Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in statistical genetics or health data science at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed Full-time

Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Statistical Genetics or Health Data Science at the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed

The Department of Public Health at Faculty of Health Sciences at Aarhus University invites applications for a full-time position as Associate or Assistant Professor at the Pioneer Centre for Statistical and Computational Methods for Advanced Research to Transform Biomedicine (SMARTbiomed) within the field of statistical and machine learning methods development for genetic analysis and causal inference with a focus on developing and applying statistical, machine learning methods, and AI to analyse population-scale health data and omics data. The position has a start date as of 1 January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. The appointment as Associate Professor is permanent, whereas appointment as Assistant Professor is a four-year fixed-term position.

Your job responsibilities will include:

• Conducting and publishing research of high international quality, including in leading journals and publishers within your field.
• Associate Professors are expected to contribute to and lead one or more major research projects focused on deciphering the causal relationship between psychiatric disorders and risk factors
• Developing your research profile and contributing to the department's strategic objectives, including through applications for external research funding.
• Teaching at PhD courses and workshops organized by the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed.
• Assistant professors are expected to participate in the supervision of PhD students, and Associate Professors are expected to take a leading role and contribute also to the faculty's PhD courses.
• Disseminating research findings to academic audiences, stakeholders, and the wider public.

You will be part of the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed and work closely with researchers at our three hub sites. SMARTbiomed is an international collaboration between Aarhus University, University of Oxford, and University of Copenhagen that aims to advance the development of methods and software for analysis and inference from massive human data, advancing applications in medicine. SMARTbiomed is anchored at the National Centre for Register-based Research (NCRR), Department of Public Health at Aarhus University, and led by Professor Naomi Wray. The position is based at our site in Aarhus, but you can expect some travel to our sites in Oxford and Copenhagen.

For the Associate Professor position, we expect you to be an aspiring group leader. Depending on your level an attractive start package can be negotiated, which may include funding for up to one PhD student and one postdoc.

You will report to the Head of the National Centre for Register-based Research, Bjarni Vilhjálmsson.