Researcher

The University of Gothenburg tackles society’s challenges with diverse knowledge. 56 000 students and 6 600 employees make the university a large and inspiring place to work and study. Strong research and attractive study programmes attract researchers and students from around the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, the University contributes to a better future.

The School of Public Health and Community Medicine, at the Institute of Medicine, conducts extensive education and research in global public health, general practice/family medicine, occupational medicine, environmental medicine, social medicine, medicine use and pharmaceutical policy. We also conduct education and research within nutritional epidemiology, insurance medicine, innovation and utilization, health economics, biostatistics and register epidemiology. We are developing interdisciplinary work on the UN´s Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on SGD 3 (health) and 8 (economical growth).

The Environmental medicine and toxicology research group has a focus on the relation between the occupational and general environment and human health, using observational epidemiological methods, interventional studies as well as experimental methods. The research group is involved in both national and international collaborative projects. The present project focuses on occupational heat stress exposure, evaluation of workplace prevention and health outcomes, and pathophysiological mechanisms for kidney damage.

Duties 

You work independently with study design, data acquisition, advanced biostatistical analyses, and scientific publication within ongoing and planned projects in Sweden and abroad. You are expected to get own grants. You independently work with scientific publication and dissemination of results. You participate in teaching and tutoring of basic level, master, and doctoral students.

Qualifications 

• You should have a basic education in medicine
• You should have a PhD in occupational and environmental medicine, public health, epidemiology, or related disciplines.
• Expertise is required within epidemiology and biostatistics, including experience with advanced statistical packages.
• Ability to independently plan observational studies, execute epidemiological and statistical analyses, and summarize results in scientific publications is a requirement.
• You should have documented good ability to work in an interdisciplinary and international environment at the interface between epidemiology and medicine, and to cooperate with other research groups.
• You should be proficient in English and Swedish and have basic skills in Spanish.
• You should have documented experience of teaching.

Great emphasis is placed on personal qualifications, flexibility and ability to quickly grasp new challenges.

Employment 

Type of employment: Permanent, an initial probationary employment of 6 months may be applied 
Extent: 50 %
Location: Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg
First day of employment: As soon as possible or according to agreement

Contact information for the post 

Kristina Jakobsson
Professor
+46(0)766486023
kristina.jakobsson@amm.gu.se

Jörgen Månsson
Assistant Head of Department
+46(0)31-786 6686
jörgen.månsson@gu.se

Unions 

Union representatives at the University of Gothenburg can be found here: https://www.gu.se/om-universitetet/jobba-hos-oss/hjalp-for-sokande 

Application 

Copy of PhD certificate must be attached to the application

To apply for a position at the University of Gothenburg, you have to create an account in our recruitment system. Submit your application via the University of Gothenburg’s recruitment portal by clicking the “Apply” button. It is your responsibility to ensure that the application is complete as per the vacancy notice, and that the University receives it by the final application deadline. 

Applications must be received by: 2023-12-11.

 

Information for International Applicants 

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The University works actively to achieve a working environment with equal conditions, and values the qualities that diversity brings to its operations.

Salaries are set individually at the University.

In accordance with the National Archives of Sweden’s regulations, the University must archive application documents for two years after the appointment is filled. If you request that your documents are returned, they will be returned to you once the two years have passed. Otherwise, they will be destroyed.

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