PhD position on physiological wearables to detect Early Life Stress
Universiteit Twente
Hours40 hr.Salary indicationSalary gross/monthly
based on full-time€ 2,770 – € 3,539Deadline19 Aug 2024A lot of stress in the first 1,000 days from pregnancy to 2 years, can be harmful for life. Early Life Stress often goes unnoticed while it affects 1 in 8 children. The HEALS (Healthy EArly Life Start) Applied project aims to detect stress in young children early and support parents where necessary. HEALS Applied received a grant from the Netherlands National Science Agenda and entails a collaboration between several universities, knowledge institutes and partners from industry and practice.HEALS Applied combines knowledge on co-creation and stress with the excellent Dutch preventive care during pregnancy and at consultancies, and develops new methods to detect harmful stress early. You will focus on the detection of (increased risk of) Early Life Stress. You will develop new (bio) markers of Early Life Stress obtained from wearable physiological sensors worn by parents (to be) and child and combine these with sources currently used in preventive healthcare, e.g. background, questionnaires and assessments.You will work in close collaboration with experts from routine practice, parents (to be), and partners from industry working on advanced physiological sensors and data processing. Your work is closely entangled with the HEALS Applied work on the determinants and mechanisms of Early Life Stress and co-creation sessions.Your profile
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For more information regarding this position, you are welcome to contact Prof. Jan van Erp, jan.vanerp@utwente.nl.Share this vacancyAbout the departmentYour project is grounded in both the University of Twente (Human Media Interaction group) and The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO (Child Health, Leiden and Human Performance, Soesterberg).The Human Media Interaction group does research into multimodal interaction: from brain computer interfaces to social robots. It is a multidisciplinary group in which computer science meets social science to investigate, design and evaluate novel forms of human-computer interaction, including intelligent technology for health and well-being.TNO Child Health contributes to the healthy and safe upbringing of children. We focus on preventive youth care, with an eye to the connection between children’s physical, social and psychological problems. At the interface between prevention and cure, and concentrating on integrated care and early prevention.TNO Human Performance works on measuring, improving and predicting physical, mental, cognitive and perceptual performance.About the organisationThe faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) uses mathematics, electronics and computer technology to contribute to the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). With ICT present in almost every device and product we use nowadays, we embrace our role as contributors to a broad range of societal activities and as pioneers of tomorrow’s digital society. As part of a people-first tech university that aims to shape society, individuals and connections, our faculty works together intensively with industrial partners and researchers in the Netherlands and abroad, and conducts extensive research for external commissioning parties and funders. Our research has a high profile both in the Netherlands and internationally. It has been accommodated in three multidisciplinary UT research institutes: Mesa+ Institute, TechMed Centre and Digital Society Institute.Want to know more?Erp, J.B.F. van (Jan)
Full ProfessorErp, J.B.F. van (Jan)
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