PhD-student in medical sciences, occupational and environmental medicine
1 month ago
The Department of Public health and clinical medicine at the Faculty of Medicine is looking for a doctoral student in the subject of Occupational and environmental medicine focusing on air pollution epidemiology. The employment period is four years and refers to full-time starting 2024-09-01 or as agreed.
If admitted to postgraduate education, you will take part of the faculty postgraduate education program at the Faculty of Medicine. The program comprises 25 credits over 8 semesters (4 years in total). More information about the program can be found on the faculty's website for postgraduate education ()
Description of work
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the four most important diseases for the global burden of disease (non-communicable diseases) and is currently the leading cause of death. Both air pollution and physical inactivity are among the 10 leading risk factors according to the WHO. Air pollution as a result of vehicular traffic is a significant cause of the cardiovascular effects of morbidity and premature death resulting from exposure to particles. A large part of the dose was obtained in the home because infiltration is high in buildings. The exposure to the highest levels, however, occurs in a traffic environment. Motorized transport increases physical inactivity which plays a significant role in the development of chronic diseases. There is extensive research on how physical activity during free time affects e.g. cardiovascular disease, but information regarding the importance of active transport is limited. BMI is an important mediating factor between physical activity and cardiovascular disease. The typical air association studies lack information regarding any interaction between physical activity and air pollution. It is generally known that high levels of air pollution briefly increase the number of deaths and acute patients with cardiovascular disease, and that the incidence of certain cardiovascular diseases is higher among long-term high-exposed people, but the knowledge of the importance of air pollution for the course of the disease is limited.
In this project the overall aim is to clarify how air pollution exposure and physical activity interact in the development of CVD and respiratory disease, and interplay with socioeconomic and other risk factors.
The project will largely increase the knowledge on the health consequences of exercise in polluted city air. This should lead to better advice to the public, better advice to the individual, and better health impact assessments guiding better city planning and contributing to better future cities.
The employment is aimed at a doctoral degree. The doctoral education includes participation in the research project as well as attending journal clubs, conferences, and seminars in relation to the project.
Your role in the project is to work with spatial data for exposure assessment and epidemiological analyses of health effects of air pollution and physical activity. The analysis will involve state of the art air pollution exposure assessment and novel longitudinal analyses of epidemiological data. You will work in an interdisciplinary research environment, where there is expertise in occupational and environmental medicine, epidemiological-, statistical-, and dispersion modelling, and also experts in assessment of physical activity and its’ health effects.
Eligibility requirements
To be admitted to education at the postgraduate level, the applicant must have basic and specific qualifications, and have any other skill necessary to take advantage of the education.
Basic qualifications
To be admitted to education at the postgraduate level, the applicant must have basic qualifications through a degree at advanced level or completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 credits are at advanced level, or equivalent foreign education or other equivalent qualifications.
Other qualifications
To be accepted, it is also required that the applicant can communicate well in English, both orally and in writing, as well as any other skill necessary to take advantage of the education. Both written and oral skills are intended. Assessment of these skills is done by a prospective doctoral student presenting the research plan in English to an assessment group, appointed by the head of department.
Previous experience in environmental medicine, statistical modelling and epidemiological analysis, as well as spatial statistics, is particularly advantageous.
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