Postdoctoral researcher in epidemiology or biostatistics

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

An opportunity to join a productive research group with an excellent track record from using Scandinavian data sources to perform studies of relevance to public health and clinical medicine (see group Peter Ueda and Björn Pasternak).

The candidate is expected to lead register-based studies of health outcomes among football (soccer) players. The position is flexible, and the candidate will be able to work on other existing projects within the research group related to cardiovascular epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology. There will also be opportunities to pursue new venues of research with the support of the supervisors.

Your mission

The candidate is expected to lead the data analysis and presentation of studies on health outcomes among football (soccer players). The background is the recent controversy regarding potential associations of playing football on the elite level with risk of neurodegenerative disease later in life (Mackay DF et al. NEJM 2019). There will be an established dataset on elite football players and the candidate will lead the creation and analysis of a large national cohort of amateur and elite football players.

In addition to this project, there will be opportunities to pursue other lines of research within the focus areas of the research group (see our previous publications) or pursue new venues of research. We will provide supervision and support with the aim of making the candidate a successful applicant to future faculty positions (e.g. Assistant Professor at KI).

Funding is available for up to 2 years.

Your profile

You should have a PhD degree in epidemiology/biostatistics or other related fields.

- Previous experience in merging of large administrative databases and using methods such as survival analysis, as well as experience from using Swedish national health registers are considered as merits.

- The position requires advanced level knowledge of programming in SAS, Stata and/or R and the ability to lead projects.

- Strong interest in epidemiology and biostatistics is a plus.

- Interest/experience in football and analyses of neurodegenerative disease and mental health outcomes a plus

- Good English skills are required. As some of the data sources are available in Swedish only, Swedish language knowledge is a plus.

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

The position is located within the Department of Medicine, Solna. The department consists of twelve divisions and each division consists of several research groups. The position is located within the research group Peter Ueda

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)

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

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