The Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB) is among the largest departments of epidemiology in Europe with special focus on increasing our knowledge of the aetiology of different diseases. Our department consists of researchers, doctoral students, biostatisticians, data collectors and database administrators as well as administrative personnel, in total some 250 staff. The department is situated at campus Solna. Further information can be found at ki.se/meb

Division

The position is in the biostatistics group, which at present comprises of around 45 people, including 4 professors, 3 senior lecturers, postdocs, applied biostatisticians and PhD students.

The primary activities of the biostatistics group include (i) own research in population-based studies, and in genetic and molecular epidemiology, (ii) collaboration with medical researchers particularly in molecular epidemiology, and (iii) biostatistics teaching both at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Duties

The Department wants to strengthen the faculty and recruit a world class researcher in biostatistics/bioinformatics. The successful candidate is expected to stimulate growth in his/her own area of biostatistics/bioinformatics, and together with other researchers in the Department develop the field of molecular medicine to a high-level of international competitiveness. He/she is expected to work on the statistical and bioinformatics methodologies for exploiting large-scale clinical and high-throughput molecular and genetic data. The ability to successfully obtain external research funds is highly valued.

Entry requirements

All professors at Karolinska Institutet must demonstrate scientific as well as pedagogical competence. The eligibility requirements for appointment as a professor at KI are specified in the "Appointment procedure for teachers at Karolinska Institutet".

To qualify, the applicant must hold a PhD degree in biostatistics, statistics or a related discipline with strong records of scientific and pedagogical competence.The person should have broad and current knowledge of biostatistics/bioinformatics and their applications in medical research, and have a deep involvement in research collaboration, particularly in molecular medicine. The candidate is expected to be one of the future leaders of biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet, so should show well-documented leadership and collaboration experience. Applicants must have been the principal recipient of research funding granted in national or international competition during the last five-year-period.

Bases of assessment

The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: research expertise (3), educational expertise (2), leadership, development and collaboration expertise (2).

Application process

An application must contain the following documents in English curriculum vitae, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s qualifications portfolio (http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio).

 The applications will be reviewed by external reviewers in English. All the submitted documents shall therefore be written in English.

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

Karolinska Institutet är ett av världens ledande medicinska universitet med visionen att på ett avgörande sätt bidra till att förbättra människors hälsa. I Sverige står Karolinska Institutet för den enskilt största andelen medicinsk akademisk forskning och har det största utbudet av medicinska utbildningar. Varje år utser Nobelförsamlingen vid Karolinska Institutet mottagare av Nobe

Timmar per vecka:
Full-time. Tillträde: According to agreement tillsvidareanställning

Arbetsgivare Namn: Karolinska Institutet

Arbetsgivare adress: Karolinska Institutet, Box 281 17177 Stockholm

Form av kontakt:
Lina Werner titel : telefon 1: Email: lina.werner (at) ki.se() telefon 2: () mobil: e-post:

Jobb kort beskrivning: University and higher education teachers

Land: Sweden

Område: Stockholms län

Avtalstid: Permanent

Typ av kontrakt: Full time

Källa till jobberbjudande: Public Employment Service of Sweden(AMS)

Hur man ansöker: Other - see free text