Senior Lecturer in Experimental Medical Science

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has 40 000 students and more than 8 000 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

The Faculty of Medicine is a part of Lund University, and is responsible for education and research within medicine and healthcare. Our academic programs are closely linked with the healthcare system and are firmly anchored in the faculty’s strong research tradition. Our research spans a broad field within experimental preclinical research, near-patient clinical research and health sciences research. The Faculty of Medicine, with its 1,800 employees and 2,700 students in Lund and Malmö, is a knowledge-intensive meeting place for students, teachers and researchers from all over the world.

The post

Appointment for an indefinite term as Senior Lecturer in Experimental Medical Science, based until further notice at the Department of Experimental Medical Science.

Work duties

The work duties include teaching and research in experimental medical science. One important element is to develop research in experimental medicine within one of the research areas pursued by the department. The successful candidate is expected to lead research within this area at an international level while stimulating colleagues and doctoral students to engage in local collaborations that further develop the department’s broad activities. The research will also be expected to contribute to the clinical development of new therapies, diagnostics, treatment or prevention. This is to be done in close collaboration with other research teams at Lund University or Skåne University Hospital, as well as international research environments. The successful candidate is expected to run broad research preferably in collaboration with international groups. The position also includes internal and/or external elected office duties. Teaching within the faculty’s various study programmes in the first, second and third cycles and other teaching duties are included.
If the successful candidate lacks five weeks’ training in teaching and learning in higher education at the time of appointment, their work duties will include completing this training within the first two years of employment. Other duties may also arise as part of the position.

Qualifications

According to chapter 4, section 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance a person qualified for appointment as a senior lecturer is to have demonstrated teaching expertise and been awarded a PhD or acquired the corresponding research competence or some other professional expertise that is of value in view of the subject matter of the post and the duties that it will involve.

According to Lund University’s Appointment Rules, the applicant must have completed at least five weeks of training in teaching and learning in higher education or acquired the corresponding knowledge in some other way in order to be qualified.

Assessment criteria

The applicant is to have demonstrated research and teaching expertise of significance for the subject. The applicant is to demonstrate leadership ability, an ability to interact with wider society and a good capacity for collaboration. The assessment will particularly emphasise research expertise. Especially significant qualifications are:
- having supervised a number of doctoral students as principal supervisor all the way through to the public defence of their thesis;
- having obtained international grants as a project manager and having collaborated in international consortia (e.g. EU networks);
- running specialised translational medical research including clear collaboration with other research disciplines, such as other faculties or specialised pharmaceutical research.

In addition to the requirements stated in the Higher Education Ordinance, the regulations that apply to the appointment of teaching staff are the Lund University Appointment Rules and the Faculty of Medicine’s general requirements profile and assessment criteria for appointments as senior lecturer: https://www.medicine.lu.se

More information

For more information, please contact dean Kristina Åkesson, tel: +46 46 222 80 84, email: kristina. akesson@med.lu.se or head of department Tomas Deierborg tel. +46 70 970 82 12, email: tomas.deierborg@med.lu.se.
Information on the application procedure will be provided by the recruitment administrator Helene Berggren, tel. +46 46 222 71 11, helene.berggren@med.lu.se. The position will be filled following a proposal from the Faculty of Medicine’s Academic Appointments Board.  

Application procedure

Applications are to be submitted electronically via the Lund University application portal no later than 15 June 2021. The application is to be made according to the Faculty of Medicine’s instructions for applicants for teaching staff appointments (see https://www. medicin.lu.se/lfn under the heading List of qualifications and CV).

The University applies individual salary setting.

You are welcome to submit a salary proposal in your application.

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Type of employment Permanent position
Contract type Full time
First day of employment Enligt överenskommelse
Number of positions 1
Working hours 100%
City Lund
County Skåne län
Country Sweden
Reference number PA2020/1595
Union representative
SACO:Saco-s-rådet vid Lunds universitet, 046-222 93 64
OFR/ST:Fackförbundet ST:s kansli, 046-222 93 62
SEKO: Seko Civil, 046-222 93 66
Published 03.May.2021
Last application date 15.Jun.2021 11:59 PM CET