·         You are a highly motivated candidate with a master’s degree in Technical Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, or a related discipline;

·         Medical doctors with affinity for (and preferably experience in) Medical Physics or radiotherapy are also invited to apply;

·        You are motivated to pursue a 4-year research project in the Medical (Physics) field and have an affinity for solving clinical problems;

·        Furthermore, you have a practical and hands-on attitude and are interested in using treatment planning software;

·         As you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, good communication skills are essential;

·         You are ambitious, result-driven and an excellent team player;

·         Excellent technical skills as well as academic writing and presentation skills in English are required, knowledge of the Dutch language is preferred.

Fixed-term contract: duration education.

You will be given an employment contract for the production of a PhD thesis for the duration of the program with a maximum of four years. The salary amounts to € 2,789 gross per month in the first year, up to a maximum of € 3,536 in the last year with fulltime employment (scale Pro, CLA UMC).

LUMC

At the Leiden University Medical Center, we continuously work on improving patient care. We invest in groundbreaking, international research and work with the latest equipment. Together with our team of doctors, medical specialists, teachers, academic researchers and supporting staff, we aim for the best quality in health care, education and international research. And we need you to realize our goals!

HollandPTC

At Leiden University Medical Center and HollandPTC, we continuously work on improving patient care. We invest in groundbreaking research and work with the latest equipment. Together with our team of doctors, medical physicists and technicians, researchers and supporting staff, we aim for the best quality in cancer care.

HollandPTC is a state-of the art proton therapy facility with 2 proton gantries with an in-room CT scanner, a treatment room for patients with eye malignancies and a separate research beam line. The set-up in HollandPTC is unique in the Netherlands. The ability to reach FLASH dose rates creates endless groundbreaking research possibilities. In house imaging with a dual-energy CT, a 3T MRI and a PET/CT is also available for the clinic and for research. 

Within this consortium-wide project, you will be one of four PhD students at either Erasmus MC, LUMC, TU Delft or HollandPTC who will be working on different clinical and medical physics research questions. The research will significantly contribute to making FLASH proton therapy clinically available at HollandPTC. The project covers the implementation of FLASH-PT with respiratory gating, the generation of effective FLASH-PT plans and the optimization thereof, as well as experimental verification of FLASH proton beam delivery during treatment.

·         Being able to present a certificate of good conduct is a condition for the appointment.

·         Applications from employment/recruitment agencies will not be considered.

Contact

Dr. Steven Habraken, Medical Physicist LUMC/HollandPTC
E-mailadres: s.j.m.habraken@lumc.nl
Telefoon: 071 526 55 39

Dr. Krista van Doorn-Wink, radiation oncologist LUMC/HollandPTC
E-mailadres: c.j.vandoorn@lumc.nl
Telefoon: 071 526 55 39