Vacancies

Available PhD Positions

Multimodal Risk Models for Early Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease (PD)
 

  • Research Focus: Precision Neurology
  • Host Institution:
    Luxembourg Institute of Health
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    University of Luxembourg
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host 1: Petanux
    • Host 2: Fraunhofer SCAI

Stratification of Clinical Disease Trajectories and Prediction of Individual Rate of Progression

 

  • Research Focus: Precision Neurology
  • Host Institution:
    University of Luxembourg
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    University of Luxembourg
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host 1: Petanux
    • Host 2: Fraunhofer SCAI

Towards Improving Generalizability of AI Models – Prediction of Depression and Cognitive Decline of PD Patients

 

  • Research Focus: Trustworthiness
  • Host Institution:
    Fraunhofer
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    University of Bonn
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host: Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg

Exploring the Potential of Speech Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment Response Monitoring in PD

 

  • Research Focus: Digital Health
  • Host Institution:
    ki:elements
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    University of Bonn
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host 1: Fraunhofer SCAI
    • Host 2: Novo Nordisk

Exploring the Potential of Speech Biomarkers for Monitoring of Emotional Aspects, Cognitive Function, Motor Function and Respiratory Function in PD

 

  • Research Focus: Digital Health
  • Host Institution:
    Luxembourg Institute of Health
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    University of Luxembourg
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host: Ki:elements

Robustness and Generalizability of Speech Biomarkers

 

  • Research Focus: Trustworthiness
  • Host Institution:
    ki:elements
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    University of Bonn
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host 1: Fraunhofer SCAI
    • Host 2: University of Luxembourg

Exploring how the use of AI in medicine can be compliant with GDPR and AI Act

 

  • Research Focus: Trustworthiness
  • Host Institution:
    University of Namur
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    University of Namur
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host: Ki:elements

Metabolic Blood Biomarkers for Personalised Disease Monitoring

 

  • Research Focus: Precision Neurology
  • Host Institution:
    RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host 1: Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg
    • Host 2: University of Luxembourg

Towards a Real-World Healthcare Staging System of Parkinson's Disease (PD)

 

  • Research Focus: Digital Health
  • Host Institution:
    Petanux
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    University of Luxembourg
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host: University of Luxembourg

Early-Stage Diagnosis of Parkinson and Atypical Parkinsonism using Quantitative MRI Biomarkers and Artificial Intelligence

 

  • Research Focus: Digital Health
  • Host Institution:
    Erasmus Medical Centre
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    Erasmus Medical Centre
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 + 12 months
    (first 36 months funded by AIPD)
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host: GE Healthcare

The Role of Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Predicting the Clinical Phenotype in Parkinsonian Patients and the Timing of Motor Conversion in Patients at Risk of Developing Synucleinopathies

 

  • Research Focus: Digital Health
  • Host Institution:
    University of Pisa
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    University of Pisa
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host: GE Healthcare

Digital Gait Biomarkers for Monitoring of Disease Progression and Treatment Response

 

  • Research Focus: Digital Health
  • Host Institution:
    University of Luxembourg
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    University of Luxembourg
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host: Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg

Generative AI for Simulating a Digital PD Twin

 

  • Research focus: Digital Health
  • Host Institution:
    Fraunhofer
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    University of Bonn
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host 1: Novo Nordisk
    • Host 2: RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences

Identification of Molecular PD Endophenotypes

 

  • Research Focus: Precision Neurology
  • Host Institution:
    RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences
  • PhD Awarding Entity:
    RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences
  • Starting Date: October 2025
  • Duration: 36 Months
  • Planned Secondment(s):
    • Host: Petanux