Forskare

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 Department of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, conducts extensive teaching and research in global public health sciences, general medicine, occupational medicine, environmental medicine, social medicine, drug use and drug policy. We also conduct teaching and research in nutritional epidemiology, insurance medicine, innovation and utilization, health economics, biostatistics and registry epidemiology.   

Neurological, psychiatric and cardiovascular diseases are a major contributor to global ill health and premature death. Many of these diseases are preventable and their risk factors accumulate throughout life. As this disease panorama becomes numerically dominant later in life, most studies on risk factors have been conducted in older populations where potentially important influencing factors from a young age often cannot be captured. We have several ongoing studies of Swedish men and women linked to several nationwide registries including health profiles later in life. We investigate the importance of early risk factors for various chronic diseases. Risk factors we study are, for example, occupation, work environment, physical fitness, BMI and mental illness. We are also conducting a large study in primary care within VGR, called Moving On, for patients with anxiety.

Job assignments

You will work independently with study design, data collection, and advanced statistical analyses in collaboration with statisticians.

The role also includes scientific writing within ongoing and planned research projects. You are expected to apply for external research funding to some extent and actively contribute to scientific publication and dissemination of research findings.

The position involves collaboration with, among others, Statistics Sweden (SCB), the National Board of Health and Welfare, user organizations, healthcare organizations, and occupational health services.

 

Qualifications

The position requires a degree in medicine or molecular biology, as well as a PhD in neurobiology, neurology, general medicine, or public health.

 In addition, you should have:

• Advanced expertise in epidemiology and biostatistics.
• Strong ability to independently design and conduct observational studies, perform epidemiological and statistical analyses, and summarize findings in scientific publications.
• Documented experience working in a multidisciplinary and international research environment, particularly at the intersection of epidemiology and medicine, and the ability to collaborate with other research groups.
• Excellent communication skills in both Swedish and English, spoken and written.

Additional qualifications:

• Documented experience in research on mental and physical health among adolescents, preferably from a life course perspective.
• Experience with conscription data and occupational exposure data related to various health outcomes, which is relevant to the work conducted by our research group.
• Proficiency in producing scientific illustrations and figures, and in using image editing software.
• Docentship (associate professorship) in medical science or a related field, as well as experience in writing scientific articles and giving popular science presentations.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability. You should be flexible, able to quickly familiarize yourself with new areas of research and possess strong collaboration skills.

Emplorment

Type of employment: Permanent position. A six-month probationary period may be applied.
Extent: 100%
Location: Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg
Start date: As agree

Contact information for the position

Maria Åberg

Avdelningschef/sektionschef inst. Samhällsmedicin & Folkhälsa

Head of Department of public health and community medicine

maria.aberg@gu.se

Unions

You can find the trade union representatives at the University of Gothenburg here: https://www.gu.se/om-universitetet/jobba-hos-oss/hjalp-for-sokande 

Information for the International Applicants

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Applicants

As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and that it is received by the university no later than the application deadline.

A certificate of doctoral degree must be attached to the application.
The application must include:

• Please enclose PhD certificate with the application
• CV
• Personal letter
• References

You apply for the position through the University of Gothenburg’s recruitment portal by clicking the "Apply" button. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and that it is received by the university no later than the application deadline

Closing date: 2025-05-27

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.

In connection to this recruitment, we have already decided which recruitment channels we should use. We therefore decline further contact with vendors, recruitment and staffing companies.