Postdoc in an EU project at Section for Health Services Research

We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced and dynamic postdoc for a position (23,5 months) in an EU funded, international project aiming at improving the care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), to commence January 16th, 2027 or as soon as possible after this date.

Information on the department can be found at: https://publichealth.ku.dk/about-the-department/hsr/ Our research The EU PAL-COPD project is a multidisciplinary, interprofessional, international and intersectoral project aiming at evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the ICLEAR-EU intervention for people with advanced COPD in different healthcare systems in Europe.

ICLEAR-EU is a person-centred and family-centred non-pharmacological service intervention in which respiratory teams in the hospital collaborate with interdisciplinary palliative care teams and with primary care to promote shared decision-making and advance care planning, improve symptom treatment and comfort care, and prevent re-hospitalization after an exacerbation.

ICLEAR-EU is based on an existing intervention developed and pilot tested in the UK. In EU PAL-COPD, the effectiveness of ICLEAR-EU will be assessed with a stepped wedge cluster RCT in 1,224 people with advanced COPD in 18 hospitals across six European countries1 …