Postdoctoral researcher in Biostatistics/Epidemiology

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Join an internationally competitive research environment focused on clinical research, epidemiology, and implementation in diabetes and cardiometabolic health.

Work assignments

You will work in two major research projects funded by the Swedish Research Council and FORTE: DIATEST-HELP and DiaCare, which include pragmatic randomized studies, registry-based research, and implementation research in diabetes and cardiometabolic health. Your responsibilities will include planning and conducting statistical analyses, developing analysis plans, managing and quality-assuring research data, working with national registries and clinical study data, and writing scientific manuscripts. You will collaborate closely with researchers in general practice, geriatrics, and health economics, and contribute to the development of future research projects and grant applications.

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will primarily conduct research. Teaching may also be included in the responsibilities, but not exceeding one fifth of working hours.

As postdoc, you will principally carry out research. A certain amount of teaching may be part of your duties, up to a maximum of 20% of working hours.

Qualifications

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctoral researcher, you must have been awarded a doctoral degree or have a foreign degree deemed equivalent to a doctoral degree. Your degree must have been awarded no later than the date on which the employment decision is made.

It is considered a merit if your degree was awarded no more than three years before the application deadline for this position. If there are special reasons, candidates who received their doctoral degree earlier may also be considered, for example due to various forms of statutory leave.

We are looking for a candidate with a doctoral degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, medical statistics, public health science, or another closely related field. You have documented experience of statistical analysis of observational studies and/or randomized clinical trials, as well as excellent skills in statistical programming, for example in R or Stata. You communicate very well in spoken and written English. We also believe that you have experience of analyzing longitudinal data, registry data, or cluster-randomized studies. Experience of causal inference, survival analysis, mixed models, generalized regression models, multiple imputation, or other advanced statistical methodology is considered a merit. Experience of work in diabetes, cardiovascular research, primary care, or implementation research, as well as scientific publication in international journals, is also considered a merit.

You are analytical, structured, and independent, with a strong ability to plan and drive your work forward. You have a genuine interest in method development and statistical questions, as well as good collaboration skills in interdisciplinary research environments. You communicate well with researchers from different disciplines and have the ability to translate complex analyses into clear scientific results.

The workplace

You will work at the Division of https://liu.se/organisation/liu/hmv/prnv, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University. The research group conducts internationally competitive research in diabetes, cardiometabolic prevention, person-centred care, clinical trials, registry research, and implementation science, in close collaboration with primary care, municipal health and social care, and international research partners. The group offers a stimulating research environment with good opportunities for method development, international collaboration, and academic qualification.

The employment

The employment is a fixed-term position for three years. The postdoctoral position is full-time and the position is fully funded.

Starting date by agreement.

The position may be placed in a security class. If so, a security screening including a registry check will be carried out before a decision on employment is made. A security check may be carried out before a decision on employment is made.

Salary and employment benefits

At Linköping University, salaries are set individually and differentiated, in accordance with the applicable collective agreements (RALS/RALS-T) and the university's salary-setting guidelines.

More information about employee benefits is available https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/employee-benefits.

Union representatives

Information about union representatives, see https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/hjalp%20for%20sokande.

Application procedure

Apply for the position by clicking the "Apply" button. Your application must be received no later than 9th of september 2026. Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered. Please attach your selected research publications electronically, in pdf or word format, in the application template. Research publications, e.g. monographs, which cannot be sent electronically should be sent in three sets by mail to the University Registrar at Linköping University, University Registrar, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. The publications must be received by Linköping University no later than the deadline for application. Please note that printed publications will not be returned. They will be archived at Linköping University. In the event of a discrepancy between the English translation of the job announcement and the Swedish original, the Swedish version shall take precedent.

 

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