Postdoctoral Researcher in feeding and eating disorders

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Center for Eating Disorders Innovation (CEDI) at Karolinska Institutet is an entity at MEB established under the auspices of the Swedish Research Council. Our interdisciplinary work spans clinical, epidemiologic, genetic, public health, and basic science and aims to enhance knowledge about the causes, treatments, and prevention of eating disorders.

Your mission

This research project aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of genetic and environmental factors that contribute to risk, development, maintenance, and recovery from feeding and eating disorders. The project focuses specifically on understanding genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).

It is desirable but not a requirement that individuals eligible to be employed as a postdoctoral researcher should have completed their PhD studies within the last seven years.

This is a position of 2 year with possibility of extension. Questions regarding the role, please contact Cynthia Bulik. Contact information can be found below.

Your profile

Applicants should have a PhD in psychology, genetics, nutrition, or related disciplines. Experience working with Swedish population registers and analyzing twin data is essential. Strong skills using R, Mx, and SAS are desired. Experiencing coordinating large studies is also desirable as new data will be collected as part of the project. The fellow will also have the opportunity to participate in other research projects underway at CEDI related to eating disorders.

Applicants must have strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work independently, and experience in an interdisciplinary and/or translational research environment. Fluency in English essential.

Qualified to be employed as a postdoctor is one who has obtained a doctorate or has equivalent scientific competence. Applicants who have not completed a doctorate at the end of the application period may also apply, provided that all requirements for a completed degree are met before the (intended) date of employment. This must be substantiated by the applicant's main supervisor, director or equivalent.

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

Application

An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

A complete resumé, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
A complete list of publications
A summary of current work (no more than one page)

Welcome with your application!

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

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