Assistant professor in medical bioinformatics
MEB / Sjukgymnastjobb / Stockholm
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Division
The position is in the biostatistics group.
The primary activities of the biostatistics group include (i) own research in design and analysis of population-based studies, genetic epidemiology and molecular epidemiology, (ii) collaboration with medical researchers, and (iii) biostatistics teaching both at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Duties
The position suits applicants who are interested in developing a career in the intersection of statistics, computing and biosciences. The successful applicant will join an interdisciplinary research team with collaboration with clinical research groups. The applicant should be able to work closely with this interdisciplinary team and to acquire the necessary medical, biological and epidemiological knowledge as necessary to make meaningful contributions.
Entry requirements
A person is eligible to be appointed Assistant professor if he or she has been awarded a Degree of Doctor in computer science (or has achieved the corresponding scientific competence), with specialization and substantial experience in data analyses and statistical modelling of high-throughput molecular and omics data, including (i) transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics data, (ii) next generation sequencing (NGS) data, and (iii) single-cell genomics. The applicant must also have previous publications that indicate (i) ability to develop novel methodologies in analysing omics, NGS and single-cell data, and (ii) experience working with medical applications.
The persons appointed should primarily be the ones who have been granted a Degree of Doctor or have reached the corresponding competence no more than seven years before the end of the application period.
Bases of assessment
We stress scientific expertise when assessing applicants.
Application process
An application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish: Curriculum vitae, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's qualifications portfolio (
http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio). The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.
An Assistant professor position is a fixed-term position. The first employment should be two years, with a possible extension of two years after evaluation.
Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Its vision is to significantly contribute to the improvement of human health. Karolinska Institutet accounts for the single largest share of all academic medical research conducted in Sweden and offers the country's broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet selects the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
Pursuant to the regulations of the Swedish National Archives, applications are kept on file for two years after the appointment has gained legal force. The regulations do not apply to attachments that have been printed or otherwise published.
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Varaktighet, arbetstid
Full time. Tillträde: According to agreement Visstidsanställning
Publiceringsdatum2018-02-05ErsättningMonthly salary
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2018-02-15
Ange följande referens när du ansöker: 2-710/2018
Klicka på denna länk för att göra din ansökanKontaktLina Werner, HR-officer. Email:
lina.werner@ki.seYudi Pawitan, Professor. Email:
yudi.pawitan@ki.seFöretagMEB
AdressMEB
Karolinska Institutet, Box 281
17177 Stockholm
KontorsadressKarolinska Institutet, Box 281
Jobbnummer 3944990
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