Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- KU Leuven
- Research Field
- Medical sciences » Other
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Belgium
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 38 hours/week
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Not funded by an EU programme
- Reference Number
- BAP-2024-198
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
Position sense, the sense that provides information about a limb's position in space, allows us to interact with our environment. While cooking, a person can grab a box on his/her left side and move it to the other side without looking at the hands. Such an action seems very easy for healthy people but becomes problematic once the sense of position is affected. This is the case in people with neuropathies after chemotherapy treatment for cancer. The unconscious dropping of object, for example, is a sign that the sense of position is affected in those persons. Despite the awareness about the importance of positional sense in health and disease, a number of challenges remain to be answered before a proper theoretical framework on positional sense can be obtained. The absence of such a framework currently prevents proper evaluation and rehabilitation of positional sense, both in older adults and in persons with cancer. The aim of this project is to use a comprehensive task battery of sensory, motor and cognitive branches to lay the foundations for a new theoretical framework of positional sensation and apply it to age- and disease-related changes, such as after cancer.
Requirements
- Research Field
- Medical sciences
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Good
- Languages
- DUTCH
- Level
- Good
Additional Information
- A dynamic research team (Prof. Orban de Xivry and Prof. De Groef) with international expertise in kinematics, motor control, pain neuroscience, and clinical oncological (after)care that will guide you in this project.
- A creative and interdisciplinary environment for carrying out data collection and scientific tasks.
- You will also undertake teaching and research support tasks.
- A PhD track of 4 years. The initial appointment is for one year (starting in autumn 2024) and will be extended upon positive evaluation.
- You hold or will obtain a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences and Kinesitherapy, a Master of Science in Medicine, a Master of Science in Exercise Science, Master in Experimental Psychology, or a Master in Science in the field of healthcare by October 2024.
- You are a highly motivated, enthusiastic, critical and creative person to join our team.
- You are interested in scientific research and motivated to start a PhD. You have already built up a good study and internship record.
- You enjoy working with patients in collaboration with a team of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and researchers.
- You have good Dutch and/or English communication skills (both oral and written).
- You have organisational skills, are accurate and eager to learn.
- You have a flexible attitude.
Useful skills (not required)
- You have programming skills (including Matlab/R) and data analysis skills.
- You have experience dealing with patients.
- You speak Dutch or are motivated to learn Dutch quickly at the beginning of your PhD track
Start date: autumn 2024 (based on availability)
Applications for this vacancy can be submitted until 20/05/2024 via our online application application (Upon publication, the link to the online application page will automatically appear here). Interviews will be organised on 06 and 07/06/2024.
For more information please contact Prof. dr. Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry, tel.: +32 16 37 66 03, mail: jj.orban@kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. An De Groef, tel.: +32 16 37 66 68, mail: an.degroef@kuleuven.be.
You can apply for this job no later than 20/05/2024 via the online application tool
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- KU Leuven
- Country
- Belgium
- State/Province
- Vlaams Brabant
- City
- Leuven
- Postal Code
- 3000
- Street
- Leuven
- Geofield
Where to apply
- Website
Contact
- State/Province
- Leuven
- City
- Vlaams Brabant
- Street
- Leuven
- Postal Code
- 3000
- jj.orban@kuleuven.be