PhD Student Communicatie Over Dementiepreventie En Diagnostiek

Laplace Apply; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 36.000 - 45.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

UMC Utrecht offers a PhD student position focused on dementia prevention messaging and diagnostic communication. The research spans consortia and investigates how prevention messaging supports risk-reduction behaviour and how healthcare professionals communicate dementia diagnoses.

The researcher will use focus groups, interviews, questionnaires and online experiments, then co-create clinical communication aids and training interventions with patients, relatives, clinicians and public partners.

Qualifikationen

• PhD student in a dementia prevention and diagnostic communication project.
• Experience with mixed methods research including qualitative and quantitative approaches.
• Ability to co-create clinical communication aids and training with patients, relatives, clinicians and public partners.

Aufgaben

• Conduct focus groups, interviews and online experiments.
• Administer and analyze questionnaires.
• Co-create clinical communication aids and training interventions with stakeholders.

Kenntnisse

Focus groups

Interviews

Questionnaires

Online experiments

Co-creation

Ausbildung

PhD (PhD student)

Jobbeschreibung

Netherlands

4 November 2026 (date-only displayed on listing; exact cutoff time not verified in the current pass)

About This Opportunity

UMC Utrecht offers PhD Student Communicatie Over Dementiepreventie En Diagnostiek. The research centres on how prevention messaging supports risk-reduction behaviour and how healthcare professionals can communicate dementia diagnose.

At UMC Utrecht, this doctorate spans the BIRD-NL dementia-prevention and TAP-Dementia diagnostic-communication consortia. It investigates how prevention messaging supports risk-reduction behaviour and how healthcare professionals can communicate dementia diagnoses and causes in memory clinics. The researcher will use focus groups, interviews, questionnaires and online experiments, then co-create clinical communication aids and training interventions with patients, relatives, clinicians and public partners. Practical and application conditions: Advertised weekly workload: 32–36 hours/week; Published remuneration: EUR 3,217–4,077 gross per month; Stated application date: 4 November 2026 (cutoff time not independently validated).

Who This Opportunity Is Best Suited For:

Based on the documented project scope, it may particularly suit applicants interested in medical communication, health psychology and co-designed behavioural intervention research, comfortable with both qualitative and quantitative methods and multi-institution teams.

Potential Challenges / Who May Find It Less Suitable:

The candidate must integrate two parallel consortia and maintain patient-centred communication about potentially sensitive risk and diagnosis issues.

Overall Opportunity Assessment:

The distinguishing feature is the specific combination of research questions and methods described above; applicants should weigh this focus against the documented prerequisites and working conditions.

Level PhD

Reference Code 365063

Funding & Compensation

Amount EUR 3,217-4,077 / Per Month

Funding Type Salary

Funding Status Paid

Period Per Month

Requirements

Education

Experience

Technical Skills Focus groups Interviews Questionnaires Online experiments Co-creation