PhD student in Neuro science - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

At the Department of Neuroscience, we are working hard to increase our knowledge and insights into this area as well as into large areas of our musculoskeletal system and its disorders. A major objective with our research is to develop novel strategies to prevent and treat diseases and injuries in the nervous system and musculoskeletal system. By participating in different educational programs and courses, scientists at the Department communicate their knowledge to a wide range of future professional specialists – for example nurses, physicians, physiotherapists, speech pathologists and biomedical researchers.

We are about 160 employees, 100 graduate students and numerous young postdoctoral fellows. Moreover, a large number of professionals carry out research and teaching at Uppsala University Hospital (Akademiska sjukhuset) within the framework of the Department's activity. Basic research is predominantly carried out at the Uppsala University Biomedical Centre (BMC) and clinical research at various units in Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala University Hospital.

Our team at the Department of Neuroscience is looking for a PhD candidate with a strong interest in neuropsychiatry and related questions regarding individualised therapy optimisation. The PhD student position is placed in the research group of Functional Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University. The project will be performed in close collaboration with the Clinical Psychology Department at Uppsala University and the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning at Linköpings University.

The PhD project is realised together with the research centre WoMHeR (Women's Mental Health during the Reproductive lifespan research centre, founded 2019), an interdisciplinary acting research network that studies mental health aspects in women from different perspectives. The PhD student and the project will, thus, be strongly embedded in the research network provided by WoMHeR (https://uu.se/forskning/womher/?languageId=1).

Project description: The project aims at investigating molecular biological biomarkers for comorbidity of migraine and depression and the therapy success of psychological and pharmacological therapy interventions in this patient group considering gender related differences. The project intends to detect novel and gender related factors for disease and therapy response in the mentioned patient group.

Requirements: The applicant should hold an academic degree in Medicine, Bioinformatics, Mathematics/Statistics, Psychology, Biology, or related areas. The applicant should have a strong interest in data management, statistics, neuropsychiatric diseases and therapy approaches with emphasis on depression and migraine. A high level of teamwork skills including a strong interest in working interdisciplinary, motivation, independence and creativity is expected. The candidate should be fluent in English in both spoken and written form.

The application should include a letter of motivation including the contact information from at least two senior advisors that the candidate suggests as personal references. The candidate should furthermore submit a CV with information about academic and scientific merits achieved so far and attach certificates about completed studies in copy format as well as relevant publications (e.g. scientific articles, master thesis). The decision will be based on the fulfilment of the aspects mentioned under requirements and documents required for application.

Rules governing PhD students are set out in the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5, §§ 1-7 and in Uppsala University's rules and guidelines http://regler.uu.se/?languageId=1.

Salary: According to local agreement for PhD students.
 
Starting date: 2020-10-01 or as otherwise agreed.

Type of employment: Temporary position according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 7.

Scope of employment: 100 %

For further information about the position please contact: Associate Professor Jessica Mwinyi, Jessica.Mwinyi@neuro.uu.se; Professor Helgi Schiöth, Helgi. Schiöth@neuro.uu.se.

Please submit your application by September 10th 2020, UFV-PA 2020/2909.

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