Research Specialist

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics conducts research in epidemiology and biostatistics across a broad range of areas within biomedical science. The department is among the largest of its type in Europe and has especially strong research profiles in psychiatric, cancer, reproductive, pediatric, pharmaco, genetic, and geriatric epidemiology, eating disorders, precision medicine, and biostatistics.

Part of the success of our department is due to our collaborative spirit where one factor is that researchers at the Department share and co-finance common resources (e.g., IT and an applied biostatistics group). The department is situated at campus Solna. Further information can be found at http://ki.se/en/meb

Description of the subject area

The genetic epidemiology group focuses on the application of genetic analyses of large population-based study cohorts for prostate and testicular cancer in collaboration with international research groups. An overarching aim is to identify genetic risk factors that can be implemented in clinical practice for early detection and prognostic guidance.

Your mission

This research specialist will be responsible for leading genetic epidemiology studies relevant to prostate and testicular cancer. You will contribute to establishing new studies and datasets, developing methods, as well as developing and validating specific risk score models. You will also be responsible for supervising students, applying for grants, and project management.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for employment as a Research Specialist, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having a foreign degree deemed equivalent to a Swedish doctoral degree, the applicant must have demonstrated research expertise as well as have documented research experience after defending their doctoral dissertation.

Assessment criteria

Evaluation of applicants will be based on their fit with the competence profile specified.

The applicant shall have:

• Experience in study design and large-scale data management of studies in genetic epidemiology
• Previous experience with multiple research projects and publications in the field of genetic epidemiology
• Prior experience in leading and organizing data preprocessing, quality control, model development, and implementation within genetic epidemiology
• Extensive experience with Bash and R programming, high-performance computing (HPC) clusters, and tools for genomic data analysis
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English are required.

It is meritorious that the applicant have:

• Experience in genetic epidemiology studies of prostate and testicular cancer
• Experience from teaching university level courses
• Experience from presenting at national and international meetings and conferences

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?

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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

Application

We prefer that Your application is written in English, but You can also apply in Swedish. An application must contain the following documents:  PhD certificate, resumé, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's qualifications portfolio.

Welcome to apply!

The application must be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

Permanent position is initiated by a six months trial period.

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