Erasmus University Rotterdam is looking for a PhD candidate (€ 2.770 – € 3.539 Salary): Apply Now!
Application Deadline: 31 July 2024
Erasmus University Rotterdam is looking for a PhD candidate (€ 2.770 – € 3.539 Salary): Apply Now!
Overview
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in its mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 4.100 academics and professionals and almost 33.000 students from more than 140 countries.
Faculty Information
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM) is part of Erasmus University Rotterdam and is responsible for a bachelor and four master programs on policy and management in healthcare, which serve 1000 students. In addition, research is being done on three major research themes: ‘competition and regulation in healthcare’, ‘quality and efficiency in healthcare’ and ‘healthcare management’. ESHPM has about 175 employees. The position offered is within the department of Health technology Assessment (HTA).
Introduction
This PhD project aims to advance EUR methodological research on employing discrete choice experiments (DCE) to value health for cost-effectiveness analyses. Historically, interviewer-based time-trade-off studies have been utilized, which are costly and time-consuming to manage as well as difficult for respondents, necessitating extensive quality-control measures. In contrast, DCEs offer a promising alternative for measuring health-related quality of life through online surveys. This approach is not only more cost-effective and less resource-intensive but also less complex for respondents and allowing for automated, model-based quality-control procedures during and after data collection. However, DCEs tend to undervalue health unless they are based on complex design optimization and statistical estimation methods.
Job description
The PhD candidate will play a pivotal role in the further validation and enhancement of DCE methodologies for health valuation. The research is methods-focused, striving to refine existing methods and introduce innovative ones, while also making cutting-edge methods more accessible to applied researchers. The PhD project is structured into five work packages (WP), each outlining an independent research project. Collectively, these WPs aim to bridge significant gaps in creating a stand-alone DCE valuation protocol.
Research topics include optimizing level overlap to adjust the method’s complexity for respondents, evaluating empirical performance of time discounting functions, employing adaptive optimization for discrete choice designs using Bayesian techniques, enhancing the estimation of complex discrete choice models with limited data, and the automatic detection of survey responses generated by artificial intelligence. Additionally, PhD candidates will have the opportunity to contribute their own enhancements to the DCE valuation protocol.
Job requirements
EUR seek an excellent candidate with a recently acquired or nearly completed MSc degree in econometrics, statistics, or a related discipline. The ideal applicant will be eager to conduct methodological research on DCE applications in health and health-state valuation, possess a robust statistical foundation, and demonstrate proficiency in implementing new (Bayesian) models and optimization algorithms in programming languages such as C++. Experience in web development and familiarity with cloud-based computing are highly desirable, as the developed code will be integrated into an online data collection platform.
Employment conditions and benefits
EUR offer you an internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with excellent working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU). The start date of this position is 01-SEP-2024 and you will be based at campus Woudestein in Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM). The salary ranges from a minimum of € 2.770 to a maximum of € 3.539 gross per month Scale PhD on a fulltime basis (38 hours), in accordance with the CAO-NU. The contract is entered initially for the duration of 1 year; subject to satisfactory performance the contract will be extended to 3 years.
Additional information
Choosing this position will offer you a great start to your career:
- International Exposure: Opportunity to work in an international academic setting and collaborate with researchers from around the globe.
- Career Advancement: Potential for career progression within the academic and research sectors post-completion of the PhD.
- Comprehensive Support: Access to a wide range of university resources and support services for personal and professional development.
- Cultural Enrichment: Experience living in the Netherlands, known for its rich cultural heritage and high quality of life.
- Impact: Your research will contribute to the refinement of valuation protocols that will be used worldwide.
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