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Postdoctoral Fellow in Epidemiology, Lifestyle Habits, Obesity and Digital Health Karolinska Institutet in Sweden
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Epidemiology
Funding
This is a two-year, full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral employment at 100% in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's collective-agreement salary framework. No stipend or specific salary amount is stated.
Deadline
Nov 25, 2026
Country
Sweden
University
Karolinska Institutet
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Karolinska Institutet is seeking a postdoctoral fellow in epidemiology and lifestyle habits for a two-year research position at Campus Flemingsberg in Huddinge. The postdoctoral researcher will join Ylva Trolle Lagerros's Lifestyle, Prevention and Health research group within the Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
The research group brings together professionals working on lifestyle, obesity, physical activity and digital solutions. The successful researcher will contribute to studies investigating lifestyle-related factors and associated health outcomes, working with national and international collaborators in a creative, collaborative medical-research environment.
A major part of the role involves planning, implementing and collecting data for a study conducted in Swedish. The researcher will handle data collection, data processing, quality assurance and analysis of complex research datasets. They will plan and conduct epidemiological analyses using data from observational studies and randomized controlled trials, while contributing to research discussions and the development of an independent research profile.
The postdoctoral fellow will also support students and research projects, present findings at national and international conferences, prepare scientific publications and participate in research-funding applications. The research environment offers opportunities to collaborate across disciplines and with partners in Sweden and internationally, with particular relevance to nutritional epidemiology, dietary assessment, physical activity measurement, obesity research, biostatistics and digital approaches to healthy lifestyle promotion.
Funding details
This is a two-year, full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral employment at 100% in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's collective-agreement salary framework. No stipend or specific salary amount is stated.
What's required
Applicants must hold a doctoral degree or equivalent foreign degree in a relevant subject area by the time the employment decision is made or no later than the start of employment. Required qualifications include documented experience in epidemiological and/or lifestyle intervention studies; nutritional epidemiological research and dietary-data analysis; practical implementation of research studies, including study-visit coordination, participant sampling and follow-up, and research-data management; student supervision and research-project experience; very good spoken and written Swedish and English; and solid experience in statistical programming and data analysis in Stata. Desirable qualifications include experience with observational studies and randomized controlled trials, dietary assessment and nutritional calculations, digital methods for healthy lifestyles, biostatistics, cohort and intervention studies, and physical-activity or accelerometer data collected and processed with ActiLife and R. Applicants should also be able to work independently and structurally, collaborate effectively and drive work forward.
How to apply
Prepare proof of doctoral degree, a complete CV, a complete publication list and a personal letter in Swedish explaining your current work and motivation. Submit the application through the Varbi recruitment system using the job advertisement's application link.
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Research Interests
Clinical Nutrition
Epidemiology
Physical Activity
Obesity
Digital Health
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