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Research environment

Umeå University is the place where the discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 was discovered, that later received the Nobel prize in chemistry.

The position will be carried out in Dr Fors Connolly´s research group, that is interdisciplinary with clinicians, statisticians, epidemiologists and biomedical researchers. Recently, the research group of Fors Connolly published an epidemiological paper in The Lancet regarding the association between COVID-19 and acute cardiovascular events. The research focus is on risk factors of infection with and severe disease with SARS-CoV-2, Influenza virus and Puumala virus, acute and long-term complications and much more. The research has a translational focus with large-scale population studies to clinical studies to laboratory studies.

At the Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, another research group published a paper in New England Journal of Medicine. There is therefore world-class research being performed both in the group of Fors Connolly but also at the department of Clinical Microbiology, and you are most welcome to join us.

Work assignments

The job entails work with large national multi-registry data from The Public Health Agency, Sweden; Statistics Sweden (SCB); the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, Social Insurance Agency and more.

Specific responsibilities:

• Data management and data mining of large registry data
• Identification of international classification of disease (ICD) diagnosis codes, anatomical      therapeutic chemical (ATC) codes for pharmaceuticals, interventions according to the Classification of Surgical and Medical Procedures
• Participate and contribute to scientific group meetings
• Contribute as appropriate to the publication of research findings

The main assignment is management of data, and therefore this position requires intrinsic knowledge and experience regarding data management. There is even the possibility to independently perform your own statistical and epidemiological analyses of the data, where you lead your own project if you have the motivation and ideas to do so. You will be part of an international team of medical doctors, statisticians, epidemiologists and biomedical researchers, with collaboration partners in Denmark and Finland. Therefore, it is important with good communication and collaboration skills.

Selection criteria

For this employment the specific requirements are:

• A Bachelor degree or higher in epidemiology, statistics, data science, data base management or similar
• Substantial and in-depth experience of data management
• Substantial experience handling programs such as R, SPSS, STATA, SAS or similar

It is a merit if you have:

• Good knowledge regarding SQL or NoSQL database programs
• Good knowledge regarding Swedish or Nordic registry data
• Good knowledge in epidemiology and statistics

Great emphasis is placed on the applicant having previous experience handling large registry data, and ability to collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams. It is a merit if you are fluent in Swedish or other Nordic language. Another requirement is the ability to work independently and be thorough.

Application

The application should contain:

1. In one A4 page highlight your specific qualifications and motivation for the position
2. Attested copies of relevant exam certificates
3. Curriculum Vitae
4. Letters of recommendation and name of at least 2 reference persons.

The application is made electronically (via the system Varbi). Last day to apply is:2022-01-11

Full time position, two years – start according to agreement

For questions please contact:

Anne-Marie Fors Connolly, BSc MSc MD PhD, Department of Clinical Microbiology

Email: anne-marie.fors.connolly@umu.se

We welcome your application!