Professor in Clinical Pharmacology

- with focus on research

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Laboratory Medicine (LabMed) at Karolinska Institutet (KI) consists of seven divisions conducting research and education in pathology, clinical pharmacology, clinical physiology, clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology, clinical immunology, and transfusion medicine. The divisions work in close collaboration with the corresponding clinical laboratory specialties within Medical Diagnostics Karolinska. LabMed is characterized by a translational research profile, built on strong synergies between basic scientific, technical/bioanalytical, and clinical expertise, with excellent access to clinical materials and extensive external collaborations. LabMed also has substantial teaching responsibilities and is involved in 10 of KI’s 19 undergraduate programmes, as well as offering a wide range of courses at the doctoral level.

Description of the subject area

The subject of Clinical Pharmacology encompasses research, education, drug development, and healthcare services focused on rational and individualized use of medicines. The therapeutic response to most drugs varies substantially between patients, often requiring both clinical and laboratory-based monitoring. Over recent decades, a range of techniques has been developed to characterize the mechanisms underlying this variability and to implement tools that support individualized treatment decisions. At the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, research is conducted partly in collaboration with Karolinska University Hospital’s accredited state-of-the-art bioanalysis platforms as well as its clinical trial unit for early-phase studies. In recent years, expertise has been strengthened in population-based pharmacokinetic modelling, while pharmacometric competence—including pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modelling (PK/PD modelling), which quantifies the relationships between drug concentration, time, and clinical effect—and its translation into clinical questions are increasingly in demand across KI and within healthcare. This development aligns closely with the joint ambition of KI and Karolinska University Hospital to advance the concept of precision medicine for highly specialized care.

Your mission

We are seeking to recruit a world-leading researcher in pharmacology, with a documented ability to build research environments, generate new knowledge in the field, and establish interdisciplinary collaborations. The research focus will primarily concern pharmacological modelling aimed at developing improved tools for optimizing clinical drug therapy (Model-Informed Precision Dosing), as well as tools supporting drug development. You are expected to take on leadership responsibilities within Clinical Pharmacology and Labmed, thereby strengthening the department’s research environment, enhancing collaboration with Clinical Pharmacology at Karolinska University Hospital, and contributing externally through professional networks at both national and international levels. The Department of Clinical Pharmacology also has extensive educational responsibilities within the field, and you will be expected to teach pharmacology in the medical, dental, biomedical, biomedical laboratory science, and nursing programmes.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Professor with focus on research the applicant must have demonstrated excellent scientific skills and very good pedagogical skills. 

For employment as Professor at KI, the eligibility requirements are stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure and these are applied in relation to established profile of employment:

See the instructions in 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 Professorship 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 Professor at KI, the assessment criteria are stated in the Instructions to the Appointment Procedure and these are applied in relation to the established profile of employment:

See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet.

It is furthermore meritorious that you have demonstrated

• Scientific output of excellent quality within clinical pharmacology and pharmacometric modelling.
• A clearly defined research within the field of clinical pharmacology.
• Experience in leadership at the divisional level

After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the applicants in relation to the subject area, KI 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. KI 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. KI is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement. 

Location: Flemingsberg

Department of Laboratory Medicine | Karolinska Institutet

Division of Clinical Pharmacology | Karolinska Institutet

Application

Your application must contain the following documents in English: a cover letter as well as a resumé and a qualifications portfolio including a description of your research plan, both presented in accordance with KI’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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