Research assistant for severe mental illness research

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

Your mission

The aim of this project is to identify replicable subgroups with distinct cognitive patterns across individuals with severe mental illnesses and evaluate their associations with clinical outcomes. You will use advanced data science approaches to identify patient subgroups within and between severe mental illnesses combining cognitive-related variables and psychiatric-related factors from the Swedish National Registers. Your responsibilities include data analysis and manuscript drafting.

The position is a full-time employment of 2 months (July 14 – September 13, 2025).

Your profile

The candidate should have:

• A degree of B.S or M.S in psychology, public health sciences or statistics
• Experience with R, Python, and SAS programming
• Experience in data management and analysis using Swedish National registers
• Experience in research on cognitive function and severe mental illnesses
• A collaborative mindset, work productively in a team, and contribute to a good social and work environment in the research group

Fluency in English is a requirement. Swedish is meritorious.

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

Application

Welcome to apply at the latest June 2, 2025.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.In this recruitment, you will apply with your CV without a personal letter. Instead, you will answer some questions about why you are applying for the job in the application form. 

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