The Department of Public Health at Faculty of Health at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as Associate Professor in the field of Human Environmental Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology. The position is a full-time position from 15 December 2025 until 31 April 2029.
As an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health, you will be part of an internationally recognised department, where we work together to promote public health through research into areas that prevent, treat and alleviate disease. We engage in broad collaboration both internally and externally. We share our knowledge with citizens, decision-makers, business and industry, practitioners and other researchers – in municipalities, in the regions and both nationally and internationally. The department either contributes to or is responsible for teaching in medicine, public health science, sport science, optometry and nursing. At the Department of Public Health, you will have approx. 200 colleagues, including ninety academic staff members and a corresponding number of PhD students. We work closely with one another across different fields of study and prioritise a healthy work environment. The general tone among colleagues is informal.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Appointment as an associate professor requires research and teaching qualifications at the level that can be achieved through the satisfactory completion of a period of appointment as an assistant professor, but may also be obtained in other ways.
• The applicant is required to have completed a university pedagogical programme or an equivalent programme.
• Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.
• The appointment is in accordance with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Akademikerne).
• Remuneration is in accordance with the above, and the Salary agreement catalogue for staff at Health.
• The yearly base salary for a fulltime associate professor is DKK 650.004,18 (including a position related supplement, a pre-agreed associate professor supplememt and pension (17.1%)). Additional supplement(s) can be negotiated dependent on experience, special qualifications and performance of special functions. Authorisation supplement(s) will be granted, if relevant for the position. Your local eligible trade union representative at Aarhus University negotiates your salary on your behalf.
• Researchers recruited from abroad are offered a special researcher tax scheme with a lower tax rate.
• Travel and moving expenses may be covered according to the employee in question and, to a limited extent, the accompanying family.
• Further information on qualification requirements and job description can be found in the Ministerial order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities.

As an Associate Professor of Human Environmental Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology, you will contribute to the department’s research and teaching environment and to the faculty’s overall research strategy. You will contribute to the development of the department both individually and in collaboration with others via your research of high international quality. You ensure that your teaching maintains a high academic and didactic standard. You possess professional collaborative skills and a broad academic network which you bring into play in your contribution to the academic development of Aarhus University and its profile both nationally and internationally.

Your main tasks will be:

• To do research at a high international level, including publications in top international journals and publishers, and communicating your research in national and international academic networks.
• To attract substantial external funding to support the activities of your research group.
• To collaborate on your research with private and public-sector stakeholders.
• To develop international networks and collaborations in research and teaching.
• To teach, supervise and examine Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students.
• To supervise PhD students and contribute to the development of the faculty’s PhD courses.
• To contribute to assessment and committee work at Aarhus University and elsewhere.
• To disseminate your research to the public.
• To do experimental molecular biological laboratory work, including SPE-HPLC extractions of complex chemical mixtures from human samples followed by determination of bioactivities in mammalian cell cultures.
• To do advanced statistical analysis.

You will report to Head of Department Michael Baggesen Klitgaard.