Senior Lecturer in Physiology and/or Pharmacology - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

- with focus on education and research

Do you want to contribute to better health for all?

At the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology we teach and conduct internationally acclaimed, high-quality research in Physiology, Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Intensive care. We have approximately 400 employees and 90 doctoral students working in 30 research groups. We now aim to strengthen the link between education and research with a new Senior Lecturer. The department is located within the brand new Biomedicum Research center on the Solna Campus of Karolinska Institute. Our collaborations with the clinics at Karolinska University Hospital provide unique opportunities for translational research within these subjects.

More information about our research can be found here.

Your mission

This position is part of a central strategic initiative to improve the conditions for a strong, close and mutually enriching integration of education and research at different levels. The appointee is expected to take responsibility for leading the development of educational activities to ensure a research integrated education of high quality.

The position is focused on education in physiology and/or pharmacology at the undergraduate, advanced and doctoral levels, as well as research in physiology and/or pharmacology.

We therefore seek you with high and broad competence in teaching with documented experience and interest in developing teaching in the subject area of physiology and/or pharmacology. Applicants are expected to take an active and leading role in teaching at the department, be involved in the development of undergraduate education in physiology and/or pharmacology and conduct pre-clinical research of high scientific quality in the fields of physiology and/or pharmacology.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for employment as a Senior Lecturer, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having equivalent scientific expertise, the person must have demonstrated research- and teaching expertise, as well as management-, development- and collaborative skills (See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet).

The applicant shall also have completed courses of 10 weeks of higher education training in teaching (or have equivalent competence) in accordance with the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions recommendations for qualification as a higher education teacher.

The applicant shall have documented experience of leadership assignments related to ongoing teaching as well as to the development of future teaching. Applicants shall have extensive documented expertise in pedagogy and teaching in physiology and/or pharmacology in its various forms (lectures, practicals, seminars, supervision of thesis work, and on-line teaching).

The applicant shall conduct high-quality research in physiology and/or pharmacology and be co-author of high-quality scientific articles in international journals over the past 10 years.

The teaching at Karolinska Institutet is conducted in Swedish and English. Excellent knowledge of spoken and written Swedish and English is therefore an absolute requirement. Swedish is the official governmental language and is used in all administration regarding teaching.

Bases of assessment

The Senior Lectureship has focus on education and research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: research expertise (2), educational expertise (3) and leadership-, development- and collaboration expertise (2).

It is meriting to have performed pedagogic developmental work and to have given presentations at international educational conferences. It is meriting to have received research grants, especially for projects with educational focus.

Teaching in physiology and/or pharmacology provides an important link between basic science and the clinic. To maintain high-quality teaching of physiology and pharmacology, teachers with genuine and comprehensive knowledge of how our body functions under normal conditions (physiology) and how it responds to pharmacological substances (pharmacology) are required. A university degree related to physiology, pharmacology or medicine is therefore meriting as it guarantees a broad knowledge base on which teaching can be developed with assured clinical relevance.

After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the candidates, Karolinska Institutet will judge which of the candidates that have the best potential to contribute to a positive development of the activities at KI.

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment full of expertise and curiosity. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is a state university, which entitles to several benefits such as extended holiday and generous occupational pension. Employees also have access to our modern gym for free and receive reimbursements for medical care.

Location: Biomedicum, Solna Campus

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Application

An application must contain the following documents in English: Resumé, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s qualifications portfolio (http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio). 

The applications will be reviewed by external reviewers in English. All the submitted documents shall therefor be written in English.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

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