professorship with special duties in research on oxidative stress in relation to environment and health.

Faculty of Health Sciences

Fixed-term (5-year) professorship with special duties in research on oxidative stress in relation to environment and health.

Applications are invited for a fixed-term 5-year professorship with special duties in research on oxidative stress in relation to environment and health at the Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen. The position is established to stimulate and promote interdisciplinary research on oxidative stress, integrating experimental and molecular methods with epidemiology with special focus on environmental factors and health. The position is open at the earliest convenience, and at the end of the 5-year period of employment, the professor is transferred to employment and remuneration as an associate professor.

The Department of Public Health undertakes basic research into the causes of illness and the functioning of the health service, as well as more application-oriented research focusing on the prevention of disease. The Department also places considerable emphasis on the methodological and theoretical development within its core disciplines. The research is multidisciplinary and the scientific staff includes researchers trained in medicine, natural science, social science and the humanities.

Information on the Department is linked on: http://publichealth.ku.dk/

Job Description and Qualification Requirements

The post entails an obligation to carry out research, supervise younger researchers, evaluate research, provide teaching and publish/communicate scientific findings as well as handle administrative tasks. Furthermore, it involves an obligation to handle research management to the extent appropriate for the tasks and requirements of the Department. The distribution between the different tasks may vary periodically. The appointee will participate in the Faculty’s education programmes including undergraduate teaching for students of Medicine, Human Biology, Environmental Chemistry and Health and Public Health Science and participate in and develop postgraduate training.

In considering applications for the professorship, the emphasis will be on the applicant's ability to document original scientific production on an international level within the area of oxidative stress, integrating experimental and molecular methods with epidemiology with special focus on environmental factors and health and experience with international as well as multidisciplinary research collaboration. It is an additional requirement that the applicant has adequate qualifications to provide and manage teaching.

As regards the scientific research requirement, reference is made to the applicable general rules, currently “Københavns Universitets fælles regler for det videnskabelige personales forskningsindsats (forskningssikring) (58.10)” (only available in Danish) and to “KU-Academic Freedom and Responsibility at the Faculty of Health Sciences (51.04) (E)” both available at www.ku.dk/regel; click “Forskning/ph.d.-uddannelsen” and scroll down to items 58.10 and 51.04.

For further information, reference is made to “Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2007” / “Stillingsstruktur 2007 for videnskabeligt personale ved universiteter” (20.50) at www.ku.dk/regel. Click “Personaleforhold” and scroll down to item 20.1

Salary and employment terms

Employment will be subject to the collective agreement made between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Salary is similar to a bracket 38 professors with a minimum of DKK 644.000 (1 April 2010 level). Additional salary supplements may be negotiated on an individual basis. Pension is 17.1% of the salary.

The position is for a fixed term of 5 years. At the end of the 5-year period of employment, the professor is transferred to employment and remuneration as an Associate Professor. Remuneration and conditions of employment will be in accordance with the wage agreement between the Finance Ministry and AC (The Danish confederation of Professional Associations).

Further information

For further information, please contact the Head of Department, Mette Madsen, (tel.: +45 353-27633).

Foreign applicants may find this link useful: www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility)

Procedure

The application, in English, must be submitted in the application form by clicking Apply online below.Please note that the research publications and teaching materials to be considered in the assessment must be attached.

While general reference is made to the ministerial order on the employment of scientific staff at Danish universities – “Bekendtgørelse nr. 284 af 25. april 2008 om ansættelse af videnskabeligt personale ved universiteter (20.81)” / “Ministerial Order no. 284 of 25 April 2008 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities” at www.ku.dk/regel; click “Personaleforhold” and scroll down to section 20.1. – please note that

Applicants will only be notified of the number of applicants, not of other applicants’ names
Applicants will be notified of the composition of the panel of assessors and will be asked to address any problems concerning legal capacity
Applicants will be contacted if the panel of assessors wishes to see further documentation and/or include works not listed by the applicant in their assessment
Applicants will be informed of and requested to focus only on their own assessments
One or more applicants may be asked to attend an interview and/or deliver test lectures
In consideration of the undergraduate teaching, applicants must be able to speak Danish within two years.

Deadline for applications is the 1 September 2011

Applicants will be kept informed about the process of the application procedure on a regular basis via e-mail.

All interested parties are encouraged to apply for the post, regardless of age, sex, religion or ethnicity.

The Faculty of Health Sciences comprises 12 departments and 10 study committees. The Faculty employs app 2,000 people, including 1,000 teachers and scientists and 1,000 technical/administrative employees. The Faculty has app 4,500 students, including app 750 Ph.D. students.

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