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Postdoctoral Research Fellow position

At the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, a full-time (100 %) position as postdoctoral research fellow is available for a period of three (3) years. The position is part of the groundbreaking ERC Consolidator project ”Decoding Death and Dying in People with Dementia by Digital thanotyping (5-D)”, financed by the European Research Council (ERC).

The 5-D project will develop methods and digital tools to identify that a person with dementia is at the end of life, aimed to understand underlying pain and distressing symptoms in people who are no longer able to explain their suffering. The project will combine traditional assessment scales with sensor-based measurements, with novel analyses based on signal processing and artificial intelligence.

5-D is part of an innovative, active, and multidisciplinary research group: The Centre for Elderly and Nursing Home Medicine (SEFAS), which has several ongoing studies in which sensor data from wearables and radar installation are used to monitor symptoms, intervention effects, and disease course in older adults and people with neurological diseases such as dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Professor Bettina S. Husebø is the head of SEFAS. The centre has approximately 20 employees, and a large network both nationally and internationally. SEFAS is a partner for the Alrek Health Cluster, Årstadveien, Bergen, and is supported by the Trond Mohn Foundation related to Complex Conditions and Ageing (CC.AGE).

Read more about the project: https://www.uib.no/en/sefas

About the project/work tasks:

• The postdoctoral research fellow will perform quantitative data analysis using advanced techniques such as signal processing and dynamic systems modeling, and will contribute to developing knowledge-driven decision-making models.
• The postdoctoral research fellow will actively participate during the supervision process of PhD-students as main or co-supervisor.
• The postdoctoral research fellow will be part of an interdisciplinary team to design new outcome measures for pain and behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia.
• The postdoctoral research fellow will contribute to the conduction of the trial together with a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, researchers, engineers, PhD students, statistician, and user-representatives.
• The postdoctoral research fellow will be actively included in SEFAS’ national and international collaboration.

Qualifications and personal qualities:

• The applicant must hold a Norwegian PhD or an equivalent degree within computer science, systems engineering, cybernetics, applied mathematics or another relevant degree at the same level, and applicants must also have a specialization in signal processing, bioinformatics, simulation/visualization, or dynamic systems, or have the doctoral thesis submitted prior to the application deadline. It is a condition of employment that the PhD has been awarded at the latest within 5 months after the closing date for applications.
• The applicant must have good programming skills, excellent knowledge of algorithms, numerical methods, and signal processing
• Mandatory experience and formal training: signal processing, medical/biological applications, sensor technology and sensor data, Matlab framework.
• The applicant must be fluent in oral and written English.
• Advantageous prior experience: elderly care or research, good Norwegian language skills, ontologies/fuzzy systems, other relevant research projects.
• Applicants who fulfil the requirements for the position will be ranked according to their strength within their respective fields in relation to the relevance of their competence towards SEFAS’ current needs, strategic goals, and prioritized areas for future development.
• Personal characteristics that will be emphasized in the consideration of applicants include the ability to work independently in a structured manner, cooperate with others, motivation, sense of responsibility and accountability, work capacity, and enthusiasm for research.
• In the ranking of candidates, great emphasis will be placed on the personal qualities required for the position.

About the position of postdoctoral research fellow

The position of postdoctoral research fellow is a fixed-term appointment with the primary objective of qualifying the appointee for work in top academic positions. You cannot be employed as a postdoctoral fellow for more than one fixed term period at the same institution.

The employee may be assigned required duties in the form of teaching and similar work at the department.

We can offer:

• Exciting development opportunities as part of your role in a strong professional environment
• Salary NOK 660 000 (code 1352) in the state salary scale. For applicants with a degree in Medicine or Dentistry, salary NOK 670 000. For applicants with a medical specialization, salary NOK 695 000 (Applicants with specialist training must include a certificate of specialist approval from the Norwegian Directorate of Health).
• Enrolment in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• Good welfare benefits

Your application must include:

• A brief account of the applicant`s research interests and motivation for applying for the position
• Transcripts and diplomas (applicants with education from other countries than Norway must enclose witnessed diplomas in both the original language and authorized translations) and documentation of submitted doctoral thesis
• Complete list of publications
• Publications (in PDF) it is important that each of the scholarly works on which the committee should place special emphasis, is attached in its entirety
• Two references (name and contact information)

The application and appendices with certified translations into English or a Scandinavian language must be uploaded at Jobbnorge

General information:

For further information please contact Prof. Bettina S. Husebø, Bettina.Husebo@uib.no; +47 48094660

Diversity is a strength that enables us to solve our tasks even better. UiB therefore needs qualified employees regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, worldview, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and age.

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Information about applicants may be made public even if the applicant has asked not to be named on the list of persons who have applied. The applicant must be notified if the request to be omitted is not met.

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