PhD scholarship in Mathematical Modeling for Health Policy - DTU Management

Are you interested in research in cutting edge modeling techniques addressing urgent questions in health? Are you interested in quantitative methods that can be applied to relevant policy questions? This position involves a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of policy relevant questions and mathematical modeling methods to answer some of the following questions: How can we develop multi-disease models to quantify overall health outcomes? What interventions in and out of the healthcare system improve outcomes for multiple diseases? The Department of Technology, Management and Economics at Technical University of Denmark invites applications for a 3-year PhD position in disease modeling and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis starting in February 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. The PhD student will be part of the Management Science Division and affiliated with the Operations & Supply Chain Management Section. The project will include:

• Developing multiple models for cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and stroke and integrating them into one model
• Estimating the health effects and costs of non-healthcare interventions that prevent metabolic disease over the next 20 years in Denmark
• Conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis
• Develop methods to improve modeling of multiple diseases

Copenhagen — ranked the world's most livable city — offers a safe, sustainable urban environment, a rich cultural scene, and an enviable work-life balance. As part of DTU Management, you'll combine this quality of life with a dynamic, interdisciplinary research setting at one of Europe's leading technical universities."Responsibilities and qualifications You will work with academics and healthcare professionals to develop modelling methods to improve health policy modeling and assessment. As a PhD student, you will:

• Be responsible for conducting your own research project
• Contribute to new knowledge about health policy modeling
• Strive to publish your work worldwide in recognised journals
• Collaborate with researchers from the Management Science Division
• Present your work at international conferences and seminars
• Assist in teaching and co-supervise engineering students with their thesis work
• Take classes equivalent to 30 ECTS over the PhD project period

The PhD scholarship is a full-time position allowing you to become a research scientist and benefit from the academic activities at the department. The yearly salary is internationally highly competitive. Department duty work (teaching) is very limited, allowing you to focus on your PhD project. The PhD project will be supervised by Assistant Professor Anneke Claypool and co-supervised by Professor Martin Utley and the candidates for the PhD position will be assessed on the following criteria:

• Profound knowledge in Operations Research and Management Science and/or disease modeling
• Knowledge in and practical experiences with programming (e.g., Python, Java, Julia, R, etc.)
• Knowledge in healthcare operations management, health policy modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, health economic assessment, and related fields

• A letter motivating the application (cover letter)
• Curriculum vitae
• Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale
• A 1-page research statement describing how you would formulate a research project based on the given information