Postdoctoral Researcher in Registry-Based Psoriasis Research

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The division of Dermatology and Venereology within the Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, studies skin diseases: their pathogenesis, their consequences, and how they can be treated. We offer independent work in an engaging and international research environment where you will have the opportunity to contribute to high-quality research at an international level.

Your mission

As a postdoctoral researcher in our group, you will study psoriasis and its consequences for health, quality of life, and costs. Specifically, you will work on structuring and implementing analyses using data from registry-based studies and cohort studies, as well as reporting the results, for example in peer-reviewed publications. You will generate and structure your own code as well as use existing frameworks. Project data include biomarkers, patient-reported data, clinician-reported data, and data from national health registers. You will work independently with study design, programming, analysis, and reporting, with input from experts in clinical, biomedical, and statistical aspects. 

Your profile

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher with a background in the analysis of longitudinal health data. You should have substantial experience in structuring datasets from multiple sources to enable analysis. You are expected to have strong analytical skills and prior experience with relevant types of data, including registry linkage, data management, and analysis - preferably in Stata –  as existing code is available in this software. Furthermore, good familiarity with scientific reporting and writing is important, as you are expected to draft scientific manuscripts. Strong English skills, both written and spoken, are required. We are looking for a person who demonstrates initiative, has a strong attention to detail, and can work independently. Good communication skills for interaction with colleagues and participants are expected. In addition, great emphasis is placed on personal suitability for the position

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctoral researcher, a PhD or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a Swedish PhD is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. Completion of your doctoral degree within the last three years is considered an advantage. If there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.

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. At Karolinska Institutet, 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

The position is located within the Department of Medicine, Solna. The department consists of ten divisions and each division consists of several research groups. The position is located within the research group Liv Eidsmo at the division of Dermatology and Venereology. The division conducts biomedical, clinical, and epidemiological research on skin diseases.

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Application

An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

• PhD certificate
• A complete resumé, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
• A complete list of publications
• A summary of current work (no more than one page)

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

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