PhD Position in Patient Safety and Clinical Resilience
Universitätsklinikum Augsburg
Digital technologies are essential to modern healthcare, but dependence on interconnected IT systems, data and digital workflows creates vulnerabilities that can affect care delivery and patient safety. The research group “Quantitative Resilience, Safety and Security in Medicine” at the Institute for Digital Medicine at University Hospital Augsburg develops quantitative models and decision support to help healthcare organizations anticipate, withstand and recover from digital disruptions.
You will identify critical dependencies between clinical processes, data and IT systems, quantify the consequences of digital disruptions and develop decision support for maintaining safe healthcare delivery.
Your Responsibilities
- Analyse clinical workflows and identify decision-critical data, IT systems and resource dependencies using routine data, process models and clinical expertise
- Develop resilience metrics and simulation models to quantify how IT outages and missing, delayed or manipulated data affect care delivery and patient safety
- Develop quantitative decision-support approaches for organizational, technical and capacity-related resilience measures
- Implement reproducible research software, publish scientific results and present them at international conferences
- Collaborate with clinical partners and the Chair of IT Infrastructures for Translational Medical Research; contribute to teaching activities
- Excellent master’s degree in operations research, industrial engineering, medical informatics, computer science, data science, mathematics or a related quantitative discipline
- Strong analytical skills and experience or a strong interest in simulation, mathematical optimization, process modelling or healthcare analytics
- Programming experience, preferably in Python or relevant simulation and optimization software
- Interest in patient safety and resilient healthcare operations; ability to work independently and collaborate with clinical and academic partners
- Initiative and enthusiasm for academic research
- Very good written and spoken English. German is desirable but not mandatory
- An interdisciplinary research environment connecting quantitative methods, digital medicine and clinical practice
- Close collaboration with clinical and research partners at University Hospital Augsburg and the University of Augsburg
- A research position with the opportunity to work towards a doctoral degree, subject to the applicable admission requirements
- Opportunities to publish internationally, present research at conferences and contribute to scientific collaborations
- Participation in the development of research software, clinical case studies and teaching in resilient digital medicine
- Remuneration up to pay grade EG 13 TV-L, depending on qualifications and professional experience, including the standard social benefits provided in the public sector (occupational pension scheme and annual special payment)
Prof. Dr. Emilia Graß
Professorship of Quantitative Resilience and Security Concepts in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg / Institute for Digital Medicine (IDM), University Hospital Augsburg (UKA)
0721/608-43983
Bewerbungsfrist
Please submit your application as soon as possible, latest at the 31st of October 2026.
We look forward to you!
The position is suitable for people with severe disabilities. Applicants (m/f/d) with severe disabilities will be preferred if they are essentially the same aptitude, ability and professional performance. Women are invited to apply in accordance with Article 7 (3) BayGlG. When starting work at the Augsburg University Hospital, proof of sufficient immune protection in accordance with
- 23, 23a IfSG must be presented or the same must be met.