Studies in Biostatistics (Undergraduate Scholarship)

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

The Research Group
We are looking for a student to join the Modelling and Simulation (with applications to cancer epidemiology and health economics) research group at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. The group conducts research in how to use the Swedish health and population registers to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different interventions and strategies. Our main applications are in cancer screening and treatment areas. The research group includes biostatisticians, epidemiologists and health economists.

Your mission

The scholarship recipient will learn about the theory and numerical implementations of semi-Markov multi-state models. The recipient will investigate cohort-based approaches for semi-Markov illness-death models to predict prevalence using relative survival, and then apply such approaches to more general semi-Markov models. With close supervision, the recipient will write R implementations for these models and then apply these methods to (a) cancer prevalence and (b) cost-effectiveness analysis. The student will learn about these different statistical methods and will receive an undergraduate scholarship.

Your profile

These scholarships aim to give undergraduate or advanced-level students early practical experience in research to strengthen the connection between education and research and to encourage future doctoral studies. The scholarships can be awarded either for studies within an existing course or for a short period of practical research experience (documented through an individual study plan/research plan) for admitted undergraduate or advanced-level students.

You should have a strong interest in mathematics, biostatistics and scientific programming, and be motivated to help advance the field. You should preferably be familiar with relevant research in survival analysis, including relative survival and illness-death models.

Requirements

• Biostatistics student with a strong mathematical background
• Strong knowledge of the R programming language
• Strong command of English

Merits

• Previous research experience in survival analysis, particularly prevalence estimation.

Terms

The applicant must be admitted and registered in Ladok for 100% at KI or at a university that KI collaborates with.

Scholarships may only be awarded to:

• individuals admitted (and registered in Ladok) to undergraduate or advanced level education at KI.
• individuals admitted (and registered) to undergraduate or advanced level education at a university that KI collaborates with.

Scholarships can be granted for a maximum of 12 months, distributed across up to four courses/periods.
This scholarship lasts for 9 months. The amount is tax-free.

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.

Location: Solna

Application

The application must include the following documents in Swedish or English:

• A complete curriculum vitae (CV)
• Personal letter
• Proof of registration in undergraduate education from LADOK, or equivalent

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

Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all