PhD Position: Emerging Business Models in Digital Healthcare (m/f/d)

Your tasks

You will work on specific projects in cooperation with our healthcare partner CSS. As part of our team, you take direct project responsibility. You will plan, conduct, and evaluate cutting-edge research at the intersection of the social, medical, and engineering sciences. This includes subfields such as entrepreneurship, general management, behavioral science, and information systems.
 

Your profile

• Eligibility for a Ph.D. at the University of St. Gallen
• A master's degree in engineering, medical sciences, or social sciences with a GPA (Grade Point Average) of at least 5.0 (GPA of 2.0 and better in Germany and Austria) in combination with a strong interest in entrepreneurship and management.
• Prior experience in applied research projects, start-ups, or venture capital, as well as prior work experience in the health industry, is advantageous
• Strong interest in healthy longevity, social and health psychology, health economics, technology-based innovation
• Self-confident appearance and high conceptual and communication skills, especially regarding presenting research results to a broad and interdisciplinary audience
• Profound knowledge (written/oral) in German and English

 
Employment conditions, compensation, and benefits are attractive and based on the guidelines of HSG. The average duration necessary for successfully obtaining a Ph.D. is 3 1/2 years. 
If you are fascinated by the described task and would like to be part of a highly motivated, young team, we would be pleased to receive your electronic application (incl. motivation letter, CV, certificates, and transcript of records, other relevant documents). The promise of the metaverse in cardiovascular health (European Heart Journal, May 2022), Can Virtual Reality Help Ease Chronic Pain? (The New York Times Magazine, April 2022), First of its Kind Alexa Experience Provides Hands-Free Access at Home to General Medical Care (GlobeNewswire, February 2022), Can digital technologies improve health?(The Lancet, November 2021), Predictive analytics and tailored interventions improve clinical outcomes (npj Digital Medicine, June 2021), Q1 2022 Digital Health Funding Reaches $6B Across 183 Deals (Rock Health, 2022)
What are the business models behind the recent developments in the field of digital healthcare?
 
The ongoing digitization of our everyday life offers unique opportunities for innovation in healthcare. The CSS Health Lab is an integral part of the Centre for Digital Health Interventions (CDHI), a joint initiative of the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St. Gallen (ITEM-HSG), the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics at ETH Zurich, and the Swiss health insurer CSS. The CSS Health Lab strives to specify, develop, and evaluate consumer- and healthcare provider-centric applications for the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases and common mental disorders using ubiquitous computing technology.
To strengthen the lab, we offer this position at ITEM-HSG in St.Gallen under the supervision of Prof. Fleisch and co-supervision of Prof. Kowatsch. We are looking forward to your online-application. apply here

Inspirational Work Environment

Executive Education

Family & Career

Equal Opportunities

Fit and Healthy

Inspirational Work Environment

At the HSG, as Europe's leading business university, we operate in an entrepreneurial environment where you will meet highly qualified, ambitious experts - both regionally and internationally. For example, you benefit from a modern IT infrastructure and, in our library via HSGswisscovery, from nationwide access to the wealth of scientific information available.

Executive Education

We support internal and external executive education opportunities. Our internal executive education programme offers you a practical, dedicated and didactically mature transfer of knowledge in the form of seminars, e-learning, coaching and collegial advice. We support task-specific external training and executive education financially as well as with regard to the time required.

Network

We promote our culture of cross-functional collaboration and create space for forging valuable relationships - also with external partners. Regular exchanges and internal events help to strengthen these relationships and make them long-lasting.

Family & Career

We provide our employees with flexible work time models with a variable number of hours per week. As a family-friendly employer, we offer part-time positions, 16 weeks of maternity leave and a subsidised crèche, as well as support with childcare during the vacations.

Equal Opportunities

The University enables equal opportunities for all employees and students. This applies to degree courses and work, as well as academic careers, university management positions and the reconciliation of studies, work and private commitments. We are committed to this with various measures in the areas of teaching, research, administration and the Presidency.

Fit and Healthy

We help you stay fit and healthy. In addition to our diverse range of sports activities at the university, most of which are free of charge, and campaign weeks for corporate health management, we also offer you fruit in the workplace. In our canteen you will find a wide selection of freshly prepared meals - from vegetarian to fish dishes - at discounted prices.

Further information on working at the HSG can be found here.

For job-related questions

Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch
Director, Chair for Operations Management
Phone: +41 71 224 7241
elgar.fleisch@unisg.ch

«If you have a curious mind and passion for research on emerging business models in digital healthcare, then we are looking for you.»

Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch
Scientific Director of the center for Digital Health Interventions
Phone: +41 71 224 7244
tobias.kowatsch@unisg.ch

«If you have any further questions, then please contact me.»

Your place of work

University of St.Gallen

«A place where knowledge is created» - As one of Europe's leading universities of economics and business administration, the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, is committed to the education of over 8800 students. The HSG is one of the largest employers in the region and provides an attractive and innovative environment for more than 3300 researchers, educators and professional staff.