Clinical assistant within HPV research

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

A position as Clinical assistant is available in the group of Professor Joakim Dillner at the Department of Laboratory Medicine. The successful applicant will join a research team focusing on eScience and cancer prevention research. Within a center for cervical cancer prevention, the group conducts basic and translational studies of human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV-based prevention and holds the international HPV reference laboratory where we sequence, document, and store all new Papillomaviruses.

The group is involved in national and international projects on exposome research and cervical cancer prevention and maintains a high profile in disseminating research findings and working with health authorities to monitor and evaluate prevention efforts.

The successful candidate will lead a project team studying the epidemiology and vaccinology of Human Papillomavirus.

Your mission

Project planning in infectious epidemiology, especially in HPV screening and HPV vaccination
Project management in infectious disease epidemiology
Attend R&D meetings every Monday.
Mentor for existing doctoral students and postdocs, with regular meetings with them to provide further perspectives and in-depth training in their education within the fields infectious disease epidemiology, cancer screening and vaccinology.

Your profile

MD, PhD and docent (equivalent to associate professor)
Experience in conducting large randomized vaccination trials
Experience in international research collaboration
Comprehensive publication in internationally leading scientific journals as lead author
Experience in supervising doctoral students for dissertation
Good Leadership Characteristics
Good Collaboration skills
Fluent in English in both speech and writing

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: Flemingsberg

The research group

Application

Welcome to apply at the latest 2022-02-08

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.
In this recruitment, you will apply with your CV without a personal letter. Instead, you will answer some questions about why you are applying for the job in the application form.

Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all