PhD student: Pulmonary outcomes and lung function after childhood cancer

UniBE is interconnected.
With us, you're part of an international community and benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration. During your PhD you will:

• Coordinate an ongoing prospective multicentre cohort study in the University Children's Hospitals in Bern, Basel and Geneva
• Collaborate with study nurses, paediatric oncologists, and paediatric pulmonologists to support recruitment and clinical assessments
• Collect and integrate clinical, treatment and pulmonary function data from multiple sources
• Apply and develop your skills in epidemiological research, data management and statistical analysis
• Present your results in (inter)national conferences and publish them in peer-reviewed journals

You have:

• A university degree ideally in medicine (MD), possibly in physiotherapy or physiology
• A strong interest in respiratory disease, epidemiology, and paediatric oncology
• Ideally clinical experience
• A strong interest in epidemiology and biostatistics; ideally experience in data analysis
• Fluency in English and German and/or French, ideally all

• Work in a motivated and competent research team of clinicians, epidemiologists and statisticians
• Preparation for a research career in a clinical setting (paediatric teaching hospital), in a university (epidemiology or preventive medicine), or a public health institution
• The PhD counts (partially) as medical training (Paediatrics, Public Health, or similar)
• A lively graduate school at the University of Bern
• Salary according to the Swiss National Science Foundation salary scales for PhD students

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