PhD position in psychological stress and cancer
Karolinska Institutet, MEB / Biomedicinjobb / Solna
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The Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics is among the largest departments of epidemiology in Europe with special focus on increasing our knowledge of the aetiology for different diseases. Our department consists of researchers, doctoral students, biostatisticians, data collectors and database administrators as well as administrative personnel, in total approximately some 250 staff. The department is situated in campus Solna. Further information can be found at
www.ki.se/mebThe PhD position is for four years approximately and is supported by the KID program at the Karolinska Institutet and other external research funds. The supervisors have a broad expertise in neuroepidemiology, cancer epidemiology, and medical epidemiology.
Responsibilities?
Under supervision, the doctoral student will be responsible for literature review, data analysis, result interpretation, scientific article writing and data presentation. We will 1) assess the associations between severely stressful life events and the viral load of human papilloma virus; 2) examine whether severely stressful life events would impact the survival of patients with cervical cancer; 3) estimate the influence of stress-related genes/pathways on lethal prostate cancer; and 4) test whether severely stressful life events would impact the expressions of stress-related genes/pathways. The project includes register data as well as lab and clinical data.
Entry requirements?
To be eligible, the applicant must a) hold a Master's (second-cycle) degree, b) have completed course requirements of at least 240 HECs, of which at least 60 at second-cycle level, or c) have otherwise acquired equivalent competence. The applicant should have a background in biomedicine at large. A training background in clinical medicine, epidemiology, or statistics will be a plus. Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
A selection will be made among qualified applicants on the basis of the ability to benefit from third-cycle studies. Karolinska Institutet uses the following bases of assessment:
• Documented subject knowledge of relevance to the area of research?
• Analytical skill?
• Documented writing skill (in English)?
• Documented laboratory skill?
• Other documented knowledge or experience that may be relevant to third-cycle studies in the subject.
The qualifications of the applicants will be evaluated on an overall basis. A decision concerning the doctoral student position will be made after admission to third-cycle studies. For additional information about third-cycle studies at Karolinska Institutet, see
http://www.ki.se/doctoralThe application is to be submitted on the NetRecruiter system.
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Publiceringsdatum2013-01-09Arbetstider och omfattning100%. Tillträde: As soon as possible visstidsanställning
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2013-01-31
Ange följande referens när du ansöker: 3-109/2013
Ansökan kan tyvärr inte göras via e-post.
Klicka på denna länk för att göra din ansökanKontaktFang Fang, main supervisor,
fang.fang@ki.se 08 524 861 31
Facklig kontaktUlrika Zagai, SACO 08--524 871 84
Gunnar Stenberg, SEKO 08-524 880 75
Ann Almqvist, OFR 08-524 861 99
FöretagKarolinska Institutet, MEB
AdressKarolinska Institutet, MEB
Karolinska Institutet, Box 281
17177 Stockholm
Jobbnummer 1433066
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