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Connected from the start: Early touch and parent–infant synchrony in preterm infants

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Company

KU Leuven

Location

Leuven, Belgium

Posted

June 11, 2026

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About This Opportunity

We offer two complementary PhD trajectoriesPhD 1 – NICU / medical focus
  • You will work on the implementation of non-separation and immediate kangaroo care, and conduct data collection in the NICU setting.
  • Background: Master’s degree in Medicine, Obstetrics, Midwifery, or related
  • Flexibility and experience is required to support preterm deliveries.
  • PhD 2 – Developmental / analytical focus
  • You will lead the follow-up measurements at 6 and 14 months and contribute strongly to data analysis and modelling.
  • Background: Psychology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, Medicine, or related, with a passion for infant research.
  • Experience with, or a strong motivation to learn, psychophysiological methods, programming (R, Python, Matlab) and advanced statistics is valued.
  • What you will doYou will engage in hands-on, interdisciplinary research, including:
  • Parent–infant dual measurements (“hyperscanning”) of EEG, ECG, hormones and behaviour during kanga...