Research assistant to MEB

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB) at Karolinska Institutet has about 280 researchers, doctoral students, statisticians, programmers, data collectors, database administrators and administrative staff. The department is also host to KI Biobank and is responsible for the Swedish Twin Registry. The organization has the critical resources and the infrastructure needed (servers/IT systems, database managers, and statisticians) to perform significant and innovative large-scale register studies.

The psychiatric epidemiology group at MEB is now looking for a research assistant who wants to understand and advance the pharmacological treatment of major depressive disorder.

Your mission

We are looking for an outstanding and motivated research assistant to join our research team. The successful applicant will work on projects to identify the risks and benefits of receiving psychotropic treatment for major depressive disorder, by performing advanced pharmacological and epidemiological analyses on real-world data.

The research assistant will work with an international research team. The main role involves data management, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.

Questions regarding the role, please contact Zheng Chang. Information can be found below in the advert.

Your profile

The successful applicant is expected to have:

Experience in conducting pharmacoepidemiological studies to investigate treatment effects using different study designs and statistical methods.
Must have experience in handling large-scale health record data, such as Nordic register-based data.
Advanced data management skills using statistical software (e.g., SAS, R or Python).
Experience of prediction modelling.
Self-motivated personality, as well as good project and time management ability.
Completion of a PhD is a merit.

We are looking for someone who works well in a team and is motivated to work independently to reach your own and the research group goals. To succeed in this position you need to be structured and flexible to handle and meet the deadlines in the projects.

This is a position of 2 months with possibility of extension.

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. 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 a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several good benefits through our collective agreement. And you get to practice freely in our modern wellness facilities, where trained staff are on site.

Location: Solna

Application

Welcome to apply at the latest 29 March 2022.

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