Opportunity
The Ubiquitous Health Technology Lab (UbiLab) is looking for passionate individuals interested in pursuing their MSc or PhD in Public Health and Health Systems with a focus in Applied Health Informatics, Digital Health, Big Data in Healthcare, and AI for Health.
At the School of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Waterloo, the successful candidates will be working with research in the areas of mHealth, wearables, IoT smart sensors, big data and health analytics, public health surveillance, global health, and technology for independent living. More information about existing projects can be found here.
A few potential projects include:
- IoT-based remote patient monitoring (RPM)– Explore unique requirements for patients living in retirement homes and develop a customized RPM solution to help clinicians monitor these patients.
- Development of ubiquitous integrated health sensors– Development of IoT ubiquitous sensors for automated health data collection for RPM, to be integrated into a Smart Home.
- Digital public health surveillance using IoT and wearables – Contribute to the modernization of public health surveillance data sources, working with big data and AI to generate real-time insights from large volumes of IoT and Health data.
Funding
Funding is available for competitive candidates and external funding will be supported for qualified candidates.
Qualifications
The ideal applicants for a Master or Ph.D. at the UbiLab will have:
- a bachelor’s degree in a related field of study,
- experience with quantitative and qualitative methods,
- good knowledge about health technology and health systems,
- applied knowledge of statistics, excellent writing abilities, and excellent 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), 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.
For more information visit the School of Public Health Sciences.