The Ubiquitous Health Technology Lab (UbiLab) is looking for passionate designers interested in pursuing their MSc or PhD in Public Health and Health Systems with a focus in User-Centered Health Technology Design, Applied Health Informatics, and Human Factors.
At the School of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Waterloo, the candidates will be working on advancing the design of mobile health technologies, public health surveillance tools, wearables, IoT smart sensors, and data visualizations using user-centered design (UCD), data-driven design, user experience (UX) design, and persuasive design. More information about existing projects can be found here.
A few potential projects include:
- Remote patient monitoring (RPM) through IoT technology – User-centered design visualization tools for a platform that will enable remote patient monitoring using IoT technology.
- User-centered and persuasive design of mental health mHealth platforms – Explore the intersection of user-centered and persuasive design to improve engagement and adherence to mental health platforms.
- Public health surveillance platform – Development of dashboards and data visualizations for real-time syndromic surveillance data.
Funding
Funding is available for competitive candidates and external funding will be supported for qualified candidates.
Qualifications
The ideal applicants for an MSc or PhD at the UbiLab will have:
- a bachelor’s degree in design, engineering, psychology (or equivalent experience),
- experience with user-centered design methods and qualitative research,
- strong interest in health technology and health systems,
- applied knowledge of UCD and UX, solid writing abilities, and good communication skills.
Application process
Interested applicants should contact UbiLab director, Professor Plinio Morita, with an email including cover letter, C.V., the contact information of 3 references (two academic and one personal), a research statement (one page), a design portfolio, and a list of relevant publications.
Waterloo's School of Public Health Sciences is training a new generation of leaders, researchers, and change agents, adept at thinking and responding to the complex adaptive systems that affect health and health care.
Together, we are seeking innovative solutions to some of the major health challenges of our time: chronic disease prevention and management; health and ageing; health care system integration, management and informatics; food and water safety, security and governance; health inequity–including poverty and Aboriginal health issues; and health and the environment.
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