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PhD Candidate Predicting Adherence to Digital Health-Promoting Interventions

September 11, 2025

**Job Description**
Join an interdisciplinary team to research and predict how individuals engage with digital health interventions using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). This Ph.D. position focuses on turning real-world sensor and app data into smarter, personalized digital solutions to support behavior change. The goal is to enhance the effectiveness of digital health interventions by developing AI-based predictive models to anticipate user engagement and behavior, primarily using data from unobtrusive measurements like websites, smartphones, and smartwatches. The research will involve various use cases based on already collected datasets, such as lifestyle interventions and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.

**Skills & Abilities**
• Strong interest in digital interventions, health promotion, and behavior
• Affinity with data science (complex statistics, machine learning, computational modelling) or willingness to develop relevant skills
• Affinity with health promotion or willingness to develop in that field
• Knowledge in programming (e.g., Python, R, SQL) and data science frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn) is a plus
• Excellent English language skills

**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Health science
• Health psychology
• Data science
• Statistics

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Work Level
Ph.D
Employment Type
Scholarship
Salary
Annual Salary: €36,708 - €46,572 gross annually (based on 38 hours/week), plus 8.0% holiday allowance and 8.3% year-end bonus Position Classification: Scale P according to UFO profile PhD Candidate Benefits: Flexible working hours, possibility to work partly from home, monthly commuting and internet allowance, 29 vacation days and 4 additional public holidays per year, collective labor agreement (CAO) choice model, good pension scheme with ABP, company fitness, extensive sports facilities, wide range of training programs for personal and professional development.
Valid Until
October 20, 2025
Details
Full-time / Temporary Duration: Initial 12 months, with potential extension to 4 years Remote Work: Hybrid Location Requirement: Primarily based at Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, with opportunities for short research visits to FH Joanneum, Graz, Austria. Campus-based
School / Department / Center / Lab
• Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Supervisor(s)
dr. Jeroen Bruinsma (MU) dr. Markus Bödenler (FHJ) dr. Rik Crutzen (MU)
Supervisor Email
jeroen.bruinsma@maastrichtuniversity.nl
FH Joanneum – University of Applied Sciences (FHJ)
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