PhD in Environmental Epidemiology: Toxicants & Parkinson’s Risk

Syddansk Universitet (University of Southern Denmark - SDU); Cortex Park; On-site; DKK 319,000 - 431,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Institute of Public Health at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a 3-year PhD scholarship in environmental epidemiology and public health. The project studies toxicants and PD risk using Danish national registers, with supervision from Annette Kjær Ersbøll and collaborators.

Copenhagen-based environment and collaboration provide a dynamic research setting. Applicants should hold a MSc in public health, epidemiology or data science, with strong interest

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, data science or related fields.
• Interest in research within epidemiology, environmental medicine, or data science.
• Experience with programming in SAS, Stata or R is a strength but not required.
• Preferably prior experience with register-based and/or environmental epidemiology.
• Interest in quantitative analyses and large datasets.
• Excellent English communication, both written and spoken.
• Motivated, independent, and quality-oriented approach to research.

Responsibilities

• Establish the study population of the entire Danish adults.
• Derive toxicant exposure at an individual level.
• Analyze associations between toxicant exposure and risk of Parkinsons Disease.
• Prepare and publish research findings in international peer-reviewed journals.

Skills

Epidemiology

Data science

English communication

Independent researcher

Education

Master's degree in public health / epidemiology / data science

Tools

SAS

Stata

R

Job description

The National Institute of Public Health at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a 3-year PhD scholarship in environmental epidemiology and public health. The project studies toxicants and PD risk using Danish national registers, with supervision from Annette Kjær Ersbøll and collaborators.

Copenhagen-based environment and collaboration provide a dynamic research setting. Applicants should hold a MSc in public health, epidemiology or data science, with strong interest