As the successful candidate for this PhD project, you will be participating in the IMI Conception consortium, a ground-breaking pan-European partnership between 51 pharmaceutical companies, academia and government agencies funded by the EU Innovative Medicines Initiative. This consortium aims to develop a system for generating evidence on the safety of drugs in pregnancy and during breast feeding from real-world evidence.

Your project involves interviewing pregnant women and organizations to understand the ethical issues around participating in a learning health care system, and testing the system to check whether health care data are fit for assessment purposes. Your key tasks will therefore involve collecting data on ethical issues, designing analysis plans and visual displays for the assessment of the quality of data from real world evidence, ensuring participation in and implementation of demonstration studies together with other collaborators, and reporting in scientific journals.

As the ideal candidate for this PhD project, you have an MSc in Pharmaceutical or Healthcare Science, Epidemiology, Data Science or a similar field, and preferably a number of years of experience in the field of healthcare innovation, working with and analyzing real world  data. You have a solid interest and background in the integration of ethics, governance and scientific aspects of a learning health care system and are able to program in R. Proven communication skills, writing ability, strong problem solving skills, and fluency in English are essential. Not only are you able to work independently within a multi-disciplinary team, you are also interested in collaborating with different partners and stakeholders, both locally and internationally.

Fixed-term contract: for 1 year with the possibility of extension.

For this 100% post, the maximum salary will be € 3020,-. This will be a temporary appointment for 1 year with the possibility of extension.

University Medical Centre Utrecht

With over 1,100 beds and more than 11,000 employees, the University Medical Center Utrecht is one of the largest academic health care centers in the Netherlands. Our aim is to improve. Our patients’ health, but also our students and employees. Whether you are a doctor or a business economist, a researcher or a SAP-specialist: working with us means having a job that matters, access to the best facilities and the opportunity to grow as a professional and contribute towards innovative health care.

Scientific research at the UMC Utrecht is rooted in the world around us. We listen to people; the wishes and needs of patients come first. Together with our national and international partners, we invest in innovation and research in order to ensure that our care remains of the highest quality. Focus is pivotal in this, which is why we have concentrated our research in six programs:

• Brain
• Infection & Immunity
• Circulatory Health
• Personalized Cancer Care
• RM & Stem Cells
• Child Health

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The Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care

The Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) has a specific interest in Real World Evidence principles and methods. The Julius Center aspires to take an international leadership role in obtaining and disseminating knowledge in the field of health sciences and primary care medicine. It has acquired a leading position by focusing on three pillars: ground-breaking research, successful education programs and academic primary care. The Julius Global Health group aims to build human capacity and infrastructures to improve health globally.