Research Fellow SKO 1109 at Centre for Precision Psychiatry

About the position

At the Centre for Precision Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, there is a 20% Research Fellow position available. 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, genotypes and sequencing data, and brain MRI data on populations (UK Biobank, ABCD) and 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.

For more information: https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/research/groups/precision-psychiatry/

Your main tasks will be

• Advice on study design and on translational research projects with multimodal data including genetics
• Analysis of large-scale human genotype – phenotype data and gene x environment interplay
• Supervision of PhD students within precision psychiatry 
• Writing of research publication and reports
• Strategic input and coordination of grant proposals and protocols

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in genetics, medicine, or similar 
• Extensive experience with handling and analysis of large-scale human genotype data (quality control, and multimodal analysis)
• Expertise and track record in translating genetic associations into functional understanding and clinical utility
• Experience with grant writing within the field of population genetics and/or molecular psychiatry
• Fluent in written and oral English and Norwegian
• Good software and analytical skills

Personal skills

• Good collaboration and communication skills 
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks 
• Independence and reliability 
• Ability to organize and structure work

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