Research assistant to review risk factors for infection in older adults

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The research group Equity and Health Policy is looking for a temporary research assistant. This is a great opportunity to conduct a systematic review on a burning topic. We offer an engaging and international research environment where you will contribute to high quality research on an internationally competitive level.

Your mission

You will conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on risk factors for infection in older adults who receive home healthcare and/or home help. The systematic review has been registered with PROSPERO and the work will follow the standards of PRISMA checklist for systematic reviews. Your tasks include:

Develop search terms in collaboration with KI librarians (who will conduct the database searches)
Identify inclusion- and exclusion criteria and PICO
Extract data (i.e. go through the articles identified through the database searches)
Undertake bias assessment of eligible studies using Cochrane bias assessment tool
For quantitative studies: conduct meta-analysis to assess effect sizes
For qualitative studies: identify categories in the data using a thematic approach followed by comparisons between the studies
Undertake data synthesis involving presenting, grouping and comparing data on the reported exposures for quantitative and qualitative studies separately, followed by providing an overarching synthesis
Present and analyse the research process and findings in the format of a scientific article

You will be supervised by Dr Ann Liljas and also work with Ass Professor Janne Agerholm, Ass Professor Pär Schön (based at Stockholm University) and Professor Bo Burström, head of the team Equity and Health Policy at the Department of Global Public Health.

This is a temporary position of 7 months full-time. There is an opportunity to work part-time in the first two months. Desirable start of the employment is April 2022.

Your profile

Requirements and qualifications:

Master degree in a relevant topic e.g. health-related subjects or statistics
Basic skills in statistics is required and more advanced skills in statistics is desirable
Confident in using reference management tool (e.g. EndNote) and statistical software (e.g. STATA) of your choice
Good understanding of systematic reviews (e.g. why and how they are conducted)
Excellent scientific writing skills
It is desirable that you have an interest in learning about the spread of infectious diseases and home care opportunities for older adults
Fluent in English, written and spoken

Desirable personal characteristics:

Exceptional ability to pay attention to detail
Relentless patience to go through data
Hard working, including being driven and always meeting deadlines
Ability to work independently to a large extent

We highly value the personal characteristics of the candidate.

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

Welcome to apply at the latest 2022-03-18

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.

Permanent position is initiated by a six months trial period.

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