Postdoc project manager of MyDigiTwin project

Postdoc project manager of MyDigiTwin project
Postdoc project manager of MyDigiTwin project

Published	Deadline	Location
yesterday	25 Sep	Utrecht

Develop a Big-data and Artificial Intelligence-based ecosystem to create a user's personal "Digital Twin" allowing cardiovascular disease detection, risk assessment, and visualization of the potential effect of personalized therapeutic interventions.
Job description
This postdoc position concerns:

• Member of the overall coordination team of the MyDigiTwin project
• Actively involved in the development and execution of scientific aspects of the project.

The MyDigiTwin project is a scientific initiative to develop a platform in which individuals can, for the first time, directly compare their personal health data with big-data reference data available from multiple cohorts, including ±200,000 national and ±500,000 international volunteers with long-term follow-up.
This big-data will be queried via FAIR data access points and "on the fly" comparison by Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based algorithms will return results that will be used to render a "Digital Twin" (rep-resentative) of each individual user. This "Digital Twin" informs the user on the actual observed cardiovascular events of the identified "most alike" volunteers from big-data reference sets.
The "Digital Twin" can also be modified for input variables to allow the user to simulate the effect of changes (e.g. in Lifestyle) and assess benefits or harm.
The MyDigiTwin platform will also make AI tools available to the users to "check" whether their personal data, including possible pharmacotherapy, is in line with the official recommendations from professional cardiovascular practice guidelines.
Dedicated research will be directed to obtain fundamental insights into the readiness of society to optimally align the foreseen platform and cockpit (user interface) with the needs and expectations of users.
A co-creation strategy will be used to develop MyDigiTwin and its efficacy, in order to empower patients and enable shared decisionmaking.
This will be tested in a real-life setting by our clinicians. MyDigiTwin contributes to self-management and improved interaction with health care professionals through knowledge driven empowerment, technical solutions to enhance communication, and reports to simulate shared decision making.
As a project manager of the MyDigiTwin project you will:

• Be involved in the overall coordination of the MyDigiTwin project as member of the central coordination team;
• (co)organization of project meetings, workshops and conferences on the project's themes;
• Research (data science/medicine/biomedical) on specific subprojects;
• Dissemination of project results at scientific events and other outlets.

Specifications

• 28—36 hours per week
• max. €4800 per month
• Utrecht View on Google Maps

University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht)

Requirements
We are looking for a motivated researcher and coordinator with a critical mindset that meets the following qualifications:

• Hold a PhD in the field of data/computing sciences, applied mathematics, medicine, biomedical sciences, or related field.
• Good academic writing skills and excellent communications skills in English, both in speaking and in writing. Speaking Dutch is a plus because the platform will be targeted to Dutch citizens.
• You can work together in an interdisciplinary team but are also able to organize your work independently.
• Good communicative, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Great networker

Conditions of employment
The maximum salary for this position (28 - 36 hours) is € 4.800,00 gross per month based on full-time employment.
In addition, we offer an annual benefit of 8.3%, holiday allowance, travel expenses and career opportunities. The terms of employment are in accordance with the Cao University Medical Centers (UMC).
Department
As a postdoc you will be embedded within the Circulatory Health Research Center in the group of Prof. Pim van der Harst and involved in the overall coordination of the MyDigiTwin project.
MyDigiTwin is a national collaboration among academic institutes and private partners. The multidisciplinary team involves members from the data science, life science, health care, social sicence / humanities, and the creative field.
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