Assistant Professor in Nutrition - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Biosciences and Nutrition performs research and education in several areas of
medical science including aging, Alzheimer, biomaterial, molecular endocrinology, cancer biology,
functional genomics, systems biology, epigenetics, structural biochemistry, bioorganic chemistry,
immunology, and nutrition. It offers an excellent international research and working environment,
including around 250 scientists, students, administrative and technical personnel. The Department
resides in Neo at Campus Flemingsberg, a biomedical research building, aimed at being a creative and open environment that enables meetings, synergies, and exploration of areas of mutual interest across disciplines.

Do you want to contribute to better health for all?

The IMPACT research group (Innovative use of Mobile Phones to promote physical ACTivity and nutrition across the life span) is led by Professor Marie Löf. The group has over ten years of experience in developing mobile phone based (mHealth) interventions focusing on promoting optimal nutrition and physical activity, with special emphasis on pregnant women and young children.

Your mission

As an Assistant Professor you will be leading and conducting randomized controlled trials and intervention studies in young children (0-5 years). Here you will be involved in all steps of the research project, i.e., planning, developing intervention content, writing ethical applications, collecting data, data analysis, and writing manuscripts. Furthermore, you will be responsible for supervising doctoral and master’s student’s projects. This position will also include overall responsibilities for administrative tasks for the bachelor program in nutrition, as well as course leading and teaching on both Bachelor, Master’s and doctoral level.

The employment as Assistant Professor is time limited for 4 years with the right to apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible, the candidate must have:

• A solid background in nutrition
• Experience working with several randomized controlled trials promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours and providing parent support, especially in the child healthcare setting (i.e., children 0-5 years)
• Experience working with intervention studies in infants and pre-school aged children, preferably in an international context
• Experience working with both quantitative and qualitative data collection
• Experience in using social media for intervention delivery, and documented skills in how to assess web and social media analytics data
• Experience in teaching nutrition and supervising on Bachelor and Master’s level
• Excellent writing and communication skills (English) Skills in R programming language for data analysis and meta-analysis
• Demonstrate the potential to further procure research funding 

Those eligible for employment as an Assistant Professor are individuals who have been awarded a PhD or attained equivalent research competence. Preference should be given to those who were awarded a PhD or attained equivalent research competence no more than five years prior to the expiry of the application period for the position as assistant professor.

Those who have been awarded a PhD or attained equivalent research competence earlier may however be considered if special grounds exist. 

Special grounds refer to:

• parental leave,
• positions of trust in trade union organizations
• mandatory service in the total defense forces
• long-term illness
• general medical internship (maximum 24 months)
• specialist medical residency for clinically active professionals (maximum 24 months).

Ground, dates and extent must be clearly specified in the application and verified with relevant documentation.

Bases of assessment

Scientific expertise in the area of nutrition, child feeding and randomized controlled trials focusing on child healthcare settings will be most important when assessing candidates. This will be assessed through research experience, publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and established international collaborations. Pedagogic skills and teaching experience will also be of great importance when assessing candidates. Aspects considered to be of merit:

•  Established international research collaborations documented through active participation in international projects, publications, and awarded grants
• Teaching experience in various topics within nutrition science
• Experience in supervising students in nutrition on both Bachelor and Master’s level
• Formal pedagogical training
• Experience in curriculum and course development, course leadership, as well as examination and assessment of students in nutrition
• Experience in web communication is meriting, including website and social media analytics 

What do we offer?

A creative, international and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Here, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several good benefits through our collective agreement. 

Location: Flemingsberg

www.bionut.Ki.se

https://ki.se/en/bionut/the-impact-research-group-marie-lof

 
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Application

We prefer that Your application is written in English, but You can also apply in Swedish. An application must contain the following documents: Resumé, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s qualifications portfolio.

Welcome to apply at the latest 6 November 2022.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system

Particular assessment for promotion to Senior Lecturer

An Assistant Professor employed in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 4 Section 12a shall be promoted to Senior Lecturer if he or she is eligible for an employment as Senior Lecturer in accordance with the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet and is assessed to be suitable for such employment in accordance with the assessment criteria that KI has decided should be applied when being promoted to Senior Lecturer. The assessment criteria stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet that was valid at the time of appointment as Assistant Professor will be applied when applying for promotion to Senior Lecturer. Current assessment criteria is found here. Such promotion results in a permanent position as Senior Lecturer.

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