Professor in health economics

- with focus on education and research

Do you want to contribute to better health for all?

The Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME) develops and disseminates knowledge at the intersection of social sciences, humanities, technology, and medicine to create a systemic understanding and conditions for improving health for all.

LIME’s activities include education and research on systems, leadership, and management issues in healthcare, lifelong learning for healthcare professionals, ethics and policy issues related to healthcare and research, healthcare information systems, social innovation, and suicide prevention. We collaborate with Region Stockholm, various authorities and companies, as well as patient organizations.

We are establishing a new professorship in health economics and are looking for someone who wants to be part of and contribute to our department.

Description of the subject area

At the Center for Health Economics and Policy, research and education in health economics focus on health measures, measurement and valuation of health, health economic evaluation, and policy. The research aims to investigate how society’s resources should be used to achieve efficient resource allocation to improve people’s health. The research includes health economic aspects of cancer (pancreatic cancer/lung cancer/colon cancer), health economic modeling, and health economic evaluation of screening programs, interventions, and precision medicine methods. The research area is characterized by the application of economic theories and methods in healthcare. Using primarily registry data, we answer questions about efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and equity, analyze the effects of healthcare reforms, and compare healthcare providers and systems.

Health economics education is conducted at an advanced level in the master’s programme in health economics, policy, and management. We now want to strengthen our health economics expertise in education and research.

Your mission

The position is affiliated with the Centre for Health Economics and Policy, which consists of approximately 10 employees.

The research at the centre has a strong focus on using health economic evaluation methods incl. modelling as well as registry data to answer health economic questions. This is also done in collaboration with other departments at KI. A health economics network has been established by the centre in collaboration with other departments, enabling cooperation with other health economists both within and outside KI. The centre conducts education at advanced levels in health economics, including the supervision of doctoral students. The centre is located in the Widerströmska building, KI Campus Solna.

We are looking for a person who feels a strong commitment to initiate, lead, and develop health economics education and research within the Centre for Health Economics and Policy.

Your tasks will include:

• Leading and further developing health economics research at LIME and Karolinska Institutet.
• Strengthening collaborations around health economics research and education within Karolinska Institutet as well as through national and international research collaborations.
• Leading and contributing to applications for research grants in national and international competition.
• Promoting the dissemination of research results and the use of health economic evidence for decision-making in healthcare.
• Leading and further developing health economics education at LIME and Karolinska Institute, at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels.
• Being the program director for the Master’s programme in health economics, policy, and management, and responsible for the health economics courses within the program.
• Contributing to collaboration with the surrounding society, such as authorities, healthcare, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as professor with focus on education and research, the applicant must have demonstrated excellent pedagogical skills as well as very good scientific skills (see the instructions regarding the Appointment procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet).

You must have a relevant academic degree and should have extensive experience in health economics research.

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 education and research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: scientific skills (2), pedagogical skills (3) and 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

• Experience in initiating and leading national and international research collaborations.
• Experience in education at advanced level with international students.
• Significant experience in initiating, running, developing, and leading educational programs in the field.
• Extensive collaboration with the surrounding society.

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. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several good benefits through our collective agreement. And you get to practice freely in our modern wellness facilities, where trained staff are on site.

 Location: Solna 

Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME) | 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 Institute’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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