3 year programme for Post Docs: Data4Healthcare
The aim of the Programme is to offer cutting-edge research, research training and career development for talented researchers of any nationality in fields associated with big data, data analytics, machine vision and artificial intelligence.
Application deadline: End of February
General information
- Location: University of Oulu, Finland
- Application deadline: End of February
- Level: PhD graduate
Description
Data4Healthcare addresses the great demand for specialists in all fields who are capable of working with different types of massive datasets, understand different datasources and legislation related to the demand of turning them into useful information for decision making in healthcare. The Oulu ecosystem with strong background in eHealth and ICT, new world´s smartest hospital and research teams utilizing large molecular data provide unprecedented surroundings for the programme.
The research areas offered by the programme can be divided into three themes:
Theme 1: Data as new resources in the society
Theme 2: Health data management practices in RDI collaboration
Theme 3: Technical tools in data management and processing
The Programme is funding a total of twenty-five (25) three-year postdoctoral researcher positions 2024–2028 at the University of Oulu. The First Call for recruiting 15 postdoctoral researchers for the programme was open on Janury 15th - March 15th. The Second Call for recruiting 10 postdoctoral researchers will be opened in January 2025. Positions are located at the University of Oulu, Finland.
The recruitment process will emphasize the excellence of the applicants and their research plans and is designed to be open, merit-based, transparent, impartial, and give equal opportunities to all applicants.
Prerequisites
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Doctoral degree: Applicants must be in possession of a doctoral degree at the deadline of the programme’s call. In addition, researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will be considered eligible to apply according to MSCA COFUND guidelines for postdoctoral programmes. They must hold a doctoral degree on the time of the recruitment to the programme.
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Mobility rule: Recruited postdoctoral researchers can be of any nationality and are required to fulfil the EU MSCA mobility rule, thus eligible applicants should not have resided in Finland for more than 12 months in the three years leading up to the application deadline. Career breaks due to parental leave or other justified reasons such as national military service, sick leave or medical specialisation will not be a disadvantage in the application process. i.e. researchers coming to Finland should not have resided or carried activity in Finland for more than 12 months in the 36 month period before the end of the Call 2.
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Language proficiency: Applicants must be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of English. For this, the applicant must provide official document(s) demonstrating one of the options listed in University of Oulu Graduate School website: https://www.oulu.fi/en/research/graduate-school/how-apply-doctoral-education#accordion-control-demonstration-of-language-skills
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Documentation: All the required documents must be submitted on time