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Working at Amsterdam UMC PhD Candidate in Rehabilitation Medicine - Biological Age and Biomarkers
How can we reliably measure and influence biological age to support healthier ageing? Explore this question at the intersection of biomarkers, advanced data analysis and rehabilitation medicine in this PhD position within the national BIO COMPaSS project.
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€ 3.217 - € 4.077
36 hours per week
Locatie VUmc
fixed-term
React until: 7 October 2026
The project
Within the NWA research programme BIO COMPaSS (BIOlogical age-driven, COMmunal, Personalised System for Sustainable health promotion), universities, university medical centers, companies and citizens work together to motivate people towards a healthier lifestyle by providing insight into their biological age - a metric that often says more about health than chronological age. The project aims to develop an evidence-based set of biomarkers of ageing and to test how these can be used for sustainable health promotion.
As a PhD candidate in Work Package 3 (WP3), within the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Amsterdam UMC, you will focus on the characterization of biological-age-related phenotypes. You will investigate which combinations of biomarkers (epigenetic, metabolic, organ-specific, functional and lifestyle-related) form patterns that provide information about someone's current and future health and functioning.
You will use rich existing datasets (for example large cohorts and registries) and work closely with other BIO COMPaSS PhD candidates who focus on causality, interventions and implementation. The insights you generate on phenotypes and biomarker profiles will be an important building block for personalized lifestyle interventions within BIO COMPa...
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Working at Amsterdam UMC PhD Candidate in Rehabilitation Medicine - Biological Age and Biomarkers
How can we reliably measure and influence biological age to support healthier ageing? Explore this question at the intersection of biomarkers, advanced data analysis and rehabilitation medicine in this PhD position within the national BIO COMPaSS project.
PhD Candidate in Rehabilitation Medicine - Biological Age and Biomarkers Questions?
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€ 3.217 - € 4.077
36 hours per week
Locatie VUmc
fixed-term
React until: 7 October 2026
The project
Within the NWA research programme BIO COMPaSS (BIOlogical age-driven, COMmunal, Personalised System for Sustainable health promotion), universities, university medical centers, companies and citizens work together to motivate people towards a healthier lifestyle by providing insight into their biological age - a metric that often says more about health than chronological age. The project aims to develop an evidence-based set of biomarkers of ageing and to test how these can be used for sustainable health promotion.
As a PhD candidate in Work Package 3 (WP3), within the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Amsterdam UMC, you will focus on the characterization of biological-age-related phenotypes. You will investigate which combinations of biomarkers (epigenetic, metabolic, organ-specific, functional and lifestyle-related) form patterns that provide information about someone's current and future health and functioning.
You will use rich existing datasets (for example large cohorts and registries) and work closely with other BIO COMPaSS PhD candidates who focus on causality, interventions and implementation. The insights you generate on phenotypes and biomarker profiles will be an important building block for personalized lifestyle interventions within BIO COMPa...