Senior lecturer in Public Health Sciences: Epidemiology emphasis
Karlstads universitet / Högskolejobb / Karlstad
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Background
In public health science at Karlstad University, education and research centres on children's life and health, especially in a socio-medical strand with a focus on vulnerable children and domestic violence, and an environmental medical strand involving studies of the impact of environmental factors early in life on children's health and development.
The senior lectureship is in the environmental medical area, particularly in research on fetal exposure to potential endocrine disrupting chemicals and the impact on children's later development and health. This is the focus of the SELMA study, which monitors mother-child pairs from early pregnancy and delivery to the further lives of the children. Research is interdisciplinary and undertaken in close collaboration
with external research groups in experimental toxicology and risk assessment of chemicals. There is also established cooperation with national research environments such as Karolinska institutet, Stockholm University, Gothenburg University, Lund University, and, internationally with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, as well as around twenty universities in three major EU projects with focus on endocrine disrupting chemicals. Presently, the research group consists of one professor, two associate professors, five senior lecturers and five doctoral students.
We are now recruiting a senior lecturer in epidemiology with qualifications in database processing and environmental epidemiology to the research group.
Duties
Duties involve research in the environmental epidemiological field on the basis of SELMA, which offers great opportunities for academic career advancement and development. In addition to research, duties include developing and maintaining databases (around 50% of the time), for the SELMA study at Karlstad University.
More specifically, the environmental epidemiological research involves fetal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and their impact on children's later development and health, on the basis of the SELMA study. Duties also include applying for external research funding and contributing to the academic development of the research group, as well as teaching courses in epidemiology and bio statistics at undergraduate and master levels.
The responsibility for the database includes receiving, processing, structuring, quality ensuring and storing incoming research data, to some degree in cooperation with the research database group at
Karlstad University. Updating and maintaining the database regarding structure and ensuring database quality, as well as managing merging, division and distribution of data in the research group are also expected duties. Further duties are handling agreements on accessing biobank samples and data and being updated and fully informed in database procedures for ensuring that sensitive data are protected in accordance with legislation. The person responsible for the database is expected to participate and advise in the planning of new studies to ensure their conformity to current legislation.
Qualification requirements
Appointment as senior lecturer at Karlstad University requires demonstrated teaching expertise and
completed doctor's degree or equivalent qualifications in the relevant subject area, or other professional
expertise of relevance to the position and the duties involved.
In addition, completed course in higher education pedagogy, or equivalent, is a requirement. This course
may, under certain conditions, be completed within two years of employment as part of the professional
development commitment. For further information on qualification requirements, see Higher Education
Ordinance Ch. 4 sect. 4 and Karlstad University's regulations on the appointment and promotion of
teaching staff.
Applicants are also required to have verified knowledge and experience of database work and good
knowledge and experience of biostatistical modelling epidemiological studies.
Assessment criteria
Applicants are assessed on the basis of qualifications and experiences of both database work and
research in the field of environmental epidemiology. Special weight is given to expertise in biostatistical
modelling and information systems and to experience and qualifications regarding developing and
maintaining databases. Weight is given to experience of cohort studies focusing on children's health and
development, and to participation in collaborative epidemiological and experimental toxicology projects.
Equal weight is given to research and teaching expertise. Considerable weight is given to personal
qualities such as cooperation skills, ability to create good relationships with colleagues and students, and
ability to take initiatives and show commitment to others. We also value administrative skills, ability to
present information of research and development work and to collaborate with colleagues and external
partners.
Terms of employment
The appointment is full-time, non-fixed employment from the start of the autumn semester 2019.
Application
Application should include well documented qualifications. Applicants are responsible for submitting a complete application to our recruitment system Varbi, in accordance with the advertisement and for ensuring that the documentation allows for objective and qualitative assessments. We expect a complete application before deadline. For information about what to include and to apply please visit our add at
https://www.kau.se/en/work-us/work/vacancies State the ref.no: REK2019/15
Last day of application: 2019-04-16
We look forward to your application!
Publiceringsdatum2019-03-26Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2019-04-16
Ange följande referens när du ansöker: REK2019/15
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Jobbnummer 4691728
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