Campus Ahus

About the position / About the job

Two 20% positions as Professor II/Associate Professor are available at the Clinic for Health Services Research and Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Campus Ahus. The applicant must hold a main position at Akershus University Hospital.

The positions are part of a strategic initiative by Campus Ahus and Ahus with the aim of stimulating academic staff to initiate more pragmatic studies by utilizing data from national registers such as the Norwegian Patient Register, the Municipal Patient Register, and the large amount of data from Statistics Norway.

Additionally, the strategic initiative is connected to providing methodological support in research design, mathematical modelling, statistical methods, and health economics to academic staff and researchers at Campus Ahus/Ahus. This requires experience with the use of national registers, including experience in linking medical records and national register data, as well as competence in mathematics, statistics, and health economics.

Description of Positions

Job responsibilities

• Obtain external funding for research projects utilising data from ElectronicPatient Journals (EPJ) merged with national registered data
• Conduct advanced statistical and health economic analyses incollaboration with researchers at Campus Ahus 
• Advise and assist researchers at Ahus and Campus Ahus with- research design, statistical methods, and mathematical modelling,including projections.- use and linking of national register data for clinical research- application areas and validity for various types of health economicmeasures such as EQ5D and SF36

Qualification requirements

• PhD in a relevant field (mathematics, statistics, economics, socialsciences, medicine etc.)
• Solid experience with and significant methodological competence inquantitative research
• Relevant scientific publications beyond the doctoral dissertation
• Experience in applying for research funding

Qualifications that will be emphasized

• Experience in leading research projects
• Established national and international research collaborations
• Experience as main and/or co-supervisor for PhD candidates
• Relevant networks within health policy and practice
• Good written and oral proficiency both in Scandinavian and English

Personal characteristics

• Ability to plan processes with long-term and methodical planning
• Curiosity and engagement in relationships and professional development
• Willingness and ability to collaborate across methodological boundariesand disciplines
• Good communication and collaboration skills 

We offer

• A 20% position
• Salary according to competence as Professor or Associate Professordepending on qualifications
• Skills development in a stimulating and pleasant academic environment
• Pension scheme in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• Position in an Inclusive Workplace (IA) company
• Good welfare schemes.
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes

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Application

Your application should include:

The application must include

• Application letter
• CV (a complete overview of education, experience, and academic work)
• A complete list of publications
• Separate list of 10 most relevant publications to be evaluated specificallyfor the position (please submit in full text)
• Copies of diplomas and certificates
• Overview of experience in supervising PhD candidates, including; names of the candidates, period of supervision, information on institutions, dates for the presentation of the theses, as well as specific information regarding experience as main- or co-supervisor for each candidate: form---phd-candidate-supervision.pdf
• Description of qualifications regarding administration, leadership, teaching and foreign language skills.

• List of references (2-3 references; name, title, email, and phone, along witha description of the relation to the applicant) 

  The application with attachments must be submitted via our electronic recruitment system, please click "Apply for the position."

• For education outside Scandinavia, please provide an explanation of the grading system.

• Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language. Selected candidates will be invited for an interview.

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.

 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.

UiO aims for gender balance in permanent scientific positions, and the underrepresented gender (insert) is encouraged to apply for the position.

More information about gender equality initiatives at UiO can be found here.

Contact information

For further information about the position: 

• contact Clinic Manager, Professor Hilde Lurås, Phone: (+47) 924 17 512, e mail: hilde.luras@medisin.uio.no 
• For questions about submitting the electronic application and process, contact HR advisor Maren Retterstøl Olaisen:Phone: (+47) 22 850545, email: m.r.olaisen@medisin.uio.no

General information

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 the Rules for Appointments to Professorships and Associate Professorships at the University of Oslo, Rules for practicing the requirement for basic pedagogical competence at the University of Oslo and Guide for applicants for Professor and Associate professor positions - University of Oslo. 

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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