Research Officer for health impact modeling - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Department
At the Department of Public Health Sciences we conduct research, teaching and applied work based on public health science and epidemiology. The research is aimed at analysing health determinants on the population level, and developing and evaluating preventative structural and individualised measures, including legislation and guidelines. The field also includes health economics, health systems research and implementation research. Our activities have a strongly international flavour, and the Department's researchers are scientific advisers to authorities and other decision-makers on the regional, national and international level. The Department is divided into research groups operating within the fields of global health, public health epidemiology and social medicine with a total of 150 employees. In addition, we have around 80 research students. This position is located in the research group Community Nutrition and Physical Activity including 9 persons currently.

Duties
Our research group works with several projects in the field of public health nutrition and sustainability. As a research officer, you will participate in two projects, and will be developing models to calculate the impacts of sustainable diets on public health. You will model dietary changes, carry out health impact assessments, and prepare tables, figures and draft scientific papers. You will communicate methods and findings with colleagues in an inter-disciplinary team. Supervision of bachelor and master level students may also be involved. The work will be carried out in collaboration with external partners such as the Swedish National Food Agency, the Royal Institute of Technology and researchers abroad.

Entry requirements

 Experience, education and knowledge that is required:

• Master in statistics, epidemiology, health economics or other relevant discipline
• Experience with statistical modeling and simulations, preferably Health Impact Assessment
• Strong data management skills
• Experience of epidemiological study design and analyses
• Prior experience from using several of the following statistical software and programming languages: SPSS, SAS, R, Stata, Excel
• Good writing, communication and collaboration skills

Experience and knowledge that is desirable:

• PhD in statistics, epidemiology, health economics or other relevant discipline
• Experience from epidemiological research on lifestyle factors, particularly diet
• Experience of public or global health
• Experience of working in an international and/or inter-disciplinary research context.
• An interest in sustainability issues

There are good opportunities to seek funding for further method development in this research area.

Application process
The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.
At Karolinska Institutet a 6-month trial period is required for all permanent appointments.