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Postdoctoral Researcher in Clinical Epidemiology and Treatment Research at Karolinska Institutet Karolinska Institutet in Sweden
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Epidemiology
Funding
Postdoctoral employment, full time, temporary position. Salary is monthly salary; no stipend amount is stated. The role is an employed position at Karolinska Institutet rather than a scholarship.
Deadline
Oct 1, 2026
Country
Sweden
University
Karolinska Institutet

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Clinical Epidemiology and Treatment Research at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
This is a full-time, temporary postdoctoral position in clinically embedded research at the intersection of psychology, epidemiology, primary care, medical science, and statistics/biostatistics. The project focuses on stress-related ill health and persistent fatigue, using data from clinical studies together with Swedish health and population registers to study treatment outcomes, long-term trajectories, healthcare use, sickness absence, medication use, and socioeconomic outcomes.
The successful candidate will work in Professor Erik Hedman-Lagerlöf’s research group, under the direction of Associate Professor Elin Lindsäter, and will be based at the Division of Psychology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience. The work is primarily carried out at Gustavsberg University Primary Healthcare Centre, Academic Primary Care Centre, Region Stockholm.
The role includes independent responsibility for research planning, data management, quantitative analysis, interpretation, and manuscript preparation, with opportunities to develop your own research questions and contribute to external grant applications. The environment values methodological expertise, especially in mediation/moderation analysis, predictive modelling, machine learning, causal inference, longitudinal analysis, survival analysis, and register-based research.
Eligibility and requirements: a PhD or equivalent foreign degree is required by the employment decision date. Preferred backgrounds include epidemiology, psychology, public health sciences, medical science, biostatistics, or a related field. Applicants should have strong quantitative methods skills, experience with R/Stata or similar software, a record of scientific writing and publication in peer-reviewed journals, and excellent English. Swedish is advantageous.
Funding/employment: employed postdoctoral position, full time, monthly salary. No scholarship or stipend is mentioned.
How to apply: submit the required documents in English or Swedish via the Varbi recruitment system. Deadline: 2026-10-01.
Funding details
Postdoctoral employment, full time, temporary position. Salary is monthly salary; no stipend amount is stated. The role is an employed position at Karolinska Institutet rather than a scholarship.
What's required
A PhD or equivalent foreign degree is required by the employment decision date, preferably completed within the last three years. The candidate should have a PhD in epidemiology, psychology, public health sciences, medical science, biostatistics, or another relevant field. Required experience includes very good knowledge of quantitative research methodology, statistical analysis, and data management using R, Stata, or equivalent software; independent planning and conducting of quantitative analyses in clinical or epidemiological research; documented scientific writing and publication in international peer-reviewed journals; and very good spoken and written English. Swedish language skills are advantageous. Additional advantages include experience with mediation and moderation analysis, predictive modelling and machine learning, epidemiological methods and causal inference, longitudinal and survival analysis, register data or other large complex datasets, health economic analyses, and research grant applications.
How to apply
Prepare the required documents in English or Swedish: PhD certificate, complete CV/resumé, complete publication list, and a one-page summary of current work. Submit the application through the Varbi recruitment system before the deadline.
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