About your role
As a PhD student, you will be involved in the further development of a general framework for impact and cost-effectiveness assessments, such as semi-Markov models linked to disease transmission models. The framework builds on existing models but these must be adapted to account for differences in epidemiology and disease burden between regions and relevant populations, and allow for impact comparisons between different vaccination and screening strategies in high-risk groups (e.g. sexual minorities and migrant populations).
Your main tasks are to:
- develop a general framework for impact and cost-effectiveness evaluations of preventive measures against HBV and HPV;
- perform an impact comparison between countries with different HBV and HPV vaccination and screening programmes;
- evaluate how screening strategies are related to vaccination coverage at a population level, and assess additional measures for vulnerable groups;
- contribute to the overall goals and objectives of SHIELD;
- publish your research findings in peer-reviewed scientific journals;
- write a PhD thesis for defence at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
About youYou are a computational biologist, biostatistician, econometrician or health economist with strong modelling and programming skills and an interest in public health. You have the following expertise:
- MSc degree in (mathematical or computational) biology, (bio)statistics, econometrics or closely related field;
- modelling skills and programming experience, preferably in R and C++ (or Python, Java or similar);
- clear interest in the field of biomedical or public health research;
- good communication skills and excellent command of English, and the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment.
Our offer- A flying start to your career in scientific research.
- Plenty of room for your drive to shape tomorrow's healthcare.
- Working on large-scale and in-house research, with motivated colleagues from all over the world.
- You will be employed by Amsterdam UMC Research BV.
- A contract for 12 months, with the intention to extend for a total of 4 years. The Guideline PhD contract applies to this vacancy.
- Salary scale OIO: € 3.108 to € 3.939 gross based on full-time employment (depending on education and experience) and a year-end bonus of 8.3%. Calculate your net salary here.
- Holiday hours: 190.4 per year for fulltime and a possibility to save additional hours.
- Pension accrual with BeFrank, a modern, comprehensible and fairly priced pension.
- For >7 km each way, 100% reimbursement for public transport travel costs and, for private transport, €0.18 per km up to a maximum of 40 km each way.
- Do you prefer walking or cycling? Take advantage of our good bike scheme. Moreover, you will receive a reimbursement of €0.18 per km.
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