1-2 Assistant Professors in Epidemiology, with focus on research - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Unit of Integrative Epidemiology at the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) is looking for 1-2 Assistant Professors who are interested in performing top quality epidemiologic research, with the aim to improve our understanding of chronic diseases including neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatric disorders, and cancer. Our focus lies in identifying and evaluating novel risk factors and prognostic indicators for these diseases as well as understanding the comorbidity patterns between diseases. We use different research tools in addressing these research questions, including population and health registers, large scale cohort and case-control studies, as well as biobank data. We integrate closely epidemiology with other pre-clinical and clinical research.

Your mission

Your mission as an Assistant Professor is to strengthen and further develop the focused research areas of the Unit of Integrative Epidemiology. Important tasks of the employment include supervising junior researchers (master students, PhD students, and postdoctoral researchers), establishing new external collaborations, and searching for and obtaining research funding (both as main applicant and co-applicant of other applications). Although the positions are targeted toward research, the selected candidates are also expected to contribute to the teaching activities of the unit and IMM.

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

Eligibility requirements

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 illness or parental leave.

Bases of assessment

For Assistant Professor with focus on research:

Scientific expertise will be most important when assessing applicants.

Scientific expertise will be assessed through previous research experience (international experience is meritorious) and output (high-impact publications are meritorious), obtained funding for research, supervision experience of graduate and postgraduate students, and international collaborations. We will also base the assessment on the quality of the proposed research plan.

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

https://ki.se/en/imm/unit-of-integrative-epidemiology

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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.

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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