Post doc in psychiatry

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We are now looking for a postdoc at the Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN) at the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences. The position offers a unique opportunity to work in the exciting intersection between social neuroscience, psychiatry and addiction medicine.

Work assignments 

You will work in an international environment and primarily with the following tasks:

• Management of an epidemiological registry-based project investigating long-term medical and social outcomes of Medication-Associated Treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder” with depot injections compared to traditional MAT.
• Using register data in combination with qualitative studies and observational studies to investigate how clinical use of new diagnostic tools and treatment methods affects healthcare and its outcomes for addicted patients
• As a postdoc, you will work closely with other lab members and supervise students and research assistants

As postdoc, you will principally carry out research. A certain amount of teaching may be part of your duties, up to a maximum of 20% of working hours.

Qualifications

To be qualified to take employment as postdoc, you must have been awarded a doctoral degree or have a foreign degree that is deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree. This degree must have been awarded at the latest by the point at which LiU makes its decision to employ you.

It is considered advantageous if your doctoral degree is no older than three years at application deadline for this job. If there are special reasons for having an older doctoral degree – such as taking statutory leave – then these may be taken into consideration.

We are looking for you who have a PhD in a relevant field (eg epidemiology, neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, psychiatry) and a publication list that includes epidemiology and empirical data analysis.

You have the following experience and knowledge (requirements):

• to work with large register-based data sets
• analysis of epidemiological data using R
• to work in UNIX/LINUX environments, including some system administrator duties
• good knowledge of English, spoken and written
• basic knowledge of Swedish

It is advantageous if you also have:

• previous experience of working with psychiatric research or addiction research

As a person, you take initiative and you have well-developed communication skills. Furthermore, we would like you to be responsible, committed and able to work independently, as well as having good cooperation skills. Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and suitability.

The workplace

You will work at the Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN) together with senior lecturer, docent Andrea Johansson Capusan and with Professor Markus Heilig. CSAN offers an international, young research environment with regular seminars and invited guest speakers and a fantastic research infrastructure. In addition to the main project, you will also have opportunities to become familiar with cutting-edge technologies such as TMS and fNIRS and participate in work with clinical trials.

The Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is one of the university's largest departments with affiliation mainly within the Faculty of Medicine. Our goal is to conduct education and research in medicine and biomedicine, with a high international quality. At BKV you will find leading research in a large spectrum of modern biomedicine; from detailed molecular and cellular studies to genetics, clinical research and epidemiology.

The employment

The employment is a fixed-term employment of one year with the possibility of extension.
The postdoctoral position is full-time.
Start date is as soon as possible according to agreement.

Salary and employment benefits

The university applies individual salaries.

More information about employee benefits is available here.

Union representatives

Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants.

Application procedure

Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button. Your application must be received no later than 19 August 2024. 
 
Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered. 
 
Please attach your selected research publications electronically, in pdf or word format, in the application template. Research publications, e.g. monographs, which cannot be sent electronically should be sent in three sets by mail to the University Registrar at Linköping University, University Registrar, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. The publications must be received by Linköping University no later than the deadline for application. 

Please note that printed publications will not be returned. They will be archived at Linköping University. 
 
In the event of a discrepancy between the English translation of the job announcement and the Swedish original, the Swedish version shall take precedent. 

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