Researcher in Biostatistics

More about the position

The candidate will be part of the research group on causal inference and survival analysis led by professor Jon Michael Gran, where they will work on causal inference with applications to longitudinal data from large population-wide registries. The position is connected to the project “Improving causal inference for individual working life trajectories from registry data: studying interventions, estimands and heterogeneity”, funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN). The project is a close collaboration with research groups at the National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI) and Oslo University Hospital (OUS).

The candidate will pursue research on causal inference for treatment effect estimation from complex longitudinal data, collected from various population wide registries. An emphasis will be made on exposure measurement error, interference, effect heterogeneity and the analysis of individual outcome trajectories. However, other methods may also be relevant. Methods should be motivated in and applied to answering the subject matter research questions of the overall project, such as of the effects of interventions for a more inclusive working life (including rehabilitation measures and work place facilitation) or the effects of sustained medical treatments (including use of opioids and other type of pain treatment for patients after traumatic injury). Outcomes of interest will be related to long term health, sick leave and work participation.

The candidate’s role in the project will be both to supervise other project members and to conduct own methodological and applied research in biostatistics. We provide an exciting and friendly research environment for the development and application of new methods in a collaborative and interdisciplinary fashion, with various national and international collaborators. The candidate will work closely with other project members at OCBE, STAMI and OUS, other external collaborators, and the causal inference and survival analysis group at OCBE. The candidate will participate in regular project meetings and must have the ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary team.

The candidate’s workplace will be at OCBE’s premises in the UiO building Domus Medica.

Preferred starting date for the position is January 1st, 2027.

We offer

• Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promote sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based societal development.
• A friendly, ambitious and international working environment.
• Attractive welfare benefits and a generous pension agreement, in addition to Oslo’s family-friendly environment with its rich opportunities for culture and outdoor activities.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities.
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
• Salary in position as Researcher, position code 1109 in salary range NOK from 670 000 - 775 000, depending on competence and experience. For particularly well-qualified applicants, a higher salary may be considered. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

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Application

Your application must include:

• Application letter with a short statement of motivation and research interests
• CV (summarizing education and relevant experience).
• A complete list of publications
• Transcripts and certificates
• List of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and phone number).

Your CV must be entered in Jobbnorge’s CV form and cannot be submitted only as an attachment. This requirement is intended to ensure correct documentation and record-keeping in accordance with the Public Administration Act, Section 15.

The application with attachments must be delivered in our electronic recruiting system Jobbnorge, please follow the link: “Apply for this job”. Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University's grading system. Please note that all documents should be in English (or a Scandinavian language).

When evaluating the application, emphasis will be given to the applicant’s academic and personal prerequisites to carry out the project. Applicants may be called in for an interview.

When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.