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The Department of Public Health/The Danish Research Centre for Migration, Ethnicity and Health (MESU) at the University of Copenhagen is offering one PhD scholarship Long-term health consequences of COVID-19 illness among patients with migrant and ethnic minority background to commence the 1 November 2021. The position is offered for a period of three years.

Description of the field of study
The PhD project is part of a larger project entitled Long-term health consequences of COVID-19 illness among patients with migrant and ethnic minority background funded by NOVO Nordisk Fonden. The project is in collaboration with Department of Infectious Diseases Hvidovre Hospital, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and Amsterdam Medical Centre. The PhD project has two overall components regarding ethnic differences in long-term health consequences of covid-19. First, we will analyse data collected in Danish clinical covid-19 cohorts and second perform interviews with ethnic minorities concerning covid-19 long-term symptoms. Data will be compared to a similar Dutch data collection as well as register-based studies.

Research Environment
MESU was established at the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen in 2010 and is embedded in the Section for Health Services Research. MESU both initiates and conducts research within the field of migration and health and also contributes to the development of research of others in the field through professional guidance and advice. We offer an inspiring, supportive, engaging, humorous and informal research environment that values interdisciplinary research. MESU’s core staff currently consists of 6 senior researchers, 3 PhD fellows and 4 research assistants. For more information about MESU see www.mesu.ku.dk.

The PhD fellow will also be expected to stay at Department of Infectious Diseases at Hvidovre Hospital during data collection periods. The PhD fellow will further spend research stays at Amsterdam Medical Centre.

Principal Supervisor: Main supervisor is professor Marie Nørredam, 25 21 99 25, email [email protected] and co-supervisor professor Thomas Benfield.
Start: 1 November 2021
Duration: 3 years as a PhD fellow

Qualifications

  • Candidates are required to have a master degree in a relevant field e.g. medicine, public health or social sciences
  • Candidates are required to be fluent in English, written and spoken, and mastering a Scandinavian language
  • Relevant research experience and/or practical experience with migrant health issues
  • Candidates with experience and skills regarding clinical data collection and/or qualitative studies will be preferred

As a prerequisite for a PhD fellowship employment, your master’s degree must be equivalent to a Danish master’s degree. We encourage you to read more in the assessment database: https://ufm.dk/en/education/recognition-and-transparency/find-assessments/assessment-database. Please note that we might ask you to obtain an assessment of your education performed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

Terms of employment
The employment as PhD fellow is full time and for 3 years.

It is conditioned upon the applicant’s success­ful enrolment as a PhD student at the Graduate School at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. This requires submission and acceptance of an application for the specific project formulated by the applicant.

The PhD study must be completed in accordance with The Ministerial Order on the PhD programme (2013) and the Faculty’s rules on achieving the degree. Salary, pension and terms of employment are in accordance with the agree­ment between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State. Depending on seniority, the monthly salary begins around 27,780 DKK (April 2021-level), plus pension.

Questions
For specific information about the PhD fellowship, please contact the principal supervisor.

General information about PhD study at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is available at the Graduate School’s website: https://healthsciences.ku.dk/phd/guidelines/

Application procedure
Your application must be submitted electronically by clicking ‘Apply now’ below. The application must include the following documents in PDF format:

  1. Motivated letter of application (max. one page).
  2. CV incl. education, experience, language skills and other skills relevant for the position.
  3. Certified copy of original Master of Science diploma and transcript of records in the original language, including an authorized English translation if issued in other language than English or Danish. If not completed, a certified/signed copy of a recent transcript of records or a written statement from the institution or supervisor is accepted.
  4. Publication list (if possible).


Application deadline: 15 August 2021, 23.59pm CET
We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The further process
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the hiring committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an unbiased assessor.
The assessor makes a non-prioritized assessment of the academic qualifications and experience with respect to the above-mentioned area of research, techniques, skills and other requirements listed in the advertisement.
Once the assessment work has been completed each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself.

You can read about the recruitment process at http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/

The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences comprises approximately 7500 students, 1500 PhD students and 3200 employees. The Faculty advances the field of health sciences through its core activities: research, teaching, knowledge sharing and communication. With basic research fields ranging from molecular studies to studies of society, the Faculty contributes to a healthy future through its graduates, research findings and inventions benefitting patients and the community. The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the surrounding community and invites all regardless of personal background to apply for the position.

Kilde: Jobnet.dk


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