Interested in epidemiology and workplace exposures? Then a position as a postdoctoral Researcher within the Occupational Health research group at IRAS might be just for you. We are offering an exciting Postdoc position embedded in the EU H2020 EPHOR project. This project is focused on the working life exposome and will lay the groundwork for evidence-based prevention of workers health risks using large-scale data approaches.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking occupational epidemiologist, who can complement and strengthen our team. You will work with the data generated within EPHOR and will apply state-of-the-art methods for aetiological research. You will be involved in the supervision of a PhD candidate in the adaption, development and application of data interpretation methods, specifically for multiple exposure outcome modelling, exposure-time-response modelling, and hierarchical Bayesian analyses. The state-of-the-art methods will be applied to (inter)national databases within the EPHOR pooled occupational cohorts including millions of workers.

In addition to the international partners within EPHOR and the Occupational Health group members, you will collaborate closely with Researchers within the other Exposome projects coordinated by Prof. Vermeulen.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious candidate who has completed a PhD in environmental science, epidemiology or a related discipline and has a strong interest in epidemiology, occupation and health. As our new colleague you are a motivated and collaborative team member, communicative and resourceful, open for collaboration across scientific fields, and you have the ambition to contribute to scientific progress as well as to perform socially relevant research. You are required to have experience in epidemiological data analysis, and preferably additional experience in occupational exposure assessment. Furthermore, you should be able to work independently and you have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

We offer a temporary position (1.0 FTE), initially for a period of two years. The gross salary - depending on previous qualifications and experience  - ranges between €2,709 and €4,274 (scale 10 according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) per month for a full-time employment. Salaries are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% per year. In addition, Utrecht University offers excellent secondary conditions, including collective insurance schemes, an attractive retirement scheme, (partly paid) parental leave and flexible employment conditions (multiple choice model). More information about working at Utrecht University can be found here.

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