Postdoctoral researcher in comorbidity between cancer and other chronic diseases

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?

Unit of Integrative Epidemiology at Institute for Environmental Medicine (IMM), Karolinska Institutet (KI), is aiming to improve the understanding of the causes and consequences of health and diseases, with a focus on neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatric disorders, and cancer. We strive for multidisciplinary approaches in epidemiologic research and integrate different scientific tools when addressing specific research questions.

Unit of Integrative Epidemiology IMM is now looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher to lead and coordinate projects relating to comorbidities between cancer and other chronic diseases, using data from longitudinal cohorts, national registers, and biobanks.

Your mission

We are interested in studying the comorbidities between cancer and other chronic diseases, including psychiatric disorders and cardiometabolic disease, using epidemiologic and multiomics approaches. Many of our projects are collaborating projects with other countries. As a postdoctoral fellow, you are expected to take a leading role in the entire research process, from planning and project administration, ethical application, data processing and analysis, to interpretation and communication of findings. You are also expected to participate in the supervision of doctoral students and teaching. The position is a fixed employment of 2 years.

Your profile

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctor a doctoral degree or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. 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.

Specific requirements for the position:

Doctoral degree in medicine, or a related field.
A strong background in epidemiology, biostatistics, or alike.
Experience in managing and analyzing data of large-scale cohorts, national registers, or biobanks.
Experience with research in cancer epidemiology or genetic epidemiology.
Advanced skills in statistical software (R, Python, SAS or/and Stata).
Proficient knowledge in English.

In addition, it is advantageous to have good knowledge in oncology, psychiatry, cardiology, or medicine in general. Experience from international collaboration and project administration will also be appreciated. We pose great importance in personal attributes and are looking for a highly creative and motivated employee who appreciates working in a team. We expect the applicant to show good cooperation skills and at the same time great independence.

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. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Solna

https://ki.se/en/imm/unit-of-integrative-epidemiology

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.

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

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