Postdoctoral in Department of Public Health

at  Aarhus Universitet

The Department of Public Health at Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark, invites qualified individuals to apply for a Postdoctoral Associate position in the field of Epidemiology expected to start on 1 November 2024 or soon thereafter. The position is a fixed-term 24-month full-time position.
The Postdoctoral Associate position will be appointed in the Department of Public Health, an internationally recognized academic institution to promote public health through research to prevent, treat, and alleviate disease. The Department of Public Health is involved in broad collaborations with internal departments, labs, and research units, as well as with external institutions. Aarhus University shares collective knowledge with the community and its citizens, decision-makers, partners in business and industry, practitioners, and researchers in local municipalities, and other regions nationally and internationally. The Department of Public Health either contributes to or is responsible for teaching medicine, public health science, sport science, optometry, and nursing. In the Department of Public Health, there are approximately 200 colleagues, including ninety academic staff members and a number of PhD students. Members of the department work closely with each other focusing on interdisciplinary scientific fields of study. The Department emphasizes and prioritizes a healthy work environment for all. Additional information about the department and its faculty are available online at: Department of Public Health and Faculty of Health.

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates should possess a PhD, preferably in the following areas: public health, medicine, epidemiology or biostatistics.
The person in the Postdoctoral Associate position is expected to have rigorous training and a strong background in perinatal, environmental, or pharmaco-epidemiology or biostatistics. Having an experience in maternal and child health research is preferred but not required.
The position will require extensive experience with programming languages and various statistical software packages for voluminous data analyses, such as SAS and R.
The Postdoctoral Associate position will require excellent interpersonal skills, a willingness to work in an inclusive team-oriented environment, and the ability to meaningfully contribute to rigorous scientific inquiries.
The position will require a high level of competency in English, written and oral, for writing daily email communications, manuscript preparations, speaking at presentations and seminars, and participating in group meetings.
To be considered for the Postdoctoral Associate position, these academic criteria, must be met.
Shortlisting will be used.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Appointment as a postdoc requires academic qualifications at PhD level.
• 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 postdoc is between DKK 484.214,84 and DKK 538.720,20 depending on the years of working experience after achieved MSc degree. The base salary includes a position related supplement and pension (17.1 %). Additional supplement(s) for special qualifications can be negotiated. Authorisation supplemement(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.
• Further information on qualification requirements and job description can be found in the Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff

The Postdoctoral Associate position will be primarily focused on research, including contributing to the development of the department through high-quality international research. Teaching is encouraged and as needed by the department and the university. The Postdoctoral Associate position is expected to contribute to research tasks on this and other related research projects, under the supervision and guidance of the Principal Investigators, or Co-Investigators responsible for managing the progress of the research conducted.

The main tasks for this position will consist of:

• Conducting independent research of high quality using various large-scale datasets.
• Obtain study permissions regulated by local laws in Denmark and oversee the database linkage and management.
• Performing sophisticated statistical analyses using advanced epidemiological and causal inference methods.
• Writing of scientific manuscripts for publications to disseminate research findings in peer-reviewed journals.
• Contributing to international collaborations, attending scientific meetings, or conferences, and departmental seminars or presentations.
• Meeting regularly with Principal Investigators or Co-Investigators for scientific updates and progress toward the study’s aims.
• Assisting with the writing of scientific progress reports annually to provide to international collaborators.

The Postdoctoral associate will report to the Principal Investigators of the study and the Head of the Department of Public Health.