PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Biostatistics in Sweden

KTH Royal Institute of Technology is offering a postdoctoral position in multi-omics machine learning and computational cancer biology within the A Lundberg Lab , which is part of the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) . The lab is based at SciLifeLab Stockholm and KTH and focuses on computational approaches for cancer precision medicine . The project centers on understanding the molecular mechanisms behind cancer aggressiveness, metastasis, and treatm...

PhD position in equitable AI for breast cancer screening and risk prediction is available at the Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, in Solna, Sweden. The doctoral student will join the Computational Breast Imaging Group, led by Associate Professor Fredrik Strand. The project investigates whether artificial intelligence systems used in population-based mammography screening perform equitably across population groups and how disparities can be reduced. Research will examine A...

Karolinska Institutet is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Dementia and Chronic Disease Research to join the Unit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology at the Institute of Environmental Medicine in Solna, Sweden. The research focuses on identifying modifiable and biological determinants of dementia and other chronic diseases through large-scale longitudinal cohorts integrating questionnaire, genetic, omics, biomarker, and register-based data. Dementia will be the primary outcome. ...

Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, invites applications for a full-time PhD position in oesophageal and gastric cancer research within the Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery research group. The doctoral project aims to reduce deaths from oesophago-gastric cancer. Research will examine medications that may affect tumour occurrence or recurrence after treatment, as well as survival-prediction models. The project uses data from a national cohort of patients who underwent oesophago-gastric canc...

Postdoctoral Scholarship in Renal Epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet (Location: Flemingsberg, Sweden). This opportunity is hosted by the Division of Renal Medicine within CLINTEC and focuses on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of renal epidemiology , biostatistics , observational studies , clinical prediction modelling , and real-world data analysis. The successful postdoctoral researcher will work with patients with chronic kidney disease using the Swedish Renal Registry and ot...

PhD opportunity in Colorectal Cancer Research at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. This doctoral position is focused on clinical and translational cancer research within the Colorectal Surgery research group led by Anna Martling and Caroline Nordenvall . The project aims to improve personalized treatment for colorectal cancer by studying the effect of low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) after surgery in patients with specific genetic alterations in the PI3K signaling pathway. The work builds on...

University of Gothenburg, Sweden, is advertising a postdoctoral position in cancer research with a focus on pancreatic neoplasia and hepatobiliary malignancies . The work is based at the Institute of Clinical Sciences , Department of Surgery, within the Sahlgrenska Academy , and will mainly be carried out at the Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research . The research group led by Professor Kjetil Soreide works on clinical and translational cancer research, using carefully curated clinical datasets...

Postdoctoral researcher in liver disease epidemiology and biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet (Department of Medicine, Huddinge; location: Flemingsberg/Huddinge, Sweden). The Hagström research group is seeking one postdoc to lead a project on the bidirectional cardio-hepatic relationship , with a focus on liver disease epidemiology , biostatistics , and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) . The work uses unique clinical cohort data and nationwide registers to impr...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet (Solna, Sweden). This postdoctoral position is in the Unit of Environmental Epidemiology at the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) . The project focuses on how heat, air pollution, and climate-related environmental exposures affect women’s, newborn, perinatal, maternal, and child health . The role is embedded in a broader effort to build an international research consortium on climate change and maternal, newbo...