Postdoctoral Researcher in epidemiology

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The Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) is a department at Karolinska Institutet and an interdisciplinary research institution within the broad field of environmental medicine. IMM also serves as a scientific advisor to public authorities within the area of environmental medicine and IMM scientists participate in national and international expert groups.

The unit of Environmental Epidemiology is focused on advancing knowledge about disease etiology and prognosis with an emphasis on environmental and lifestyle factors. The unit has a strong track record of successful national and international large-scale epidemiological studies investigating health effects of ambient air pollution, community noise, diet and other environmental exposures. In a multidisciplinary environment, we collaborate with leading research groups worldwide using advanced study designs to provide robust research data and inform public health policy. We frequently participate in environmental health risk assessments for national as well as international organizations and authorities. These assessments are often based on research conducted within the unit. We are now looking for a postdoctoral researcher to our unit, for a fixed-term employment of 2 years.

Your mission

The postdoctoral researcher will be involved in a project aiming to investigate how diet and lifestyle factors influence health from childhood to early adulthood, focusing on cardiometabolic risk factors. The project is based on an ongoing birth cohort (BAMSE) where 4089 participants has been followed from birth (https://ki.se/en/imm/bamse-project). In BAMSE, we have detailed information on diet obtained through repeated food frequency questionnaires and biomarkers. In addition, we have extensive information on cardiometabolic risk factors (e.g. obesity, blood pressure and blood lipids) up to age 24 years.

The postdoctoral researcher will take part in planning and conducting research studies, including data management, statistical analyses and manuscript writing. The postdoctoral researcher is also expected to undertake a limited amount of teaching, supervise students, and to participate in grant writing, dissemination of research findings and health risk assessments.

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.

To be eligible for the present position the applicant must have a PhD degree within epidemiology, environmental factors and health, biostatistics, medicine or a related field, have formal education in epidemiology and statistics, as well as experience of epidemiological research. The successful applicant must be able to master basic statistical methods as applied in epidemiology and be an independent user of statistical software (preferably STATA). Experience of research within birth cohorts is meritorious. Experience of using biomarkers in epidemiological research is meritorious. Knowledge on childhood growth and development, as well as nutrition is meritorious.

Furthermore, excellent knowledge in English including scientific writing is required. Proficiency in Swedish is meritorious. We place great emphasis on personal qualities, and the applicant will need to both feel comfortable with working in teams and demonstrate good interpersonal skills and also be independent enough to formulate new hypotheses and critically examine the results.

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

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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