We are looking for a talented PhD student who will join our research group ’Strenghts, positive aspects and resilience in neurodevelopmental conditions’ at the department of psychiatry. Within this research group we focus on investigating positive aspects and resilience in for example people with ADHD. We hope to provide a more balanced picture of challenges and opportunities in the context of ADHD. Also we hope to contribute to optimizing treatment for people with ADHD and contribute to prevention of negative concequences related to ADHD.

The position is part of the NWO-Vidi project of Dr. Hoogman. In the past, science has mainly focused on studying deficits associated with ADHD. However, research shows that people with ADHD experience positive aspects in addition to negative aspects. These have hardly been investigated. Hoogman’s research group has taken the first steps in this regard, by examining creativity, among other things.

The NWO-Vidi project looks more broadly at positive aspects and also examines other perspectives on those positive aspects (from partners, employers, teachers). The project also delves deeper into the positive aspects and the link with clinical factors, and finally, environmental factors that may play a role are also examined.

As a PhD candidate on this project, you will mainly focus on data from existing large datasets to investigate the neurobiology of positive aspects of ADHD, but also to see how environmental factors are related to the positive aspects. You will be part of a group of PhD students who are working on similar projects, and a postdoc who is also working on the same project, but is conducting her own (qualitative) studies. In addition, the group has a varying number of bachelor’s and master’s students, and a permanent part-time data steward.

The most important tasks associated with the position:

• Participate in setting up research projects (generating hypotheses, co-creating, taking care of pre-registration, etc.).
• Collecting, analyzing and interpreting data.
• Supervising students.
• Presenting research results at (inter)national conferences.
• Publish results in scientific journals.
• Possibly participate in outreach projects.

You have a (research) master's degree, for example in cognitive neuroscience, biomedical sciences, psychology, (technical) medicine, and are interested in psychiatry and neurodevelopemental conditions and/or positive psychology.

Moreover you have:

• Experience with handling big data and/or database management.
• A strong background in statistical analysis.
• Ever worked with or have a strong interest in neurobiological data (genetics and or neuroimaging).
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English.
• Excellent organizational and social skills, and a high level of personal integrity.
• Experience with programming (preferably Python, R) is a pre.

Fixed-term contract: 4 years.

At Radboud university medical center, you build on your future. We are committed to providing the best care, education, and research. And we are true to our word, because we help you develop and seize opportunities and give you the room to grow. As an employer, we believe that employees should feel vital and happy at work in all stages of life. We are also committed to creating a healthy and safe working environment. Our employment conditions contribute to that. What we offer:

• The salary depends on education. Scale 10 will be offered to MSc medical graduates; a gross monthly salary between €3.493 and € 5.504 (full-time). Those holding degrees in other disciplines will be offered scale 10A: upon commencement of employment, you will start at scale 10A, step 0 (€ 3.017 full-time). Over a maximum period of 4 years, you will progress to scale 10A, step 3 (€3.824 full-time). You will also receive an 8% holiday allowance, an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, and a 47% to 72% bonus for working unsocial hours.
• 172 vacation hours per year based on a 36-hour working week. (As of 1 January 2025, you will receive 176 vacation hours).

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As a PhD student on this project, you are part of the research group 'Strengths, positive aspects and resilience in neurodevelopmental conditions' at the Psychiatry department of Radboud University Medical Center, with Dr. Martine Hoogman. This research group works closely together with the PI group 'Multifactorial disorders' of Prof. Barbara Franke and with Prof. Corina Greven (PI Environmental sensitivity), both from the Cognitive Neuroscience department of Radboud University Medical Center.

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