Data4Healthcare

Data4Healthcare addresses the great demand for specialists in all fields who are capable of working with different types of massive datasets, understand different datasources and legislation related to the demand of turning them into useful information for decision making in healthcare.

The aim of the Programme is to offer cutting-edge research, research training and career development for talented researchers of any nationality in fields associated with big data, data analytics, machine vision and artificial intelligence. The Oulu ecosystem with strong background in eHealth and ICT, new world´s smartest hospital and research teams utilizing large molecular data provide unprecedented surroundings for the programme.

The research areas offered by the programme can be divided into three themes:

Theme 1): Data as new resources in the society

Theme 2): Health data management practices in RDI collaboration

Theme 3): Technical tools in data management and processing

The Programme is funding a total of twenty-four (24) three-year postdoctoral researcher positions 2024–2028 at the University of Oulu. The First Call for recruiting 15 postdoctoral researchers for the programme was open on Janury 15th - March 15th. The Second Call for recruiting 10 postdoctoral researchers was open on January 9th - March 9th, 2025. Positions are located at the University of Oulu, Finland.

The recruitment process will emphasize the excellence of the applicants and their research plans and is designed to be open, merit-based, transparent, impartial, and give equal opportunities to all applicants.

The research areas by the Data4Healthcare programme are divided into three themes.
The descriptions of the involved research groups related to the themes are listed on the following theme subpages:

email: data4healthcare@oulu.fi

Aapistie 5, 90220 Oulu, Finland

Coordinator, Professor Johannes Kettunen

Vice-coordinator, Professor Raija Korpelainen

Programme manager, Mirja Peltola