Interested in a 5 months engagement at Centre for Precision Psychiatry?

About the position

We have one position available as a researcher (SKO 1109) at the University of Oslo – 5 months engagement – affiliated with the Centre for Precision Psychiatry at the Institute of Clinical Medicine.

The Centre runs a series of multidisciplinary studies involving hospital departments in Oslo and several research groups at the University of Oslo. The main goal is to develop tools and knowledge for precision medicine in psychiatry, building on advanced statistical methods for analysis of large-scale human genetic and neuroimaging data, to better understand how biological, psychological, and environmental factors contribute to severe mental and neuropsychiatric disorders, their treatment, and outcomes. The Centre has access to a large database of biomarkers, clinical, and cognitive variables, genotyping and sequencing data, and MRI brain imaging data on patients with neuropsychiatric and severe mental disorders. In addition, we work closely with national population cohorts (MoBa, HUSK, HUNT, TromsøStudy), and collaborate with Nordic partners to leverage the registry and biobank information across countries, as well as large international consortia, including the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) and the ENIGMA consortium.

Our research environment is international, friendly and inspiring, and the position represents a unique opportunity for career development for a hard-working candidate. 

For more information about our research group, please see our webpage.

More about the position

We invite applications for a short-term Research Fellow position for an ambitious researcher with a relevant background to be part of the LongCovidment project. The project is part of the large COVIDMENT consortium consisting of the Nordic countries, Estonia and Scotland (https://covidment.is/). The aim of the project is to shed light on the long-term health effects among those directly and indirectly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on mental health and related disorders. 

Your main tasks will be

The role of the Researcher will be to perform data analysis of long-term mental health aspects following COVID-19 infection using big data analysis.

Qualifications

• PhD degree in psychology, neuroscience, medicine, or similar 
• Experience as clinical psychologist and with structured clinical assessments
• Expertise in statistical analysis using R or similar
• Experience with big data analysis with high performance computing
• Documented research experience with large-scale human data (quality control and analysis)
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English and a Scandinavian language

Personal skills

• Well organized with high working capacity and productivity
• Excellent team working skills, and ability to work in a multidisciplinary team of researchers
• Strong motivation and genuine interest in research in casual factors in mental illness

Employment in the position is based on a comprehensive assessment of all qualification requirements applicable to the position, including personal qualifications.

We offer

• Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promote sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based societal development.
• A pleasant and stimulating work environment
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours. A workplace with good development and career opportunities.
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes. 
• Salary in position as Researcher, SKO 1109, in salary range NOK from 620 000 – 720 000, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

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Inclusive worklife and diversity at UiO

Inclusion and diversity are a strength. The University of Oslo has a personnel policy objective of achieving a balanced gender composition. Furthermore, we want employees with diverse professional expertise, life experience and perspectives.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, employment gaps or immigrant background, we will invite at least one applicant from each of these categories to an interview.

We hope that you will apply for the position. 

Application

Your application should include:

• Application letter. CV.
• A complete list of publications. Transcripts and certificates.
• Contact information for 2-3 references.

Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click "Apply for the position".

When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

General information

The best qualified candidates will invited for interviews.

Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we cannot, you will hear from us.

Please refer to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (Norwegian) and Rules for the use of research posts SKO 1108, 1109, 1110 and 1183 at UiO.

The University of Oslo has a transfer agreement with all employees that is intended to secure the rights to all research results etc.

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Questions about the position

• Ole Andreassen (Professor), +4799038893, o.a.andreassen@medisin.uio.no
• Kristoffer Tobiassen (HR-adviser), +4722844684, k.v.tobiassen@medisin.uio.no