PhD vacancy Integrated mobility and healthcare capacity planning

The University of Twente (UT) is looking for two PhDs on the mobility and accessibility impacts of local and digital healthcare provision. The positions are part of the NWO funded TRIAS project .

The TRIAS project is a collaboration between the University of Twente, Radboud University, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, and 10 partners in the mobility and health sector. Research will be conducted in Field Labs in the healthcare practice of the Connected Care Center of the Isala hospital (Zwolle) and homecare organisation TWB (Roosendaal). In the Field Labs integral mobility and healthcare capacity planning strategies will be tested, aiming to deliver more local and digital healthcare for patient groups with very different characteristics and needs.

This fully-funded PhD project Integrated mobility and healthcare capacity planning, examines the implications of local and digital healthcare provision on health care operations. It involves the development of a planning support tool to examine integral healthcare capacity planning incorporating travel costs of patients, healthcare and home care workers. Coordination of treatment schedules, shared physical resources and digital healthcare services, and the interdependence of those resources in a patient’s healthcare process, is complex. A planning support tool, incorporating analysis and prediction models, will be developed in close collaboration with project partners. The tool will allow the development of integral mobility and  healthcare capacity planning scenarios and impact estimations including health care cost.

This PhD project will be conducted at the Center for Healthcare Operations Improvement and Research, within the Industrial Engineering & Business Information Systems section of the Faculty of Behaviour, Management and Social sciences, University of Twente. The project will be conducted in close collaboration with the TRIAS PhD project on Physical and digital healthcare accessibility .

As a PhD candidate, you will be enrolled in the Twente Graduate School (TGS). Your work location is Enschede, but you will spend a part of your time at TRIAS partners to conduct research in the Field Labs. Additional information about the PhD position can be obtained from prof. dr. Karst Geurs (email: [email protected]), professor of Transport Planning, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Twente., or prof. dr. Erwin Hans Center, professor Operations Management in Healthcare, Faculty of Behaviour, Management and Social sciences, University of Twente (email: [email protected])

Please submit your application before May 31, 2024 (choose “apply now” below).
Your application must include:

• A cover letter (maximum 2-pages A4), emphasizing your specific interest, qualifications, motivations to apply for this position and research ideas for one of the two PhD project.
• A full Curriculum Vitae, including a list of all courses attended and grades obtained, references and, if applicable, a list of publications.
• A short description (maximum 1-page A4) of your MSc research.

Since only three documents can be uploaded per application, please combine documents if needed.

The interviews are scheduled on June 11th and 17th.

The Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET) engages in education and research of Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Industrial Design Engineering. We enable society and industry to innovate and create value using efficient, solid and sustainable technology. We are part of a ‘people-first' university of technology, taking our place as an internationally leading center for smart production, processes and devices in five domains: Health Technology, Maintenance, Smart Regions, Smart Industry and Sustainable Resources. Our faculty is home to about 2,900 Bachelor's and Master's students, 550 employees and 150 PhD candidates. Our educational and research programmes are closely connected with UT research institutes Mesa+ Institute, TechMed Center and Digital Society Institute.