Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Epidemiology

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At the Institute for Environmental Medicine (IMM), research is conducted in toxicology, physiology, epidemiology, environmental and occupational medicine. IMM also acts as a scientific advisor to authorities in the field of environmental medicine, and IMM researchers participate in national and international expert groups that conduct risk assessments or develop guidelines.

The research at IMM's Metals and Health unit in Maria Kippler's research group revolves around environmental pollutants, especially toxic metals, and related health effects. We mainly focus on exposures early in life because they can affect both children's health and development as well as the risk of diseases later in life. For more information, visit: https://ki.se/imm/enheten-for-metaller-halsa. We are now looking for a postdoctoral fellow with competence in environmental epidemiology. The employment is temporary for two years.

Your mission

We are seeking a creative and goal-oriented candidate to conduct research within a large EU project called Re-MEND that focuses on four critical life stages in which changes in endocrine signaling, including sex hormones, influence an individual’s susceptibility to mental illness: early life, the peripartum period, puberty, and transition into old age. The research will be conducted in close collaboration with several other universities in Sweden and throughout Europe. This part of the project will be carried out in a longitudinal cohort in Bangladesh. We will examine the impact of environmental factors (i.e., environmental pollutants, nutrition and diet, physical activity, cardiometabolic risk indicators, social and economic factors, and behavioral patterns) before and around puberty on mental health in early adulthood. Relationships between different environmental pollutants and mental health outcomes will be evaluated using advanced statistical methods, specifically for evaluations of mixtures of environmental pollutants. The position will also include participation in teaching and supervision of bachelor's and master's students.

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, the candidate must have:

background in epidemiology or equivalent
documented experience of epidemiological studies, preferably of working with data on diet and or physical activity.
excellent writing and communication skills (especially in English) and enjoy collaborating and networking.
ability to work in a structured and independent manner.

It is advantageous if the candidate has:

experience with various statistical programs (especially R and STATA) and models intended for the investigation of associations between different early-life exposures and later life health outcomes.
experience of working with health outcomes in children and/or adolescents.
ability to clearly visualize and present scientific 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)

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

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