Lunds universitet

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.

The Department of Clinical Sciences Lund is one of six departments at the Faculty of Medicine. Clinical Sciences Lund cooperates closely with Skåne University Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine in order to optimize the conditions for preclinical and clinical translational research, research strategies and development, as well as education on both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Research group

In our research group Register-based epidemiology, we use cohort- and registry-based information on individuals to investigate primarily metabolic- and lifestyle factors in relation to cancer risk and prognosis, with the addition of genetic information in some studies. The larger projects driven by our group are the Northern Europe-based Metabolic syndrome and Cancer project (Me-Can), and two Sweden-based projects on prostate cancer and urinary bladder cancer, respectively. Me-Can includes around 800,000 individuals and 80,000 incident cancer cases amongst whom we and Me-Can collaborators investigate relationships between metabolic factors and cancer risk. In the Swedish studies on prostate cancer and bladder cancer, we investigate metabolic factors and disease in detail by tumour characteristics and progression. Several Swedish cohorts and national registries are included in these studies.

Within the group we aim to maintain a good working environment based on mutual respect and consideration. We constantly strive to improve the conditions for work, development and participation for all employees.

We are hereby adverstising for the position of a post doctoral fellow within cancer epidemiology. The position is full time for two years according to central agreement for temporary position as post-doctoral fellow. Desired start date is August 2020 or according to agreement.

Work assignments

The post-doctoral position involves working on epidemiological studies of obesity and metabolic factors in relation to the risk and survival of prostate cancer investigated in a large database of several Swedish cohorts and national registers. The studies will be deeply oriented in statistical and epidemiological methods. The first study will be to investigate weight changes, determined from two or more health examinations, in relation to the risk and survival of prostate cancer. The position involves to independently carry out statistical analyses and write up manuscripts, but also to provide expertise within the research group for other studies as well as for grant applications.

Qualification requirements

Appointment to a post-doctoral position requires that the applicant has a PhD, or an international degreedeemed equivalent to a PhD, within the subject of the position, completed no more than three years before the last date for applications. Under special circumstances, the doctoral degree can have been completed earlier.

Other assessments will be done according to the following requirements for the position:

  • PhD in epidemiology, statistics, or a related field

Additional requirements:

  • Basic university education or courses in epidemiology, statistics, or a related field that well complement the PhD with other desired qualifications for the position
  • Very good oral and written proficiency in English
  • Strong emphasis will be put on skills within statistics including conducting statistical analysis ideally by the use of a Stata, or alternatively, by use of another common software (SAS, R etc), and on epidemiological knowledge.
  • Experience from working on large-scaled epidemiological data and conducting statistical analyses out of the box

Instructions on how to apply

CV, personal letter, reference letter, diplomas of university degree and high school grades.

Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full time
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100
City Lund
County Skåne län
Country Sweden
Reference number PA2020/1324
Contact
  • Tanja Stocks, forskare, +46 72 283 58 15
  • Emmy Heidenblad, personalsamordnare, +46 222 83 47
Union representative
  • OFR/ST:Fackförbundet ST:s kansli, 046-222 93 62
  • SACO:Saco-s-rådet vid Lunds universitet, 046-222 93 64
  • SEKO: Seko Civil, 046-222 93 66
Published 20.Apr.2020
Last application date 31.May.2020 11:59 PM CEST

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