Netherlands Job Openings
Universiteit Twente
PhD position on data-driven healthcare models for pandemic preparation
Enschede
FULL TIME
November 27, 2024
Key takeaways
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Hours40 hr.
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Salary indication
Salary gross/monthly
based on full-time€ 2,901 - € 3,707 -
Deadline30 Dec 2024
You will integrate medical, health-economic, and logistical elements into mathematical models and data-driven decision rules for the allocation of patients to hospitals and regions to minimize lost healthy life years during and after a large infectious outbreak. Such models may, for example, be composed of statistical techniques to forecast the number of pandemic patients, stochastic models to determine the number of hospitalised patients, and optimisation models to allocate patients to hospitals and regions.
You will implement your decision rules in decision support systems to facilitate their real-life use during future health crises. To this end, you will work in close collaboration with hospitals, the ”Regional Consultation Acute Chair Chain” (Regionaal Overleg Acute Zorgketen, ROAZ) at the regional level, and the “National Coordination Center for Patient Reallocation” (Landelijk Coördinatiecentrum Patiënten Spreiding, LCPS) at the national level.
Your project will be embedded in the inter-faculty research team CHOIR (Centre for Healthcare Operations Improvement and Research). CHOIR is a research center within the UT that focuses on Operations Research methods for Healthcare Logistics, such as multi-appointment scheduling, surgery scheduling, and resource allocation in times of scarce healthcare capacity. CHOIR is one of the most active and productive research groups in the field of Operations Research and Management in Healthcare. See https://www.utwente.nl/en/choir/.
Your profile
- You have acquired a Master's degree in mathematics, operations research, econometrics, industrial engineering, or a closely related discipline.
- You have excellent programming skills.
- You are an enthusiastic and highly motivated researcher.
- You have a creative mindset and excellent communication skills.
- You have a good team spirit and like to work in an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented environment.
- You are proficient in English.
- The UT and the faculty EEMCS are inclusive toward underrepresented groups and strive to increase the proportion of female staff. Female applicants are particularly welcome.
Our offer
- As a Ph D candidate at UT, you will be appointed to a full-time position for four years, with a qualifier in the first year, within a very stimulating and exciting scientific environment;
- The University offers a dynamic ecosystem with enthusiastic colleagues;
- Your salary and associated conditions are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO-NU);
- You will receive a gross monthly salary ranging from € 2.901,- (first year) to € 3.707,- (fourth year);
- There are excellent benefits, including a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, and a solid pension scheme;
- The flexibility to work (partially) from home;
- A minimum of 232 leave hours in case of full-time employment based on a formal workweek of 38 hours. A full-time employment in practice means 40 hours a week, therefore resulting in 96 extra leave hours on an annual basis.
- Free access to sports facilities on campus
- A family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid);
- You will have a training programme as part of the Twente Graduate School where you and your supervisors will determine a plan for a suitable education and supervision;
- We encourage a high degree of responsibility and independence while collaborating with close colleagues, researchers and other staff.
Information and application
Are you interested in this position? Please send your application via the '' button below before December 31, 2024, and include:- A cover letter (maximum 2 pages A4) emphasizing your specific interest, qualifications, and motivations to apply for this position.
- A Curriculum Vitae, including a list of all courses attended and grades obtained, and, if applicable, a list of publications and references.
- A copy of your Master's thesis or, if it is not yet available, an outline and summary of your thesis.
- An IELTS-test, Internet TOEFL test (TOEFL-i BT), or a Cambridge CAE-C (CPE). Applicants with a non-Dutch qualification and who have not had secondary and tertiary education in English can only be admitted with an IELTS-test showing a total band score of at least 6.5, internet. TOEFL test (TOEFL-i BT) showing a score of at least 90, or a Cambridge CAE-C (CPE).
For more information regarding this position, you are welcome to contact Richard Boucherie, r.j.boucherie@utwente.nl.
About the department
The position will be in the Applied Mathematics department. The Applied Mathematics department has an active research portfolio in stochastic operations research, algorithmic discrete mathematics, complex networks, statistics, systems theory, computational science, and artificial intelligence with applications in health care, energy systems, traffic, and imaging. See https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/mor/ and https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/sacs/, and https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/mds/ for information.Our research group, Stochastic Operations Research (SOR), conducts mathematical education and research of internationally high standards in the areas of stochastic processes and mathematics of operations research to contribute to the development of mathematics in a multidisciplinary engineering environment and contribute to a better understanding and functioning of our increasingly complex society. See https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/sor/.
About the organisation
The faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) uses mathematics, electronics and computer technology to contribute to the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). With ICT present in almost every device and product we use nowadays, we embrace our role as contributors to a broad range of societal activities and as pioneers of tomorrow's digital society. As part of a people-first tech university that aims to shape society, individuals and connections, our faculty works together intensively with industrial partners and researchers in the Netherlands and abroad, and conducts extensive research for external commissioning parties and funders. Our research has a high profile both in the Netherlands and internationally. It has been accommodated in three multidisciplinary UT research institutes: Mesa+ Institute, Tech Med Centre and Digital Society Institute.New Job Alerts
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