1-2 Postdoctoral Researchers within geriatric (pharmaco)epidemiology

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The Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics conducts research in epidemiology and biostatistics across a broad range of areas within biomedical science. The department is among the largest of its type in Europe and has especially strong research profiles in psychiatric, cancer, reproductive, pediatric, pharmaco, genetic, and geriatric epidemiology, eating disorders, precision medicine, and biostatistics.

Our department consists of researchers, doctoral students, biostatisticians, data collectors and database administrators as well as administrative personnel, in total some 270 staff. The department is situated at campus Solna. Further information can be found at http://ki.se/en/meb

The geriatric pharmacoepidemiological group’s mission is to investigate and improve drug utilization among older adults. Our research areas include inappropriate medication use, polypharmacy, register-based pharmacoepidemiology, medication use during the Covid-19 pandemic and inequality in medication use. Besides medication use, we also conduct research in related areas such as health, Covid-19, and use of health- and eldercare in older adults. The research group is led by Professor Kristina Johnell. We belong to the aging epidemiology research group at MEB.

Your mission

The Postdoctoral Researchers will take part in planning and conducting research studies, including data management, data analyses and manuscript writing. The Postdoctoral Researchers will be involved in supervision, teaching, dissemination of research findings, grant writing and production of research articles. Production of research articles for publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals and grant applications will be central activities. The position also includes support and coordination in national and international collaborations and projects.

Your profile

Qualified to be employed as a postdoctor is one who has obtained a doctorate or has equivalent scientific competence. Applicants who have not completed a doctorate at the end of the application period may also apply, provided that all requirements for a completed degree are met before the (intended) date of employment. This must be substantiated by the applicant's main supervisor, director or equivalent.

Personal characteristics is of great importance in the assessment of the applicants. The applicant must be able to work independently and multidisciplinary, take own initiatives, and have excellent collaboration skills. As a person, you are independent, pay attention to detail, analytical, and have excellent communicative skills.

The applicant should have a PhD (or equivalent scientific competence) in medical sciences, epidemiology, pharmacology or related fields.
The applicant should have conducted research, including documented published research articles in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, within aging epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, or related areas.
Topic knowledge in geriatric pharmacoepidemiology, aging epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, or related areas are meritorious.
The applicant must be able to extract, manage and analyze large data materials.
Documented knowledge in use of standard statistical software , such as Stata, SAS or R is required.
Experience of working with routinely collected administrative data/register data (health registers, electronic health records, quality registers or claims data) is meritorious.
Excellent skills in English, both written and oral, is required.
Knowledge in Swedish is meritorious.

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.

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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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