The Health Systems and Services Research Group (led by Assoc. Prof. Dionne Kringos) at Amsterdam UMC announces that the Industrial Doctoral Network HealthIntelAct, launched on January 1, 2025, is now recruiting 17 PhD candidates. This Horizon Europe-funded initiative aims to train the next generation of researchers to build sustainable, inclusive, and high-performing health and care systems across Europe and beyond.
At the heart of HealthIntelAct is the development of Actionable Performance Intelligence—transforming health data into real-world insights to support data-driven decision-making. Our interdisciplinary research network will address urgent challenges such as health inequities, workforce shortages, environmental sustainability, and financial pressures in health and care systems.
We are collaborating with a diverse consortium of esteemed partners, including:

• Amsterdam UMC (Netherlands) – Health Systems and Services Research Group
• OptiMedis AG (Germany) – Research & Innovation
• North Denmark Region (Denmark) / Aalborg University – Psychiatry
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" Bucharest (Romania) – Public Health and Management
• Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna (Italy) – Institute of Management and Health Science
• Ministère de la Santé et de la Sécurité Sociale (Luxembourg) – Observatoire National de la Santé
• Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje (Slovenia) – The Center for Health Care

• People – Strengthening equity, workforce resilience, and patient-centered care
• Planet – Advancing environmentally sustainable health and care systems
• Prosperity – Improving financial and social sustainability of health and care systems