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- Oppdatert 11.09.2020
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Folkehelseinstituttet
PhD position within infertility and risk of cardiovascular disease
Forskning og utvikling
At the Centre for Fertility and Health, we have available a 3-year position as a PhD student working on the INFERTILITY project funded by the European Research Council: Understanding the causal nature of the relationship between infertility and cardiovascular disease. As a PhD student in the Centre you will be part of a multidisciplinary research team consisting of epidemiologists, geneticists, demographers, and other social scientists from Norway and abroad.
The INFERTILITY project sets out to understand the complex relationship between infertility and cardiovascular diseases. We will first evaluate whether both men and women who are infertile have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. To evaluate the direction of the relationship, we will also examine whether classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease (overweight, smoking, high blood pressure, etc.) influences the risk of infertility. This will highlight whether infertility might simply be a marker of a poorer underlying cardiometabolic health present before being diagnosed with fertility problems. We will also evaluate whether pregnancy complications and the use of assisted reproductive technologies might explain any increased risk of cardiovascular disease among infertile women. The project will use readily collected data from large population-based cohorts and the national health registries, including the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) and the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT). The project will use genotype data both to conduct genetic association studies and to use genetic variants as instrumental variables in Mendelian randomization analyses.
As a PhD student you will be enrolled at the PhD program at the University of Oslo. Some traveling should be expected, and there are possibilities for research visits abroad during the PhD period.
- Conduct statistical analyses of population-based data according to the description of the INFERTILITY grant.
- Write and publish scientific papers which will be part of the PhD thesis.
- Communicate results also in a popular scientific way to the general public.
- Contribute to develop research at the Centre and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in general (contribute to writing further applications for funding and to ongoing research in other projects).
- Collaborate and communicate with a larger network of researchers.
- You have to have the necessary qualifications to be enrolled as a PhD student at the University of Oslo.
- Either a medical degree or a master’s degree within statistics, genetics or epidemiology.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and preferably also in a Scandinavian language.
- Experience with using statistical software such as R or STATA is an advantage.
- Past experience with research is an advantage.
- Knowledge of the Norwegian health care system is an advantage.
- You should be innovative, take initiative and be results oriented.
- Have an interest in topics relevant to the project and the Centre (such as cardiovascular disease, genetic, and fertility).
- Personal suitability will be considered.
- The successful candidate should be flexible and able to work independently, efficiently and goal oriented and contribute to an inclusive working environment.
- An interesting job with varied tasks in an active and engaging research environment.
- The opportunity to work on population-based data sets and with researchers that are world-class.
- The opportunity for professional advancement and development of an independent research profile.
- An employer with a great societal responsibility who plays an important role in the health and welfare of the Norwegian population.
- A three-year temporary position as a PhD student. Salary by agreement, within the state's wage regulation.
- Good welfare schemes.
- Flexible working hours.
- The start date will be decided together with the candidate.
Bedrift
FolkehelseinstituttetSøknadsfrist
04.10.2020Ansettelsesform
workTime.HeltidBransje
Forskning og utviklingUtdanningskrav
PåkrevetArbeidserfaring
ØnskeligAdresse
0473, OSLO
OSLO
NorgeAntall stillinger
1karriere-kode
3146828Se her for andre jobber fra Folkehelseinstituttet
- Oppdatert 11.09.2020