Postdoctoral Researcher in psychiatric epidemiology

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?

At the Division of Insurance Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, we study different aspects of sickness absence, health, work and living conditions. We are approximately 75 employees and run about 25 different projects. The main focus of the research group MENTE is at the intersection of psychiatric epidemiology and insurance medicine. We offer a stimulating scientific environment as well as a possibility to collaborate with other researchers at the division, in Sweden and abroad.

Your mission

We are looking for a post-doctoral researcher that is expected to conduct studies in mainly EU-financed projects within psychiatric epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology. The work will be conducted with other researchers in the group and with colleagues in several European countries as well as USA. The post-doctoral researcher will mainly work with study planning, data management, statistical analyses, manuscript writing and grant applications.

Your profile

Qualified to be employed as a postdoctor is one who has obtained a doctorate or has equivalent scientific competence. It is considered as an advantage if you have completed your doctoral degree within the last three years, if there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier. 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.

The successful candidate must have documented experience of epidemiological research. It is a particular merit if you have experience of working with large datasets and registers as well as data management and analysis using, e.g., SAS, STATA, SPSS, or R. Extra merit is given to applicants with previous experience of research in the areas of psychiatric epidemiology or pharmacoepidemiology. Excellent English skills are required. The work involves both independent tasks and close collaboration with others and therefore demands a capacity to work thoroughly and independently, to initiate and drive work processes as well as good teamwork and communication skills.

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 to apply at the latest 2022-02-21.

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

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