Postdoctoral researcher in mathematical infectious disease epidemiology

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?

We are looking for a driven post-doc for cervical cancer prevention research with a focus on mathematical modeling to optimize the elimination of disease-causing Human Papillomaviruses.

Your mission

The work concerns mathematical modeling for optimized HPV vaccination and HPV-based screening of cervical cancer. It also involves monitoring the presence of circulating HPV types and their distribution in HPV-associated diseases. The work mainly consists of statistical processing of large amounts of data, but laboratory work in virus serology, antibody analyses with serology-Luminex, are also included in the tasks. You will work integrally in a research group of about 20 people whose current main goal is the elimination of human papillomavirus.

Your profile

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctor a phd or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a Swedish phd 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.

You must have a PhD in the subject of infectious epidemiology. Documented education in infectious epidemiological modeling is a requirement, as is extensive scientific publication (at least 15 articles in the subject in scientific journals) and own research grants in the subject area.

Eligibility requirements:

You must have good knowledge of R, STATA and SAS. You should be comfortable handling large data sets and be able to perform biostatistical analyses.
You must have experience in laboratory work, in particular viral serology and handling of recombinant viruses.
You must have written and published original articles for scientifically reviewed international journals in the field (at least 15).
You are fluent in spoken and written English.
You must have experience in writing research grant applications that resulted in your own research grants.

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: Flemingsberg

About the Center for Cervical Cancer Elimination

Application

An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

PhD certificate
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 at the latest December 20, 2024.

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

Permanent position is initiated by a six months trial period.

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