Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender Medicine (f/m/d) 80-100%

Poste

Temps plein

Postdoctoral

Science & Recherche

Modalités

Schlieren, Zurich

80–100%

Exigences

Doctorat

Permis UE/AELE

Compétences

Grant writingBibliometricsEpidemiologyScientometricsMentoringMachine learningTeachingCausal inferenceBiostatisticsData SciencePublic HealthLarge Language Models (LLM)

Langues

Anglais

Allemand

Description

You will lead and develop a portfolio of interdisciplinary research projects that investigate sex- and gender-related gaps and potential solutions in biomedical research, clinical evidence, disease burden, health outcomes and health policy.

Responsabilités

Develop high-impact research on sex- and gender-sensitive medicine, clinical evidence gaps, global disease burden patterns, and opportunities for research prioritization and health equity
Build and apply large-scale, reproducible data pipelines
Use advanced quantitative methods, potentially including epidemiology, biostatistics, causal inference, machine learning, natural language processing, large language models, bibliometrics/scientometrics and real-world evidence methods
Translate research findings into peer-reviewed publications, policy briefs, reports, conference presentations and stakeholder-facing outputs
Contribute to competitive grant applications and help establish a sustainable externally funded research program
Coordinate interdisciplinary collaborations within UZH, USZ and national and international partner networks across medicine, public health, data science, social science and policy
Mentor and supervise doctoral, medical, master's and research students
Contribute to teaching activities in Gender Medicine, public health, data science or related areas
Support open, transparent and reproducible science, including documentation, code sharing and responsible data governance

Exigences

A PhD, MD-PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in medicine, epidemiology, public health, global health, data science, computational social science, health economics, social sciences or a related quantitative health field
Postdoctoral or equivalent research experience, or an emerging profile demonstrating readiness to lead research projects
A strong publication record, including first-author publications or preprints in relevant fields
Excellent quantitative and data-science skills, including proficiency in R and Python and experience with reproducible research workflows
Experience working with large, complex or heterogeneous datasets, such as population health data, clinical data, registry data, bibliometric data, administrative data, survey data, or global health datasets
Strong interest in sex- and gender-sensitive medicine, health equity, public/global health and the translation of research into clinical and policy impact
Experience with grant writing, project coordination, stakeholder engagement or team leadership is highly desirable
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
German language skills are an asset but not required

Technologies

RPython

Avantages

The University Hospital of Zurich is one of the largest hospitals in Switzerland. Our more than 8,600 employees and around 700 trainees work every day for the well-being of our patients.

Entreprise

Universitätsspital Zürich

Healthcare

The University Hospital of Zurich is one of the largest hospitals in Switzerland. Our more than 8,600 employees and around 700 trainees work every day for the well-being of our patients.