Postdoctoral Researcher in Biostatistics
Karolinska Institutet, MEB / Apotekarjobb / Stockholm
2018-06-15
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Division
A postdoctoral research position is available within the biostatistics group at the department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
The successful applicant will work closely with a subgroup of researchers (a Senior lecturer and two doctoral students in biostatistics and one post doctoral researcher in image analysis) that work on the development of (computer-intensive) statistical methods for studying the natural history modeling of breast cancer and patient survival.
The biostatistics group comprises 4 professors, 3 senior lecturers, 5 PhD-level statisticians, 4 masters-level statisticians, and 7 doctoral students. The group is involved in a wide variety of research projects, including population-based cohort and case-control studies, twin and family studies, survival analyses, predictive modeling, genetic epidemiology and bioinformatics.
Duties
As well as statistical methodology development the project will include analyses of data from large, detailed studies of breast cancer and mammography screening (with large-scale molecular and image data). There will be ample opportunities to collaborate with researchers in cancer epidemiology, as well as biostatistics, within the same department, and the successful applicant will also be encouraged to participate in a computational statistics project as part of a cross-university collaboration within an e-science program.
Entry requirements
Qualified to be employed as a postdoctor is one who has obtained a doctorate no more than three years before the last date of application, the term can be extended under special circumstances. The position requires a university degree in mathematics/statistics and a PhD degree with focus on statistics, biostatistics, statistical image analysis or a closely related field. The ideal applicant should be experienced in methodology development and have a strong interest in applications.
Application process
An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:
- A complete curriculum vitae, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
- A complete list of publications
- A summary of current work (no more than one page)
The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.
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.
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Varaktighet, arbetstid
Full time. Tillträde: According to agreement Visstidsanställning
Publiceringsdatum2018-06-15ErsättningMonthly salary
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2018-08-13
Ange följande referens när du ansöker: 2-3318/2018
Klicka på denna länk för att göra din ansökanKontaktLina Werner, HR-Officer Email:
lina.werner@ki.seKeith Humphreys, Senior lecturer Email:
keith.humphreys@ki.seNiclas Svelander, HR-administrator Email:
niclas.svelander@ki.seFöretagKarolinska Institutet, MEB
AdressKarolinska Institutet, MEB
Karolinska Institutet, Box 281
17177 Stockholm
KontorsadressKarolinska Institutet, Box 281
Jobbnummer 4207559
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