Postdoctoral Researcher or Senior Research Fellow in human physiology
About this role
Faculty of Medicine, Biomedicine and Internal Medicine
The University of Oulu is a multidisciplinary, international research university, with about 4000 employees who produce new knowledge based on high-standards research and provide research based education to build a more sustainable, smarter, and more humane world. The University of Oulu community has about 17,000 people in total. Our northern scientific community operates globally and creates conditions for the emergence of innovations.
We are now looking for a
Postdoctoral Researcher or Senior Research Fellow in human physiology with background in environmental physiology
to join us in the Research unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine. The research unit includes 18 research groups. The research of the unit aims at identifying preventive measures and novel therapeutic approaches for common debilitating diseases while ensuring safe pharmacotherapy and informing of environmental exposures and chemical risks. The unit utilizes human cohorts, clinical trials, human exercise testing and training, autopsy and biobank samples, genomics, animal models, as well as advanced cell and 3D tissue models to study metabolic, cardiovascular, immune, and environmental disease mechanisms.
About the job
We are interested in applicants strengthening the research focus of the Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine in the field of human physiology / whole-body metabolic regulation and environmental physiology.
The postdoctoral researcher/ senior research fellow will be a dynamic individual who provides vision, leadership, and guidance in the field of human physiology. The successful applicant should have a strong background in research and teaching of metabolic whole body physiology / metabolic regulation and environmental physiology. The duties of applicant are to take part in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the medical school.
Qualifications for successful candidate