Regional Research Support (FST) is part of the Oslo Hospital Services division at Oslo University Hospital. The unit delivers services and advice to research groups and employees at Oslo University Hospital and other hospitals that are part of the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority. FST consist of the following 5 departments; Administrative Research Support, Oslo Center for Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Clinical Trial Unit, Biobank and Health Registry Support and Comparative Medicine. FST has approximately 120 employees and collaborates closely with a broad range of academic areas and dicliplines within the University of Oslo.

The Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) is a joint department of the Oslo University Hospital (OUS) and the University of Oslo (UiO). OCBE has expanded considerably in recent years, becoming one of Europe's most active groups in the field of biostatistics and epidemiology. Currently, OCBE includes thirteen tenured professors and associate professors, eighteen tenured researchers, and many postdoctoral fellows, PhD students and visiting scientists, making up a group of over 80 researchers. OCBE’s research is internationally recognized, in particular in the areas of time-to-event models and causal inference; epidemiology of lifestyle, chronic diseases and infectious disease; methods for high-dimensional models and data integration, especially in molecular medicine; mathematical modelling of cancer; probabilistic modelling and Bayesian inference, stochastic algorithms and simulation-based inference; and statistical machine learning. OCBE has numerous collaborations with leading bio-medical research groups in Norway and internationally. OCBE has acquired major research funding from the Norwegian Research Council, the European Union, the Nordic Research Council, the Norwegian Cancer Society and several other agencies. OCBE has a leading role in the Centre of Excellence Integreat - The Norwegian centre for knowledge-driven machine learning. In addition to research, OCBE provides an extensive advisory service to biomedical researchers at UiO, OUS and other hospitals in the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (HSØ). OCBE is also responsible for the teaching of biostatistical subjects in the professional studies in medicine, the PhD training program at the Medical Faculty at UiO and further education of research staff at OUS and HSØ.

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Kvalifikasjoner:

• PhD in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, mathematics or equivalent with a documented knowledge in statistics beyond basic level
  
• We primarily target candidates that are at an early career stage; however, candidates of all levels of experience are invited to apply
  
• Interest in and preferably experience with causal inference and time-to-event modelling, an in particular estimands for complex treatment regimes, and modelling of recurrent events and multi-state outcomes
  
• Commitment and motivation to, and preferably experience with, working collaboratively and effectively with researchers of other disciplines, especially in medicine
  
• Excellent skills in statistical programming in R or other comparable programming languages
  
• Good communication skills, fluency in English (written and oral). English is the working language at OCBE
  

Personlige egenskaper:

With us it is important that you

• have the ability to collaborate across different professional environments
  
• thrive in working in a large and complex organization
• have the ability to work independently and efficiently
  
• are excellent in team work and demonstrates strong interpersonal skills
  
• show engagement, responsibility and positive attitude towards the scientific community
  

Vi tilbyr:

• A workplace characterized by trust, openness and respect
• A safe workplace with good colleague support
• A journey towards a new and modern hospital
• As a new employee of OUS, you will be part of a welcome program
• You become part of an important social mission
• A friendly, professional and stimulating international working environment
• Access to a network of top-level national and international collaborators
• Salary is determined individually, depending on qualifications and experience

Evaluation of the application
In assessing applications, particular emphasis will be placed upon the academic and personal ability of the candidate. Interviews with selected candidates will be arranged via video conference or in person (preferably).

The application must include: 
CV (summarizing education, positions, scientific publications and other relevant activity).
Application letter including the personal motivation for this position, including a statement about past and present research interests.
Names and contact details for references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number).
Be written in English or in Norwegian.

Inclusion and diversity are a strength. OUS has a personnel policy goal of achieving a balanced gender composition and recruiting people with a migration background. Furthermore, we want employees with different competencies, professional combinations, life experience and perspectives.