Stillingstittel:
Post-doctoral Researh Fellowshipp (sko 1352) positions biostatistics

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.The Center of Excellence NORMENTPOST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SKO 1352) POSITIONS IN BIOSTATISTICS

At the Institute of Clinical Medicine, the Center of Excellence NORMENT – the KG Jebsen Research Centre in Psychosis, the Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oslo, offer a three-year post-doctoral research fellowship position. NORMENT runs a multicenter study involving all psychiatric hospital departments in Oslo and several research groups at the University of Oslo (UiO). The purpose of the study is to study how biological/genetic, psychological and environmental factors contribute to severe mental disorders. NORMENT has used their infrastructure for clinical evaluations, neuropsychological testing, MRI brain imaging and biobanking to collect a large database. Specifically, we have collected a large number of genetic and brain imaging data on patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and the current project is focused on multivariate analysis of these and other large datasets, based on new genic annotation and pleiotropy enrichment methods.

The Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE, former Department of Biostatistics) of the University of Oslo is one of the leading centers of biostatistics in Europe. In the 2013 national research evaluation it was evaluated as excellent by an international committee. OCBE includes ten professors, 15 researchers and 20 postdocs and PhD students. OCBE is part of the Centre for research-based innovation Big Insight, a consortium of academic, industrial and public partners, with a funding of about 3mil Euro annually for eight years starting from 2015. Big Insight develops original statistical and machine learning methodologies and analytical tools to extract knowledge from complex and big data, with focus on personalized solutions and predictions of transient dynamics.

Job descriptionThe Post-doctoral fellow will work in a project funded by the Research Council of Norway. The project aims to quantitatively characterize genotype-phenotype mapping in human traits, focusing on polygenic effects related to neuropsychiatric disorders and brain function using MRI. The fellow will develop and apply statistical and machine learning methods for the analysis of high dimensional complex data of various type and scale.

The post-doctoral fellow will work at the CoE NORMENT - KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis research, in collaboration with OCBE. The fellow will work in close collaboration with a national network of leading researchers from University of Bergen, Norwegian Technology and Natural Science University (NTNU), and Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The project is based on collaboration with University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Copenhagen, Denmark and deCODE Genetics, Iceland. The position may involve a period working abroad.

A main purpose of post-doctoral research fellowships is to qualify researchers for work in top academic positions within their disciplines.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Applicants must have a doctoral degree (PhD) in statistics, biostatistics, bioinformatics, mathematics, or equivalent, with a strong and documented competence in statistics. It is acceptable if the degree will be formally obtained within 4 months from the deadline of the present call.
• The ideal candidate has methodological and applied expertise in multivariate and high dimensional statistical modeling and/or machine learning methods.
• Proficiency with relevant computing languages and software (like MATLAB, R ,Python, C, C , etc) is necessary.
• A strong PhD and documented
  
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  Arbeidsgiver Navn: University of Oslo, Institute of Clinica
  
  Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO
  
  Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers
  
  Land: Norge
  
  Region: Oslo
  
  Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge
  
  Lønn valuta: NOK
  
  Lønn periode: Pr. år
  
  
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