Senior Lecturer in toxicology

- with focus on research

Do you want to contribute to better health for all?

The Institute for Environmental Medicine (IMM) conducts research in toxicology, epidemiology, environmental and occupational medicine and physiology with the aim to clarify how environmental and lifestyle factors affect human health. IMM educates students, doctoral students and professionals in toxicology, work and health, epidemiology, registry-based research, global and equal care and health, biostatistics, and health promotion. IMM is responsible for the master's programme in toxicology and the master's programme in work and health at Karolinska Institutet. IMM is a national expert body in environmental medicine. Researchers at IMM are scientific advisors to authorities and other decision makers and participate in national and international expert groups.

Description of the subject area

Toxicology is a subject area that investigates the mechanisms and toxic effects of chemical substances with the aim of identifying risks to humans and contributing to sustainable development. Genetic toxicology is a subject area that specifically deals with the effects and mechanisms of how toxic substances and complex mixtures of e.g. environmental pollution causes DNA damage and mutations. Knowledge in genetic toxicology is applied in cancer risk assessment.

Your mission

You will independently conduct and lead research in genetic toxicology with focus on complex mixtures of e.g. environmental pollution as well as supervise doctoral students and postdocs. The duties also include to teach within the master's programme in toxicology, especially on mechanisms and methodology for studies and risk assessment related to genetic toxicology and cancer. You will participate in IMM's mission as a national expert body in environmental medicine according to Ordinance (1994:1244) on the Institute for Environmental Medicine and participate specifically in genetic toxicology and cancer.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Senior Lecturer with focus on research, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having equivalent scientific expertise, 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 Senior Lectureship has a focus on research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: scientific skills (3), pedagogical skills (2), leadership and collaboration skills (2).

For employment as Senior Lecturer 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 of research in genetic toxicology
• Experience in developing new models for improved cancer risk assessment of e.g. environmental pollutants
• Experience of acting as a scientific advisor relevant to IMM's mission as a national expert body in environmental medicine
• Experience in teaching toxicology

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

https://ki.se/imm

Application

Your application must contain the following documents in English: a cover letter as well as a résumé 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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