Professor in Social Medicine combined with a clinical employment as a specialist trained physician at the Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine SLSO, Region Stockholm

- with focus on research

Do you want to contribute to better health for all?

The Department of Global Public Health is a multidisciplinary department with the aim to advance knowledge about challenges and opportunities for public health in a local, national, and global setting. Many researchers at the department are scientific advisors to authorities and other decision makers at regional, national, and international levels.

Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine (CES) is a part of Region Stockholm. CES is assigned to work on the development of public health interventions to contribute to the good and equitable health of the population. CES are involved in the entire public health innovation chain - from epidemiological surveillance to supporting the implementation of health promotion and prevention.

Description of the subject area

The speciality of social medicine is characterised by expertise in human health and disease in interaction with the surrounding society. It is also characterised by knowledge of the determinants of health, such as the social and psychosocial causes of ill-health and disease, the impact of social structure, the environment, health care systems, working life and people's living conditions and lifestyles on health in different social groups, the distribution of health in the population, and social consequences of disease. The area of competence also includes clinical knowledge of common diseases, especially among marginalised groups.

Your mission

The overall aim of the position is to develop and strengthen social medicine research and education at Karolinska Institutet in close collaboration with Region Stockholm. You will lead and develop your own social medicine research and develop collaborations with other researchers nationally and internationally. The employment includes supervision of PhD students and junior researchers and teaching at undergraduate and advanced levels. Furthermore, you will lead a research group. The position also includes actively contributing to the department's other activities and to a strong scientific environment. The tasks also include, both as principal applicant and co-applicant, applying for research funding in national and international competition.

The position is combined with a clinical employment as specialist physician at the Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine (CES). The clinical part of the position is 40 percent. This means that you also are tasked with developing and disseminating knowledge about the health situation and public health interventions in Stockholm County, and that you contribute to the implementation of such interventions at the system level with a focus on the health care sector and other welfare institutions.  

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Professor with focus on research the applicant must have demonstrated good pedagogical expertise; excellent scientific expertise; and, clinical expertise (See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet ref no 1/23/2022).

It is a requirement that you have completed 10 weeks of courses on teaching in higher education, or have gained equivalent competence, 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.

The employment will be combined with an employment as a specialist physician, assistant chief physician or chief physician in social medicine at Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, SLSO and therefore you must have a Swedish MD with specialist competence in social medicine as well as fulfil the National Board of Health and Welfare's requirements for practicing medicine in Sweden.

You must be an internationally recognised researcher in social medicine. You shall demonstrate excellent scientific skills in research within social medicine and be familiar with epidemiological study design. You must also have a solid knowledge of the health care system as well as the welfare system in general and demonstrate good knowledge of how social structure, migration and welfare can affect the health of the population. You shall also demonstrate good competence in teaching and supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students in social medicine. Furthermore, you must demonstrate excellent leadership qualities and have received competitive research grants.

Since the employment includes clinical work and a teaching assignment, you must, besides excellent skills in English, demonstrate proficiency in Swedish, Norwegian or Danish (C1 level according to the common European reference scale, CERS).

Assessment criteria

The Professorship has a focus on research.

The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: scientific expertise (3), pedagogical expertise (2), leadership, development and collaboration expertise (2) and clinical expertise (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

• Proven experience in research communication to the wider community.
• Proven experience in collaborating with health care organisations and other welfare institutions.

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: Solna

Read mor about the Department of Global Public Health

Read more about Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine (in Swedish)

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.

The clinical employment at Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine (CES) requires specialist certificate(s) in social medicine to be attached to the application.

The level of clinical employment (specialist physician, assistant chief physician or chief physician) is determined by CES before the decision of employment is made.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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