PhD position within biomedicine with competence in bioinformatics

Faculty of Health Sciences , Nursing and Health Promotion

Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA) is Norway's largest state University College, with approximately 17000 students and 2000 employees. We conduct research in areas that are important for welfare and value creation, for instance health, education, social sciences, technology and design. HiOA has an academic stimulating environment with a variety of welfare schemes.

Our goal is to become a leading university in the Nordics within the field of applied sciences.

The Faculty of Health Sciences consists of seven departments and offers study programmes on all levels, including PhD. The faculty has about 6000 students and nearly 600 members of staff.

The Department of Life Sciences and Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences has a vacant research position for a PhD candidate within biomedicine with competence in bioinformatics.

The department has extensive research activities, and several research groups have been established. The Faculty of Health Sciences has two PhD programmes. This research fellowship is affiliated to the PhD Programme in Health Sciences.

The nominal duration of the scholarship is three years and includes no teaching duties. A term of four years with 25% teachig duties may also be posssible, depending on the candidate's relevant competence. This will be decided on appointment.

Area of work

The PhD candidate will be affiliated with the research group "Male Reproductive Health" through the project "Genetic Risk Factors associated with Testicular Cancer" and participating in collaboration with the research group Network and system administration (NETSYS) at Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, and the Cancer Registry of Norway.

Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer in young men in most countries, and the global incidence rate has increased significantly during the past 50 years. Norway and Denmark have among the highest incidence rates worldwide; double that of Sweden and four times that of Finland. The reasons for these great differences between the Nordic countries and for the increased incidence rate are unknown. The fact that this trend has developed within a few generations indicates that environmental factors play a role, though the hereditary risk is also high. More knowledge about both environmental and genetic risk factors is therefore vital to stem this negative trend.

The aim of the project is to gain more insight in the mechanisms behind testicular cancer development. The academic environment is multidisciplinary, with competence in molecular biology, statistics, bioinformatics, and cancer epidemiology. The area of work wll be be genetic analyses related to testicular cancer, including application of machine learning.

Competence in bioinfomatics is required. Knowledge in meolecular biology and machine learning is desirable. The project description can be obtained by contacting professor Trine B Haugen (trine.b.haugen (at) hioa.no) or associate professor Hugo L. Hammer (hugo.hammer (at) hioa.no).

Qualifications and conditions

- required relevant education at master's degree level from a university or a university college

- relevant disciplinary fields are: bioinformatics, molecular biology, statistics and biomedicine

- international education must be approved in advance and verified copies of letters of approval must be submitted

- fluency in written and oral English

- Admission to the PhD programme in health sciences at HiOA is a condition for the appointment.

Desired personal qualities

- ability to work independently, systematically and goal oriented

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Högskolan i Oslo og Akershus

Arbeidsgiver adresse: OSLO

Formen for kontakt:
Professor Trine B. Haugen, +47 67236104/+47 99152426 e-post:

Arbeidsgiver telefonnummer: 00

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

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