Postdoctoral position

European Commission; España; Presencial; EUR 10.000 - 30.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading research institution in Spain seeks a postdoctoral researcher focusing on youth mental health interventions. Candidates must hold a PhD in a health-related discipline and demonstrate relevant research experience. The role involves supporting the implementation of eHealth programs and conducting qualitative research activities. A full-time position with potential for renewal and a four-month trial period.

Formación

• Relevant experience of research in the field, published in peer-reviewed journals.
• Experience in school-based studies and/or development of eHealth platforms.
• Previous participation in international collaborative projects.

Responsabilidades

• Support the co-creation of the ePro-Schools program.
• Support implementation of IMPROVA and ePro-School programs during RCT.
• Conduct qualitative interviews with stakeholders and data analyses.

Conocimientos

English

Spanish

Knowledge on Catalan

Educación

PhD in a health-related discipline or social science

Descripción del empleo

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Organisation/Company Fundació Sant Joan de Déu Research Field Medical sciences » Health sciences Researcher Profile Other Profession Positions Postdoc Positions Country Spain Application Deadline 31 Jul 2025 - 18:00 (Europe/Madrid) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37.5 Offer Starting Date 6 Jun 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The research group “Epidemiology of Mental Health Disorders and Ageing” led by Dr. Josep Maria Haro seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work in the Epidemiology of Youth Mental Health research line, together with Dr. Rodrigo Antunes Lima.

IMPROVA will co-design, pilot, evaluate, and facilitate the upscaling of a modular eHealth intervention platform that aims to improve mental health and wellbeing, early detect mental health problems and prevent common mental problems in adolescents. IMPROVA will be implemented in school settings and will include components for adolescents, parents, teachers, and other school staff in complementary and synergistic modules based on materials designed and tested in >20 projects carried out by the consortium members. The platform will be co-created by the consortium in collaboration with stakeholder groups (adolescents, parents, teachers, other school staff, schools and policymakers). IMPROVA includes an international inter-disciplinary group of researchers and practitioners from medicine, education, psychology, sociology, public health, economics, physical activity, ethics, law, UX design, computer science, medical informatics, data science, ICT technologies, and policymakers. After pilot testing the platform, IMPROVA will be implemented via a cluster randomised controlled trial in secondary education schools randomly selected in France, Germany, Romania and Spain, including 8,000 adolescents. A 360º evaluation of IMPROVA will include Effectiveness, Implementation, Economic, and Social Return on Investment analysis. Using implementation science methodology, IMPROVA will co-design transferable evidence-based guidance for scaling up the platform with users and policymakers. IMPROVA aims to provide an evidence-based, innovative, large-scale, comprehensive intervention, and a scale-up plan to promote mental health and prevent mental disorders in adolescents; empower adolescents and families to make better decisions regarding their mental health; and provide schools and the community with tools to achieve a society with better mental health and lower stigma.

ePro-Schools will co-design, pilot and evaluate an evidence-based modular eHealth intervention platform to promote physical activity and healthy eating, and reduce time in sedentary behaviours.

A profound co-creation process, including marketing survey and focus groups with adolescents, teachers, school directors and policy makers together with the adaptation of previous interventions conducted by the consortium members will support the development of the platform. The ePro-Schools platform will contain modules for adolescents and their parents, teachers and school administration. Although the platform will be implemented through schools, it will include contents to be implemented outside the schools setting. By evaluating register-based and cohort data, we will identify schools that have adolescents from socially disadvantaged settings to conduct a randomised controlled trial in those schools to test the ePro-Schools platform. Using implementation science methodology, ePro-Schools will co-design transferable evidence-based practices and methodologies and guidance for scaling up the platform with policymakers and stakeholders as well as informing specialists, policymakers and the general public.

- Holding a PhD degree in a health-related discipline (Psychology, Medicine, Public Health, etc), social science or a closely related subject relevant to the project study, is a requisite
- Relevant experience of research in the field of the study; i.e.: experience in international projects, published manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals
- Experience in school-based studies and/or the development or implementation of eHealth platforms
- Previous participation in international collaborative projects
- Other relevant skills: English and Spanish (Written and Spoken), knowledge on Catalan will be evaluated positively.

Specific Requirements

Main tasks and responsibilities:

- Support the co-creation of the ePro-Schools program.
- Support the implementation of the IMPROVA and ePro-School programs during the RCT
- Support users in using the platform during the RCT
- Conduct qualitative interviews with stakeholders
- Conduct data analyses, preferably with experience in qualitative and/or quantitative data
- Lead and support the preparation of manuscripts and other dissemination activities (seminars, conferences, etc.)

Additional Information

- 12-month contract with the possibility of renew

- Trial period of 4 months.

- Working days: Full time (37.5 hours)

- Economic conditions according to profile and knowledge provided.