PhD Studentships in Health & HCI at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

Application deadline: 29th October 2015

The Faculty of Health & Social Care of The Open University is offering four fully funded, full-time, three-year cross-disciplinary PhD studentships to start in February 2016.

Applications and enquiries are welcome in any of the following areas, or in any area related to Health, Well-being and HCI. Applicants are very welcome to devise their own topics.

Topic of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Wearable and mobile systems for rehabilitation
• Home based health and wellness measurement, monitoring and therapy
• Self help systems for chronic conditions
• Physiological models for interpreting medical sensor data
• Design and evaluation of sensor systems for health and well-being
• Assistive systems for auditory, cognitive, or vision impairments
• Systems to support care-givers
• Systems to support independent living
• Applications for managing chronic disease and health risk

Applications should be linked to one or more of the following themes: age, ageing and later life; children, young people, parenting and families; death, dying and bereavement; disability and long-term conditions or reproductive and sexual health.

Applications will be welcomed that locate the experiences of patients, careers, family members and practitioners at the forefront of inquiries. Participatory and inclusive research will be welcomed, particularly with individuals that are marginalised, ‘hard to reach’ or have complex needs.

The deadline for application is 29th October 2015, but please contact Dr. Caroline Holland (c.a.holland@open.ac.uk) or Dr. Simon Holland (s.holland@open.ac.uk) well in advance, if possible, for an informal discussion and advice on developing a strong proposal. Applications from part-time candidates are always welcome.

Application details can be found here:
http://intranet-gw.open.ac.uk/employment/job-details.asp?id=8764&ref=ext