The University of Oulu is a multidisciplinary, international research university, with about 3,600 employees who produce new knowledge based on high-standards research and provide research based education to build a more sustainable, smarter, and more humane world. The University of Oulu community has about 17,000 people in total. Our northern scientific community operates globally and creates conditions for the emergence of innovations.
We are now looking for an

ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LIFE COURSE EPIDEMIOLOGY

to join us in HEALTH-DIMENSIONS research programme at the University of Oulu (Finland).
Located on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia in Northern Finland, the University of Oulu is one of the Nordic countries’ largest universities and is one of the global leaders in studies of lifelong health and longitudinal cohort studies.
We are now looking for a tenure track assistant or associate professor in the research programme “Multidimensional Big Data and Life-Course Health: from Molecules to Society” (HEALTH-DIMENSIONS). The programme forms a part of our national profiling actions funded by the Research Council of Finland. HEALTH-DIMENSIONS is an interdisciplinary research programme led by the Faculties of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine. The programme also covers other faculties and strengthens the university’s interdisciplinary top research cluster in prevention of the molecular and societal mechanisms underpinning the patterns of multimorbidity.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR A TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION

You have a doctoral degree in applicable research field. You must demonstrate the ability to work independently and have proven teaching skills. In order to be eligible for a position as assistant professor, you must have received your doctoral degree not more than ten years ago (at or later than 2015, excluding career breaks).

QUALIFICATIONS FOR A TENURE TRACK ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR POSITION

You have a doctoral degree in applicable research field. You must demonstrate evidence of scholarly research work and relevant teaching skills. You must have the ability to lead research as well as have experience in acquiring external research funding. We also expect you to have sufficient and relevant experience in international scientific work and evidence of international cooperation.

Please refer the Job description for details