PhD: Pesticide Exposure & Child Cognition (Epidemiology)

Sport Society; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday pay 8%

Year-end bonus 8.3%

Pension scheme

Flexible terms

Job summary

Utrecht University is offering a PhD position focused on health effects from pesticide exposure in children. The project combines biomonitoring data with brain function tests and national school results to assess cognitive development.

You will apply mixture modelling for multiple pesticides and longitudinal methods to study changes over time, working in a collaborative One Health Chemical group with international collaborators.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in epidemiology or related discipline.
• Experience with quantitative methods to quantify factors in human health.
• Solid background in epidemiological study designs and methodological aspects.
• Good knowledge in using R.
• Strong English communication skills; good Dutch language knowledge.
• Demonstrated collaborative skills in interdisciplinary research environments.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data from the national OBO2 study linking pesticide exposure to brain function in children.
• Apply geospatial exposure estimates to school results for all children in the Netherlands.
• Use mixture modelling to estimate combined effects of multiple pesticides.
• Apply longitudinal methods to study exposure and cognition over time.
• Collaborate within the One Health Chemical group and with external collaborators.

Skills

Epidemiology

Quantitative methods

R programming

Longitudinal analysis

Mixture modelling

Education

Master's degree in Epidemiology

Tools

R

Job description

Utrecht University is offering a PhD position focused on health effects from pesticide exposure in children. The project combines biomonitoring data with brain function tests and national school results to assess cognitive development.

You will apply mixture modelling for multiple pesticides and longitudinal methods to study changes over time, working in a collaborative One Health Chemical group with international collaborators.