approximately January 15, 2024.

Opportunities

• Complete fellowship activities across multiple institutional contexts:
  • • 4.5 months based at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, USA
    • 1 month based at MakCHS in Kampala, Uganda
    • 1 month based at Ethox in Oxford, UK
    • 11.5 months based at the postdoctoral fellow’s home institution
  • Access bioethics mentorship, coursework, seminars and scholarly/practice/training networks
  • Conduct individual and international collaborative mentored research and writing
  • Participate in international global health ethics and research ethics conferences
  • Plan and complete a funded global health ethics leadership project

   Eligibility

  • Current national of a country in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Completed a bioethics-related PhD or related doctoral research degree, generally within 5 yrs of the fellowship start

  Preference will be given to candidates who:  

  • Previously completed an NIH Fogarty-sponsored bioethics training (at any level)
  • Previously worked on global health ethics, infectious disease ethics, or international research ethics topics
  • Have strong discipline-appropriate methods training used to conduct bioethics research and writing
  • Have a record of bioethics scholarly publication, presentation, and/or professional service
  • Hold a faculty position in an institution of higher-education in sub-Saharan Africa, or demonstrate institutional commitment to providing such a position

  Salary/Benefits

  • Stipend of $4,707 USD/month (pre-tax) to cover accommodations, meals, and incidentals during the months while in residency at BI, MakCHS and Ethox, plus health benefits
  • Airfare, ground transport and visa fees for residency requirements; modest budgets for leadership project, technology and supplies; fee coverage for required courses and conference registration

  Applications are due by June 30, 2023 and must be uploaded via Interfolio (http://apply.interfolio.com/124960). Candidates must submit: 

  • CV
  • Personal statement describing: 1) motivation to pursue the fellowship, 2) nature of previous bioethics training, 3) bioethics scholarly research and writing interests, including description of any works in progress that will be completed during the fellowship, and 4) idea(s) for a potential leadership project (nature of the project, how it aligns with local priorities, personal skills that will be advanced, and any relevant preparations)
  • Two (2) letters of recommendation
  • One (1) letter of institutional commitment, signaling sufficient leave from employment for all fellowship activities, and a commitment to, at minimum, position retention and support in undertaking the leadership project and in integrating bioethics capacity on completion
  • Copies of graduate transcript(s)

  For more information, please contact Joseph Ali, JD ([email protected]) and/or Nancy E. Kass, ScD ([email protected]).

  The FAB-PDF is sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center (Grant # D43TW010512)

Professor Nelson Sewankambo was presented with the inaugural biannual GLIDE Global Health Ethics Leadership Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of global bioethics.

In the early 1980s Professor Sewankambo was one of the first physicians in Uganda to recognise HIV/AIDS as a new disease. In addition to his leadership in HIV/AIDS research, Professor Sewankambo has devoted much of his professional attention to the advancement of medical and bioethics education, research, and service in Uganda and the African continent. He helped build the research capacity strengthening consortium (THRiVE) which involved seven African institutions and two universities in the UK, and provided leadership for the Initiative for Strengthening Research Capacity in Africa (ISHReCA).

In presenting the award at the Global Health and Bioethics International Conference on 28 June, Professor Joseph Ali, of the Berman Institute of Bioethics, said:

‘Professor Sewankambo is a visionary who has paved the way for bioethics to flourish in Uganda and across Africa through regional and global partnerships.  He has long-recognised that the work of bioethics requires not only individual passion, but also deep commitment and coordination within and across institutions. His efforts have inspired countless researchers, practitioners, and organisations to direct their attention to the goal of strengthening bioethics systems and answering critical bioethics questions for the benefit of society.’

Professor Sewankambo is a director of the NIH Fogarty-funded Makerere International Health Research Ethics Master’s Training Programme, the Makerere University International Bioethics Doctoral Research Training Programme, and the Fogarty African Bioethics Consortium-Postdoctoral Fellowship programme. He is also a key member of the International Expert Network for the Oxford-Johns Hopkins Global Infectious Disease Ethics (GLIDE) Collaborative.