Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Sleep Research

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The main aim of our research group, “Sleep, cognition and health”, part of The Division of Psychology, is to increase the understanding of how sleep in the modern life affects our biology, cognition, and health. We primarily use experimental methods, but we also carry out studies in real-life settings, such as with medical doctors working on-call shifts. Our work is strongly interdisciplinary and we have several on-going projects with research groups within Karolinska Institutet as well as internationally. A part of the research group is situated at the Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University.

Your mission

The “sleep, cognition and health” group seeks a postdoc fellow to work on behavioural studies examining sleep and cognitive functioning in modern life. The main projects will run during 2022 and 2023. Duties will include:

planning, administrating and coordinating research projects
manage data collection in the field and in the sleep laboratory
supervising students
carry out advanced statistical analysis including mixed effects modelling, generalized linear modeling
reporting of data, data visualisation,and article writing
The position includes night work.

Your profile

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.

You should be a highly-motivated, and enthusiastic person with experience in our area of research. Weight is placed on personal qualities for the position such as a high degree of independence, a collaborative approach to research, having good interpersonal skills and being able to work productively in a team. Very good command of written and spoken English and proficient in Swedish.

An applicant should have a:

Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience, psychology or related field
Experience in acquiring, analyzing, and interpreting psychophysiological data (particularly of PSG,EEG, actigraphy, and immunity)
Demonstrated ability to complete projects, as evidenced by first-author publications
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
Strong statistical and programming skills (e.g., R, Matlab, Python)
Experience in developing cognitive tasks
Experience of running projects and supervision of students and research assistants

It is meritorious to be qualified in phlebotomy.

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

Read more about the Department here

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 to apply at the latest 2021-11-07.

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

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