Postdoctoral researcher in clinical and market studies

☞ Universiteit Gent

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更新日: 25-11-2025

場所: Ghent East Flanders

カテゴリー: IT-ソフトウェア IT-ハードウェア/ネットワーキング 情報技術

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仕事内容

  • Apply before 31/01/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY) 23:59 (Brussels Time)
  • Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
  • Department: EA05 - Informatietechnologie
  • Occupancy rate:50%
  • Number of positions: 1
  • Type of employment: Contract of limited duration
  • Term of assignment: tot 31.07.2025
  • Wage scale: PD1 to PD4 (doctoral degree)
  • Required diploma: PhD

ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY

Ghent University (BE) is a world of its own. Employing more than 15,000 people, it is actively involved in education and research, management and administration, as well as technical and social service provision on a daily basis. It is one of the largest, most exciting employers in the area and offers great career opportunities. With its 11 faculties and more than 80 departments offering state-of-the-art study programmes grounded in research in a wide range of academic fields, Ghent University is a logical choice for its staff and students.

The Hearing Technology @ WAVES lab of Prof. Verhulst (Dept. of Information Technology) follows an interdisciplinary approach (computational, psychoacoustic, physiology) to develop precision hearing diagnostics and augmented hearing technologies. The lab routinely collaborates with other research groups within the department and worldwide, as well as with the UZGent hospital through the Ghent Auditory Science Platform.

YOUR TASKS

We are presently recruiting a part-time post-doctoral researcher in clinical and market studies in connection to the European Innovation Council Transition project EarDiTech. Building on your background in hearing technologies, your role is to validate our proof-of-concept hearing diagnostics and augmented hearing technologies through clinical trials that bring these technologies to a higher technology readiness level. This includes the preparation, organization and follow-up of medical device trials and making connections to early-adopters. At the same time, you will set up and perform market scoping and user-feedback studies to identify customer needs and market information to inform and help shape our business strategy and cost-of-goods analysis. You are responsible for timely reporting the outcomes of your work towards the EIC project deliverables and the broader community via outreach activities (e.g., public symposia, conference booths, website). You will work together with the scientific and business leads on the project team and maintain connections to the EIC and UGent technology transfer and UZGent and FAGG clinical trial departments. Given the needed outreach to customers and market, some flexibility in your work schedule will be necessary.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
  • You hold a thesis-based doctorate in the domain of engineering (Information Technology, Acoustical, Biomedical) with a topic related to applied hearing research.
  • You have prior experience in conducting medical device trials and background knowledge of ethics and regulatory procedures.
  • Scientifically, you master the topics hearing-aid signal processing, psychoacoustics and auditory evoked potentials for hearing diagnostics
  • Project management and reporting skills are a must, with prior experience in conducting applied or clinical research projects.
  • Prior experience in working with hearing-impaired patient groups as well as with audiologists/ENT is necessary.
  • You are a natural in communicating your work to different audiences (science, business, regulatory, end-users).
  • Basic programming skills (python, Matlab) are a plus.
  • Excellent written and oral English skills are required, as evidenced by prior peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.


WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
  • We offer you a part-time contract (50%) until 31.07.2025.
  • Your contract will start ASAP.
  • Your remuneration will be determined by salary scale PD1-PD3 depending on your prior work experience. Click here for more information about our salary scales.
  • All Ghent University staff members enjoy a number of benefits, such as a wide range of training and education opportunities, 35 days of holiday leave (on an annual basis for a full-time job) supplemented by annual fixed bridge days, a bicycle allowance and eco vouchers. Click here for a complete overview of all the staff benefits (in Dutch).


INTERESTED?

Apply online through the e-recruitment system before the application deadline (see above). We do not accept late applications or applications that are not submitted through the online system.

Your application must include the following documents:
  • In the field ‘CV’: your CV and an overview of your study results (merged into one pdf file)
  • In the field ‘Cover letter’: your application letter in pdf format
  • In the field ‘Diploma’: a transcript of the required degree. If you have a foreign diploma in a language other than our national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, please add a translation in one of the mentioned languages.
  • In the field “other documents”: Upload a document with the name and contact details of two persons who are willing to provide a reference.


Note that the maximum file size for each field is 10 MB.

As Ghent University maintains an equal opportunities and diversity policy, everyone is encouraged to apply for this position.
MORE INFORMATION

For more information about this vacancy, please email Prof. Sarah Verhulst with mention “PDClinicMarket” in the subject line. (s.verhulst@ugent.be). More info: waves.intec.ugent.be/hearing-technology,gasp.ugent.be, github/hearing-technology, @HearingTechLab) and earditech.com. Important: do NOT send your application by email but apply online.
Do you have a question regarding the online application process? Please read our FAQ or contact helpdesk (dpo@ugent.be - tel. 09/264 98 98).
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