Stillingstittel:
Tenure track Associate Professor in Translational Medicine at K.G. Jebsen - Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC)

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

The Faculty of Health Sciences at UiT The Arctic University of Norway represents a newly created entity gathering almost all possible health study programs. This facilitates an unique interdisciplinarity and innovation in health education and research. We work closely with the services in the North to solve tomorrow's challenges.

 

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Jobbnorge ID: 127438

Application deadline: 7. August 2016

Ref.nr. 2016/5460

 

UiT the Arctic University of Norway, the Faculty of Health Sciences, announces a tenure track Associate Professor in translational medicine as a temporary position. The position is connected to the K.G. Jebsen -Thrombosis Research and Expertise Center (TREC) at the Department of Clinical Medicine.

 

The tenure-track associate professor's duties will primarily be research, including obligations with regard to publication/scientific communication and research-based teaching with associated examination obligations. To a limited extent, the position may also include other duties.

 

Further information about the position is available by contacting the head of K.G. Jebsen TREC, professor John-Bjarne Hansen, phone +47 77 62 51 05/+47 41472374, e-mail: john-bjarne.hansen (at) uit.no

 

About K.G. Jebsen TREC

K.G. Jebsen TREC (www.uit.no/research/trec) is a Research Center in translational medicine funded by the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Foundation, UiT The Arctic university of Norway, and the North Norwegian Health Authorities. K.G. Jebsen TREC has 3.2 permanent scientific positions (professors), 2 technical positions, and 15-20 temporary scientific positions (ph.d.-students and postdoctors). In addition, K.G. Jebsen TREC has partners in Tromsø, Bodø, Oslo, Leiden (The Netherlands), Chapel Hill (USA) and San Diego (USA). Professor John-Bjarne Hansen is the head of K.G. Jebsen TREC. Venous thrombosis, a collective term for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, is a prevalent disease with unclear pathogenesis and serious complications. The overall aim of K.G. Jebsen TREC is to identify novel inherited and environmental risk factors and extend the understanding of the pathogenesis in venous thrombosis.

 

The successful candidate will be offered affiliation with the Centre for Molecular Medicine, Norway (NCMM, www.ncmm.uio.no), Nordic EMBL Partnership as NCMM Young Associate Investigators.

 

The Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM) was established in 2008 as a national partnership institution with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (www.embl.org) together with similar centers in Sweden (www.mims.umu.se), Finland (www.fimm.fi) and Denmark (www.dendrite.dk ) under the Nordic EMBL Partnership with an overall objective of facilitating translation of discoveries in basic medical research into clinical practice. NCMM focuses particularly on disease mechanisms in communicable and non-communicable diseases where Norway has clear strengths and investigates cancer, immune disorders, CNS-related and cardiovascular diseases. Furthermore, NCMM supports development of young faculty according to the practices of the EMBL and organizes a national network of Senior and Young Associate Investigators.

 

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Hansine Hansens veg 18 9019 TROMSØ

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Troms

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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