Associate Professor of Register-based Psychiatric and Environmental Epidemiology
The Department of Public Health at Faculty of Health Sciences at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as Associate Professor in the field of Register-based Psychiatric and Environmental Epidemiology as per 1 January 2027. The position is a fulltime and 3-year fixed-term position.
As an Associate Professor at The National Centre for Register-based Research (NCRR) at the Department of Public Health, you will be part of an internationally recognised department with strong expertise in psychiatric epidemiology, population-based register research, environmental health, genetics and advanced methods for applying large-scale Danish data. You will work across interdisciplinary projects that investigate how genetic, familial, socioeconomic, and environmental factors shape mental health across the life course.
The position will contribute to high-quality research based on Danish nationwide registers and linked data resources.
About the Department of Public Health
The Department of Public Health is a research-intensive environment dedicated to advancing both fundamental scientific knowledge and applied solutions to major public health challenges. Our research spans theoretical, basic, and applied sciences, with the shared ambition of generating impactful knowledge and improving population health. Academic excellence is at the core of everything we do. We are committed to conducting rigorous and innovative research and delivering high-quality teaching. The department is responsible for teaching within public health, sport science, health science, nursing science, and related methodological disciplines, as well as a substantial part of the teaching in the medical degree programme.
While firmly rooted in our respective disciplines, we actively foster interdisciplinary collaboration to advance innovation and excellence in both research and education. We are equally committed to cultivating a healthy, inclusive, and supportive workplace culture characterized by open dialogue, mutual respect, and an informal atmosphere. We believe that academic excellence and personal well-being are mutually reinforcing and essential to long-term success.
You can read more about the department here and about the faculty here.
Your job responsibilities
As an Associate Professor of Register-based Psychiatric and Environmental Epidemiology at NCRR, you will contribute to the department’s research and teaching environment and to the faculty’s overall research strategy. You will contribute to the development of NCRR and the Department of Public Health both individually and in collaboration with others via your research of high international quality. You are expected to conduct research at a high international level and to develop an independent academic profile through both individual scholarship and collaboration with colleagues. You are committed to delivering high-quality teaching/supervision and bring collaborative skills and intellectual into play in your contribution to the academic development of Aarhus University and its profile both nationally and internationally.
Your main tasks will consist of:
You will report to the Head of NCRR Bjarni Jóhann Vilhjálmsson.
Your competences
You have established yourself as a prominent researcher within register-based epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, environmental epidemiology or a closely related field, and you possess documented solid research qualifications at a high international level.
We expect you to have:
As a person, you are dedicated and a skilled communicator. You are able to build relationships based on trust with students, colleagues and partners. As a supervisor you are professional, inspiring and inclusive.
We expect you to be fluent in oral and written English. International applicants are expected to learn Danish, and Aarhus University arranges Danish teaching.
To be assessed as qualified for an Associate Professor position, you must meet these academic criteria.
Shortlisting will be used.
No candidate will be given preferential treatment, and all applicants will be assessed based on their qualifications for the position in question.
Questions about the position
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Head of NCRR Bjarni Jóhann Vilhjálmsson, tel.: (+45) 93508825.
Your place of work will be the National Centre for Register-based Research, Department of Public Health, Bartholinss Allé 2, building 1260 1st floor, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
We expect to conduct interviews late November.
Terms of employment
Application
Your application must include the following:
We refer to the faculty’s Guidelines for applicants.
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.
International applicant?
Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including assistance with relocation and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information about the International Staff Office and the range of services here.
The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.
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The Department of Public Health at Faculty of Health Sciences at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as Associate Professor in the field of Register-based Psychiatric and Environmental Epidemiology as per 1 January 2027. The position is a fulltime and 3-year fixed-term position.
As an Associate Professor at The National Centre for Register-based Research (NCRR) at the Department of Public Health, you will be part of an internationally recognised department with strong expertise in psychiatric epidemiology, population-based register research, environmental health, genetics and advanced methods for applying large-scale Danish data. You will work across interdisciplinary projects that investigate how genetic, familial, socioeconomic, and environmental factors shape mental health across the life course.
The position will contribute to high-quality research based on Danish nationwide registers and linked data resources.
About the Department of Public Health
The Department of Public Health is a research-intensive environment dedicated to advancing both fundamental scientific knowledge and applied solutions to major public health challenges. Our research spans theoretical, basic, and applied sciences, with the shared ambition of generating impactful knowledge and improving population health. Academic excellence is at the core of everything we do. We are committed to conducting rigorous and innovative research and delivering high-quality teaching. The department is responsible for teaching within public health, sport science, health science, nursing science, and related methodological disciplines, as well as a substantial part of the teaching in the medical degree programme.
While firmly rooted in our respective disciplines, we actively foster interdisciplinary collaboration to advance innovation and excellence in both research and education. We are equally committed to cultivating a healthy, inclusive, and supportive workplace culture characterized by open dialogue, mutual respect, and an informal atmosphere. We believe that academic excellence and personal well-being are mutually reinforcing and essential to long-term success.
You can read more about the department here and about the faculty here.
Your job responsibilities
As an Associate Professor of Register-based Psychiatric and Environmental Epidemiology at NCRR, you will contribute to the department’s research and teaching environment and to the faculty’s overall research strategy. You will contribute to the development of NCRR and the Department of Public Health both individually and in collaboration with others via your research of high international quality. You are expected to conduct research at a high international level and to develop an independent academic profile through both individual scholarship and collaboration with colleagues. You are committed to delivering high-quality teaching/supervision and bring collaborative skills and intellectual into play in your contribution to the academic development of Aarhus University and its profile both nationally and internationally.
Your main tasks will consist of:
- Research of high international quality, including publication in top international journals and communicating your research in national and international academic networks.
- Leading and conducting high-quality register-based studies on mental health using Danish nationwide registries, residential histories, environmental exposure data, health-related surveys and genetic data.
- Contributing to studies examining comorbidities, and social, environmental and familial factors in mental health.
- To contribute to the funding with the help of external research funding.
- Teaching and supervising students at the Bachelor's and Master's level and supervision of PhD students
- Involvement in assessment and committee work at Aarhus University.
- Dissemination of your research to the outside world.
You will report to the Head of NCRR Bjarni Jóhann Vilhjálmsson.
Your competences
You have established yourself as a prominent researcher within register-based epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, environmental epidemiology or a closely related field, and you possess documented solid research qualifications at a high international level.
We expect you to have:
- A PhD degree and a strong record of independent epidemiological research.
- Substantial experience with population-based register research and the analysis of large-scale longitudinal data.
- Strong methodological expertise in epidemiology and statistical analysis, with experience relevant to survival, multilevel or longitudinal analyses.
- Experience working with health, socioeconomic, genetic, environmental or spatial data.
- A strong publication record in international peer-reviewed journals and a demonstrated ability to develop research questions into completed studies.
- Solid experience with Stata, R, SAS or comparable statistical software.
- Experience with national or international research collaboration.
As a person, you are dedicated and a skilled communicator. You are able to build relationships based on trust with students, colleagues and partners. As a supervisor you are professional, inspiring and inclusive.
We expect you to be fluent in oral and written English. International applicants are expected to learn Danish, and Aarhus University arranges Danish teaching.
To be assessed as qualified for an Associate Professor position, you must meet these academic criteria.
Shortlisting will be used.
No candidate will be given preferential treatment, and all applicants will be assessed based on their qualifications for the position in question.
Questions about the position
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Head of NCRR Bjarni Jóhann Vilhjálmsson, tel.: (+45) 93508825.
Your place of work will be the National Centre for Register-based Research, Department of Public Health, Bartholinss Allé 2, building 1260 1st floor, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
We expect to conduct interviews late November.
Terms of employment
- Appointment as an associate professor requires research and teaching qualifications at the level that can be achieved through the satisfactory completion of a period of appointment as an assistant professor, but may also be obtained in other ways.
- The applicant is required to have completed a university pedagogical programme or an equivalent programme.
- Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.
- The appointment is in accordance with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Akademikerne).
- Remuneration is in accordance with the above, and the Salary agreement catalogue for staff at Health.
- The yearly base salary for a fulltime associate professor is DKK 706.233,06 (including a position related supplement, a pre-agreed associate professor supplememt and pension (18.07%)). Additional supplement(s) can be negotiated dependent on experience, special qualifications and performance of special functions. Authorisation supplement(s) will be granted, if relevant for the position. Your local eligible trade union representative at Aarhus University negotiates your salary on your behalf.
- Researchers recruited from abroad are offered a special researcher tax scheme with a lower tax rate.
- Travel and moving expenses may be covered according to the employee in question and, to a limited extent, the accompanying family.
- Further information on qualification requirements and job description can be found in the Ministerial order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities.
Application
Your application must include the following:
- Motivated application
- Curriculum Vitae
- Diploma
- Template for applicant - associate professor
- A list of publications
- A teaching portfolio. We refer to Guideline on the use of teaching portfolios
- The five publications stated as the most important in the 'Template for applicant - associate professor' must be submitted
- Research plan, which is part of the 'Template to applicant - associate professor' can be uploaded separately (optional)
- Coauthor statement(s) can be uploaded (optional)
- References/recommendations can be uploaded separately in the e-recruitment system (optional)
We refer to the faculty’s Guidelines for applicants.
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.
International applicant?
Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including assistance with relocation and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information about the International Staff Office and the range of services here.
The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.
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