Postdoc | Health and Digital Transformation in COPD

9 Jan 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Maastricht University (UM)

Research Field

Medical sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

17 Jan 2024 - 22:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

30.4

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

This 3-year postdoctoral research position is embedded within the NOW-funded project ‘Developing an Digital COPD Companion for Improving Lifestyle (DACIL)’ The DACIL consortium is an interdisciplinary consortium involving research groups from alpha, beta and gamma disciplines. DACIL adopts a new approach to improve the well-being of people living with COPD by assisting them to adapt a healthy lifestyle in the home environment whilst simultaneously tracking and preventing disease deteriorations with novel digital tools.

The Department of Respiratory Medicine at Maastricht is the coordinator for this project. The DACIL project consists of 6 different work packages (WP): (1) developing and monitoring of a framework for interdisciplinary research, (2) predicting changes in health status using voice and artificial intelligence, (3) developing a skin sensor to monitor health status in COPD, (4) co-design and co-creation of a digital COPD voice companion (5) testing validity and efficacy of the DACIL companion and (6) Implementation and dissemination of the DACIL companion.

The applicant will join a new and creative research group at our Department. Specific focus of this postdoctoral position will be the advancing of a digital companion through its development process from co-creation to validation in clinical trials and the development of a skin sensor that is able to monitor respiratory rate. More information can be found at the NWO website: Developing A digital COPD companion for Improving Lifestyle (DACIL) | NWO

The task within this postdoctoral research position include:

• Coordinating the DACIL project; specifically the different projects relating to the development of a digital companion for people living with COPD
• Developing a skin sensor to monitor health status in COPD
• Initialising and coordinating clinical trials in COPD
• Analysing results and writing scientific manuscripts
• Supervising and mentoring PhD students
• Teaching bachelor and master students (Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health in Digital Transformation)

Requirements
Specific Requirements

You are enthusiastic to set up a new research line together with the PI, and to provide support to colleagues within your discipline. You enjoy to coach and mentor PhD students and guide their professional and personal development. You pose a strong desire to grow and take on increasing responsibilities while building an new research group. You pose an excellent team spirit.

• You have a recent PhD in a relevant topic
• You have experience in qualitative and quantitative research methods and relevant statistical analysis (R, SPSS).
• You preferably have experience in biomedical signal analysis and machine learning models
• You have an analytical mindset and are systematic in your thinking
• You are able to plan and organise your work effectively and coordinate different research projects at the same time
• You have experience in conducting clinical trials
• You are willing to learn, adapt quickly to changes and are receptive to feedback from peers and students
• You Possess excellent networking and relationship-building skills and maintain a strong connection with the people around you.

Additional Information
Benefits

As Postdocat Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, you will be employed by the most international university in the Netherlands, located in the beautiful city of Maastricht. In addition, we offer you:

• Good employment conditions. The position is graded in scale 10 according to UFO profile Postdoc, with corresponding salary based on experience ranging from €3226,00 and €5090,00 gross per month (based on a full-time employment of 38 hours per week). In addition to the monthly salary, an 8.0% holiday allowance and an 8.3% year-end bonus apply.
• An employment contract for a period of 36 months with a scope of 0,8 FTE. Upon proven suitability, the employment contract will be converted to an indefinite contract.
• At Maastricht University, the well-being of our employees is of utmost importance, we offer flexible working hours and the possibility to work partly from home if the nature of your position allows it. You will receive a monthly commuting and internet allowance for this. If you work full-time, you will be entitled to 29 vacation days and 4 additional public holidays per year, namely carnival Monday, carnival Tuesday, Good Friday, and Liberation Day. If you choose to accumulate compensation hours, an additional 12 days will be added. Furthermore, you can personalize your employment conditions through a collective labor agreement (CAO) choice model.
• As Maastricht University, we offer various other excellent secondary employment conditions. These include a good pension scheme with the ABP and the opportunity for UM employees to participate in company fitness and make use of the extensive sports facilities that we also offer to our students.
• Last but certainly not least, we provide the space and facilities for your personal and professional development. We facilitate this by offering a wide range of training programs and supporting various well-established initiatives such as 'acknowledge and appreciate'.
  The terms of employment at Maastricht University are largely set out in the collective labor agreement of Dutch Universities. In addition, local provisions specific to UM apply. For more information, click here .

Additional comments

Curious?

Are you interested in this exciting position but still have questions? Feel free to contact Dr. Sami Simons, consultant respiratory physician and assistant professor at the Department of Respiratory Medicine at [email protected] for more information.

Applying?
Or are you already convinced and ready to become our new postdoctoral researcher? Apply now, no later than 17 January 2024 for this position. The first interviews preferably take place the end of January. The second interviews will preferably be held in February. An orientation day can be part of the application procedure.

The vacancy is open for internal and external candidates. In case of equal qualifications, internal candidates will be prioritized.

Maastricht University is committed to promoting and nurturing a diverse and inclusive community. We believe that diversity in our staff and student population contributes to the quality of research and education at UM, and strive to enable this through inclusive policies and innovative projects led by teams of staff and students. We encourage you to apply for this position.

Website for additional job details

https://www.academictransfer.com/336406/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Maastricht University

Country

Netherlands

City

Maastricht

Postal Code

6229HX

Street

P. Debyelaan 25

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/336406/postdoc-health-and-digital-transform…

Contact

City

Maastricht

Website

http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/

Street

Minderbroedersberg 4

Postal Code

6211 LK

STATUS: EXPIRED