<div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">As a part of a H2020 European project “NanoInformaTIX” (</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.nanoinformatix.eu/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.nanoinformatix.eu/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">), we open a PhD position in Biostatistics/Data science in the
Thomas More University of Applied Sciences - Radius group (</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://radius.thomasmore.be/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://radius.thomasmore.be</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">) and the center of statistics (CenStat), Hasselt University (</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.uhasselt.be/censtat" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.uhasselt.be/censtat</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">). The 4 years research project will be focused on nanoparticle
toxicity modelling. The PhD candidate will be located in the Thomas More Radius
group (3-4 days per week) and UHasselt (1-2 days per week). Strating date
of the PhD project: <u>01/10/2019</u>.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Specific research lines of the PhD project include:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">· Dose-response modelling of nanoparticle toxicity.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">· Extrapolation of the (in vitro based) dose-response
models to an in vivo setting.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">· Integrated data analysis of several nanoparticle toxicity
databases.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"> <br>
Your Profile:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">· Master in biostatistics/statistics/bioinformatics.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">· Knowledge of R and SAS (knowledge of Winbugs/JAGS would be an
asset).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">· Good written and excellent communication skills.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">· Ability to work independently and as a part of
multidisciplinary team.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 47.25pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">· Problem solving skills and team player</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">This PhD position offers a unique opportunity to
conduct research as a part of multidisciplinary team in collaboration with
several European institutes. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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If you are interested in the position, please contact by email Geert
Verheyen (</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:geert.verheyen@thomasmore.be" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">geert.verheyen@thomasmore.be</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">) or Ziv Shkedy (</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:ziv.shkedy@uhasselt.be" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">ziv.shkedy@uhasselt.be</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">). </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">Closing date to
send an email is 07<u>/07/2019</u></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p></div></div>