Professor in Cardiorenal Physiology (prolonged application period) - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

- with focus on research

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

At the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology we teach and conduct internationally acclaimed, high-quality research in Physiology, Pharmacology, Anaesthesiology and Intensive care. We have approximately 400 employees and 90 doctoral students working in 30 research groups. The department is located within the brand new Biomedicum Research center on the Solna Campus of Karolinska Institute. Departmental research interests include cellular signaling, cardiovascular and respiratory systems, neuropsychopharmacology, neuroinflammation, pharmacogenetics, regenerative medicine, renal physiology, anaesthesiology and intensive care, muscle physiology, and pain. 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.

Cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes and associated renal disease are major health problems, affecting more than 1.5 billion people worldwide. Increasing age as well as non optimal lifestyle causing obesity significantly contribute to the increasing incidence. Further mechanistic understandings will greatly aid in the development of new strategies to prevent or treat adverse complications. This position is aimed at increasing our understanding regarding central cardio-renal mechanisms and mediators of importance for these diseases in order to provide novel clinical interventions for the future.

Your mission

The main tasks consist of research, research education and teaching in physiology. Research must be conducted in areas relevant to understanding of physiological and molecular factors for control of cardiac and renal function affect risk of importance for development of metabolic and renally mediated cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

It is expected that the Professor will take responsibility for the management of her/his research group and perform research at the highest International level. Furthermore, it is expected that the Professor will take responsibility for and a leading role in undergraduate teaching as well as education at the advanced and postgraduate level. Through active research and efforts in science, research education and teaching, the applicant is expected to contribute to the development of research and teaching in physiology at Karolinska Institutet.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for employment as Professor the applicant must have demonstrated both research and teaching expertise, as well as management, development and collaborative skills (See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet).

This position is focused on research aimed at understanding physiological factors and molecular mechanisms that through cardio-renal interactions are important for development of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Documented experience of teaching and high-quality research within these areas of physiology is therefore mandatory. Thus, the applicant should be an internationally leading researcher in these aspects of physiology with high quality publications in leading international journals over the past ten years and the potential to continue to be a leading international researcher in the field.

It is essential that the applicant has received significant research funding as a principal investigator from national and international funding agencies over the past five years and show a clear potential for continued and additional funding in the research area.

Documented experience of supervision of doctoral students and postdocs, teaching, management and development assignments, and leadership training is important.

Bases of assessment

The Professorship has focus on research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: research expertise (3), educational expertise (2) and leadership, development and collaboration expertise (1).

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. If the person appointed for the position is lacking such education at the time of the employment, the appointee must undergo such education during the first two years of employment.

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?

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 better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct innovative medical research and provide the largest range of biomedical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is a state university, which entitles employees to several benefits such as extended holiday and a generous occupational pension. Employees also have free access to our modern gym and receive reimbursements for medical care.

Location: Solna – Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Application

We prefer that Your application is written in English, but You can also apply in Swedish. Your application must contain the following documents: 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, normally both national and international.

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

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