Postdoctoral Researcher in Health Technology Assessment: Informal Caregiver Impacts in HTA (I-CARE)
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University of Twente (UT) Postdoctoral Researcher in Health Technology Assessment: Informal Caregiver Impacts in HTA (I-CARE)
Description
As healthcare systems face growing demand and workforce shortages, more care is being delivered at home. While this helps sustain healthcare services, it also increases reliance on informal caregivers. The health, wellbeing, and economic consequences of caregiving are substantial, yet are rarely considered in HTAs and reimbursement decisions.
The I-CARE project aims to address this gap. Combining methodological innovation in HTA with a citizen science approach, the project will develop and evaluate a framework for incorporating informal caregiver impacts into healthcare evaluations and decision-making. Working closely with patients, informal caregivers, healthcare professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders, the project seeks to ensure that these impacts are better reflected in healthcare decision-making.
As a postdoctoral researcher, you will play a leading role in the scientific execution of the I-CARE project. You will contribute to the development and evaluation of methods for incorporating informal caregiver impacts into HTAs and healthcare decision-making.
Your work will include stakeholder engagement activities, such as interviews, focus groups, and co-creation sessions; identifying and prioritising caregiver impacts relevant to HTA; developing methodological guidance; and contributing to a practical framework for future use in health economic evaluations.
You will also extend and apply health economic models to assess the societal impact of informal caregiving in dementia and Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and disseminate findings through scientific publications, conference presentations, and recommendations for policy and practice.
This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to methodological innovation in HTA while helping ensure that informal caregiver impacts are better reflected in healthcare decision-making.
The I-CARE project aims to address this gap. Combining methodological innovation in HTA with a citizen science approach, the project will develop and evaluate a framework for incorporating informal caregiver impacts into healthcare evaluations and decision-making. Working closely with patients, informal caregivers, healthcare professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders, the project seeks to ensure that these impacts are better reflected in healthcare decision-making.
As a postdoctoral researcher, you will play a leading role in the scientific execution of the I-CARE project. You will contribute to the development and evaluation of methods for incorporating informal caregiver impacts into HTAs and healthcare decision-making.
Your work will include stakeholder engagement activities, such as interviews, focus groups, and co-creation sessions; identifying and prioritising caregiver impacts relevant to HTA; developing methodological guidance; and contributing to a practical framework for future use in health economic evaluations.
You will also extend and apply health economic models to assess the societal impact of informal caregiving in dementia and Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and disseminate findings through scientific publications, conference presentations, and recommendations for policy and practice.
This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to methodological innovation in HTA while helping ensure that informal caregiver impacts are better reflected in healthcare decision-making.