Employer:
Karolinska Institutet, The Institute of Environmental Medicine Website:
http://ki.se/IMM Location:
Stockholm, Sweden Type:
Assistant Professor Posted: February 10, 2011
Expires: April 11, 2011
Karolinska Institutet invites applications for a
Research Associate/Assistant Professor in epidemiology The Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) is a department at Karolinska Institutet and an interdisciplinary research institution within the broad field of environmental medicine. IMM conducts cutting edge research within the areas of environmental and occupational medicine, epidemiology, physiology, and toxicology. IMM also serves as a scientific advisor to public authorities within the area of environmental medicine and IMM scientists participate in national and international expert groups that conduct risk assesents or develop guidelines.
IMM has an opening for a Research Associate/Assistant Professor (forskarassistent) in epidemiology. The task is to conduct epidemiologic research in collaboration with the scientists within one of IMMs epidemiology units. Collaboration across units and disciplines is encouraged.
Qualifications To qualify, the applicant must hold a doctoral degree or equivalent in epidemiology or similar relevant area and have at least two years of research experience on the postdoc level.
Applicants who have completed their degree no more than five years before the last date for applications should be given priority. Candidates who have completed their degree earlier than this should receive equal priority if special grounds exist. Special grounds include leave of absence because of sickness, service in the total defense, positions of trust in trade union organizations and student organizations, parental leave and other similar circumstances. A total of two years can be added for the above reasons on presentation of written testimony.
A person who has been employed as an Research Associate/Assistant Professor for more than a total of three years may not be given other employment as Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the same or a similar subject area at the same or any other institution of higher education.
The term of employment as Research Associate/Assistant Professor at KI is fixed at KI to two + two years, subject to evaluation after the first two years.
Assesent grounds In connection with the appointment of Research Associate/Assistant Professor, we will accord special weight to academic skills, particularly demonstrated excellence in research.
Post doc studies at an international well renowned institution are considered an advantage. Excellence in English is required. Experience from multidisciplinary research collaboration and project management is meritorious.
Successful candidates are expected to have strong background in epidemiologic theory and methods and considerableas experience from ysis of epidemiologic data within in one of IMMs research areas.
Contact information Professor Alicja Wolk ([url=mailto:alicja.wolk@ki.se]alicja.wolk@ki.se[/url] +46 (0)8 524 86170), professor Maria Feychting ([url=mailto:maria.feychting@ki.se]maria.feychting@ki.se[/url] + 46 (0)8 524 874 65)or chair and professor Anders Ahlbom ([url=mailto:anders.ahlbom@ki.se]anders.ahlbom@ki.se[/url]; +46 (0)8 524 874 70).
Union representatives are Marika Berglund, SACO ([url=mailto:marika.berglund@ki.se]marika.berglund@ki.se[/url] +46 (0)8-524 87536) and Anna Lena Marcus, OFR ([url=mailto:anna.lena.marcus@ki.se]anna.lena.marcus@ki.se[/url] +46 (0)8-524 87568).
Please send your application, marked with reference number 930/2011, to reach us by no later than March 7 2011 to [url=mailto:registrator@imm.ki.se]registrator@imm.ki.se[/url] or Irene Tjernberg, Karlinska Institutet, IMM, Box 210, 171 77 Stockholm. The following documents in pdf must be submitted with your application, and written in English:
- CV, qualifications and a description of future research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s qualification portfolio (
http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio)
See Karolinska Institutet´s homepage at
http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio for information about the qualification portfolio.
Please note that one copy of all documents will be kept by the college for a period of two years, in accordance with a directive from the National Archives. Published material submitted for review is excepted from this rule.
Karolinska Institutet aims to promote equal opportunities by encouraging a balanced gender distribution. We therefore particularly invite equal to apply for this position. We also value the qualities that ethnic and cultural diversity can contribute to the university.
_Karolinska Institutet is one of the world´s leading medical
universities. Its mission is to contribute to the improvement of human health through research and education. Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40 per cent of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the country´s broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences. Since 1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
