Professor in systems medicine

- with focus on research

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, has a long tradition of clinical and translational research in the field of internal medicine. As new technologies allow the creation of large molecular datasets, opportunities open for a completely new understanding of complex diseases. To take advantage of this development, new skills are needed. In this recruitment, we are looking for someone who can establish and develop the use of molecular data in an integrated way to better understand complex internal medicine diseases.

Description of the subject area

Medical and molecular systems biology focuses on techniques and biostatistical analyses of the genome and its expression at the cellular and organ level. Clinical

Systems Medicine uses human patient samples to understand how hereditary factors interact with lifestyle and environmental factors in pathological processes. Systemic medicine has received increased international interest, especially through genetic population studies (GWAS) that show that the heritability of common diseases includes many risk variants with limited effect. This differs from monogenic diseases with few risk variants and great hereditary significance. Systems Medicine has in this way identified new disease genes for common diseases by studying changes in the transcriptome and proteome.

Overall, the subject systems medicine map how gene and protein expression in tissues related to common diseases changes over time.

Your mission

The position aims to strengthen the department's competence in systems medicine. As a professor, you are expected to conduct research at the highest international level in the research area. Your assignment includes leading and developing your own research and working to initiate new collaborations. You are expected to take initiatives to ensure effective utilization of research results and to establish outreach activities to strengthen collaboration in the field of systems medicine across the department and the rest of Karolinska Institutet. In accordance with the department's strategy MedH 2025, as a professor you are expected to conduct teaching according to existing needs, as well as actively contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate education in the research field.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Professor with focus on research the applicant must have demonstrated very good pedagogical skills; excellent scientific skills. (See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet).

It is a requirement that you have completed 10 weeks of courses on teaching in higher education, as indicated in the recommendations of the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institution. If you lack such education at the time of employment, you must undergo such education during the first two years of employment.

Assessment criteria

The Professorship has a focus on research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: scientific skills (3), pedagogical skills (1), leadership and collaboration skills (2).

For employment as Professor at Karolinska Institutet, the eligibility requirements and assessment criteria stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure are applied in relation to established profile of employment.

It is particularly meritorious that you have demonstrated

• Internationally competitive research in the field of systems medicine with a focus on internal medicine.
• Successful collaborations with other research groups, especially those with a clinical profile.

After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the applicants in relation to the subject area, Karolinska Institutet will determine which of them has the best potential to contribute to a positive development of the activities at KI.

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. Here, 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: Flemingsberg

Department of Medicine, Huddinge | Karolinska Institutet

Application

Your application must contain the following documents in English: a cover letter as well as a resumé and a qualifications portfolio including a description of your research plan, both presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s template (http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio). You may change or add to your application at any time up to and including the application deadline date. After the deadline, the process closes, and no amendment or addition can be made to your application.

The applications will be reviewed by external reviewers, most often both national and international. For that reason, all the submitted documents should be written in English.

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

We look forward to receiving your application!

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