Assistant Researcher, Endocrinology Unit

About the role

Lund University's Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö (IKVM), runs a research group on hypertension and cardiovascular disease within cardiometabolic disease prevention, based at the Clinical Research Centre in Malmö. The group is led by Professor Olle Melander and includes research and technical staff. It is looking for an Assistant Researcher to work on omics data and wearable device data.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and conduct analyses of omics data (e.g. proteomics and metabolomics) in relation to lifestyle factors such as sleep and physical activity.
• Analyse high-resolution panel data from wearable activity trackers to find associations between physiological measurements and biological markers.
• Develop and apply statistical models for longitudinal data, including mixed-effects models and time-series analyses.
• Write scientific manuscripts, contribute to national and international conferences and prepare research grant applications.
• Present research findings within and outside the research group.
• Supervise students or junior researchers on sub-projects.
• Keep up to date with developments in statistical methods, bioinformatics and wearable technologies for health data research.

Required profile

• PhD in a relevant field such as epidemiology, bioinformatics, statistics, medicine, biomedicine or a related discipline.
• Documented experience with omics data (proteomics, metabolomics, genomics).
• Experience analysing data from activity trackers and wearables (step counts, sleep, heart rate) and handling large-scale time-series data.
• Strong knowledge of statistical methods for longitudinal and omics data.
• Analytical, detail-oriented, independent, communicative and proactive; meritorious: experience in interdisciplinary projects with engineers.

What we offer

• Special benefits, generous annual leave and a favourable occupational pension as a public authority employee.
• Flextime agreement supporting work-life balance.

This is a special fixed-term (SÄVA) position for 3 months, starting around 1 December 2026 or by agreement, at 100 % workload. Applications go through the university's recruitment system with a cover letter, CV, a copy of the PhD certificate and other supporting documents.