Clinical Professor in Clinical Research Methodology (combined position)

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A combined position as clinical professor (20%) and as consultant (80%) is vacant at Department of Regional Health Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and at the Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Department 7812, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, respectively. The position is for a five-year period with possibility of extension.

The academic position

The clinical professor will be appointed at the Department of Regional Health Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, SDU. The position will be within clinical research methodology, and focus areas could include, yet are not limited to, systematizing and applying biostatistical methods within clinical intervention research, randomized clinical trial methodology, and systematic review and meta-analysis methodology. Trans-sectional research and collaboration is expected.

Areas of responsibility

The clinical professor will be responsible for statistical analysis and will be lead trial/ review methodologist in randomized clinical trials and systematic reviews of randomized clinical trials as well as develop and systematize new methodologies within clinical intervention research. The clinical professor will also be responsible for developing new strategies for collaboration with other key stakeholders.

Additionally, the clinical professor will be expected to teach, tutor, and mentor post-docs, PhD-students, and undergraduate students, as well as to maintain and develop national and international contacts and secure funding. Participation in assessment work will be part of the position. Moreover, profiling this research area in the public eye will be an important task.

Research activity, network and collaboration

The clinical professor will be expected to increase research activity and to expand collaboration with other researchers at hospitals in the Region of Southern Denmark, in the Region of Zealand, at the University of Southern Denmark and in the rest of Denmark, and internationally.

The clinical position

The clinician will be appointed as consultant at the Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Department 7812, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. The consultant must fulfil the requirements and responsibilities of a consultant in an international trial unit such as the Copenhagen Trial Unit. The position will not include clinical work but will involve several clinical intervention research projects nationally and internationally.

Qualifications

The successful applicant has a PhD or equivalent post-graduate research qualification and must be qualified as a consultant at an international trial unit such as the Copenhagen Trial Unit. Additionally, the applicant must have substantial skills in both clinical aspects and in research within the field of evidence-based medicine. The preferred candidate has demonstrated skills and scientific achievements within this area, is able to motivate, supervise and has proven research management skills and good collaborations abilities, and has visions of how to further strengthen the Copenhagen Trial Unit. Danish is not required initially, however, will be expected to be mastered within the first 2 years of employment.

Employers

The Department of Regional Health Research, SDU, supports research in relation to the person as a whole, the good life and the more common diseases, makes out a platform for scientists and educators and builds a bridge between the University of Southern Denmark, the Region of Southern Denmark, Region Zealand, the hospitals in the two regions and the patient. The department focuses on the continuity of patient care across sectors, hospitals, and specialist fields.

The Copenhagen Trial Unit is a clinical intervention research unit conducting clinical research within all specialties. The Copenhagen Trial Unit has been involved in the conduct of more than 140 randomized clinical trials including more than 126,000 participants, and in the conduct of more than 500 protocols for systematic reviews, which has materialized in publication of more than 300 systematic reviews published within and outside The Cochrane Collaboration. The Copenhagen Trial Unit has developed methodology and software for conducting Trial Sequential Analyses (TSA). The Copenhagen Trial Unit hosts the Editorial Team Office of the Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group (CHBG)) - one of the 54 global Collaborative Review Groups within the Cochrane Collaboration - as well as the Danish Clinical Research Infrastructures Network (DCRIN), the Danish coordinating hub of the Nordic Trial Alliance (NTA), and the Danish coordinating hub of the European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network (ECRIN).

Reference

The clinical professor will refer to the Head of the Department of Regional Health Research, Rikke Leth-Larsen, in matters regarding the professorship and to the Head of the Department, Christian Gluud, in matters concerning the clinical part of the job.

Contact information

Further information concerning the professorship can be obtained by e-mail to the Head of the Department of Regional Health Research, SDU, Rikke Leth-Larsen, email: [email protected]/ phone +45 30827801.

Further information concerning the position as consultant is available from the Head of Copenhagen Trial Unit, Christian Gluud, email: [email protected]/ phone +45 40 40 11 82.

Salary and terms of employment

The successful applicant for the clinical professor position will be employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations).

Applications will be assessed by an expert committee. Applicants will be informed of their assessment by the university.

Applications – including the required attachments – must be sent via the below-mentioned link “Apply online". Only online applications will be accepted. Attached files must be Adobe PDF or Word format. Each field in the application form can contain up to max. 10 Mb.

Only applications written in English will be accepted for evaluation.

The application must contain (as pdf- or Word/docx- files):

  • a motivation letter
  • a detailed CV
  • degree certificates (inclusive of PhD-diploma)
  • a complete and numbered list of publications
  • 10 scientific peer-reviewed publications considered by the candidate as most important for this position. Please notice that one pdf- or docx-file must be attached for each publication
  • a teaching portfolio detailing the candidate’s prior teaching experience, teaching skills, and teaching philosophy
  • a track record of obtained research funding
  • a track record of national and international research collaboration and collaborations with researchers in other disciplines and sectors
  • a research plan detailing the candidate’s ideas and plans for her/his future research work

Incomplete applications with regard to the above-mentioned requirements will not be assessed.

Applications may be shortlisted.

References will be obtained for the applicant who is the first choice for the position – from the applicant’s most recent employer, and from previous employers as required.

Applicants selected for interview must expect to undergo a personality test specifically targeted on work-related matters.

Further particulars concerning the application – please see the link below.

Gender equality, health, safety and emergency management are given high priority at SDU and at the Department of Regional Health Research.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Living and working in Denmark

Foreign applicants will be offered Danish language training as part of the employment. International Staff Office (ISO) at SDU provides a variety of services for new employees, guests and people who consider applying for a job at the University of Southern Denmark. Among other things, the staff answers questions concerning salary, taxation, housing and accompanying family. For further information on what it is like working at SDU, please read “10 good reasons why you should choose SDU”. Additional information about working in Denmark can be found at Work in Denmark.

Location: Copenhagen

Further details

Read the Guideline for applicants.


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