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Professor in Epidemiology with a focus on Cardiovascular Diseases

Employment

A permanent position as Professor in Epidemiology with a focus on Cardiovascular Diseases. The position is located at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö and is closely linked to the strategic research area EpiHealth (Epidemiology for Health), which is led by Lund University in collaboration with Uppsala University.

This position cannot be converted into a combined position.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities include research, as well as teaching and participation in leadership roles at the Faculty of Medicine.

Lund University has excellent conditions for epidemiological research thanks to the long-term investment in EpiHealth (Epidemiology for Health) as a strategic research area for national and international excellence in epidemiology. Furthermore, Lund University has access to several large research databases with extensive phenotyping and biobank samples, such as Malmö Diet and Cancer, Malmö Offspring Study, Malmö Preventive Medicine, Men Born 1914, Healthy Aging in Scania (HAS), the EpiHealth cohort, and the Swedish Cardiopulmonary BioImage Study (SCAPIS).

The incumbent is expected to conduct independent research at a very high national and international level within epidemiology with a focus on cardiovascular diseases. The appointment aims to strengthen and build strategically important research in cardiovascular epidemiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Lund University.

Teaching and the development of courses at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels also constitute an important part of the responsibilities.

The incumbent is expected to be willing to accept the role of Head of Research Group at IKVM. In addition, the incumbent is expected to perform other duties normally associated with a professorship, such as administrative tasks and internal and external trust positions. The professor is to represent the subject nationally and internationally, contribute to developing excellence within the strategic research area EpiHealth, and collaborate with society at large.

Other duties may also occur.

Qualifications

Eligible for appointment as a professor according to the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 4, Section 3 is the person who has demonstrated both scientific and pedagogical competence.

The applicant must have completed higher education pedagogy training of at least five weeks. In the event that the incumbent is assessed to have special reasons for not having completed five weeks of higher education pedagogy training upon taking up the post, the incumbent must complete such training within two years from taking up the post (see Lund University's Employment Regulations).

For teachers at Lund University, the general eligibility requirement is to be suitable for and have the ability otherwise required to perform the duties of the post well.

Assessment Criteria

The applicant must demonstrate very good scientific and pedagogical competence of significance for epidemiology with a focus on cardiovascular diseases. In the assessment, particular weight will be given to scientific competence.

The applicant's scientific competence is demonstrated through current, leading, and independent research activity at a very high international level.

Publications in international scientific journals and national and international grants obtained competitively as the principal investigator will be given significant weight.

Furthermore, the applicant must show the ability to initiate and drive national and international research collaborations. The applicant must show the ability to contribute to the future development of research. Future plans and visions will be given significant weight. Current and relevant experience of clinically oriented research and collaborations is meritorious.

The applicant must display pedagogical competence relevant to the subject area both in education and supervision at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels. This is demonstrated through the ability to plan, implement, lead, and develop education.

In addition, great weight will be given to demonstrated ability in academic leadership, strategic development, and collaboration. The applicant must show the ability and potential to lead and develop operations. This is demonstrated through documented leadership qualities, for example through leadership roles, trust positions, leadership training, or leadership in research environments, interdisciplinary projects, or consortia. Leadership ability also includes good communicative and collaborative competence, the ability to promote employees' professional development, and to contribute to a good working environment. Meritorious is experience of leadership in international contexts, as well as experience and documented ability to conduct strategic development work in interdisciplinary research environments.

Weight will also be attached to skill in participating in organizational development and collaboration and the ability to interact with the surrounding society. This is demonstrated through experience and ability to communicate research results and to create collaborations with researchers in different disciplines as well as with relevant actors outside academia. The ability to disseminate knowledge and contribute to implementing research results in society or clinical practice is meritorious.

Other Information

Further information is provided by Prefect Patrik Midlöv, tel: 073 079 13 63, e-mail: [email protected] or Dean Maria Björkqvist, tel: 072-700 71 63, e-mail: [email protected].

Any information regarding EpiHealth is provided by Coordinator Jonas Björk, tel: +46 46 222 69 16, e-mail: [email protected].

Information regarding the application process is provided by Recruitment Coordinator Eva Nilsson, tel: 046-222 17 89, e-mail: [email protected].

The appointment is made upon proposal from the Medical Faculty Staff Committee.

Application Procedure

The position is applied for electronically via Lund University's application portal no later than 2026-08-27.

Please note that the application should be written in English. Grade transcripts and employment certificates, however, do not need to be translated.