PhD student in Life Course Epidemiology of Cancer

Particularité

The Population Health Laboratory (#PopHealthLab) of the University of Fribourg, within the national network of the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), develops research activities to inform population-based prevention strategies and public health surveillance to help citizens, health stakeholders, clinicians, and policy-makers make data-informed and evidence-based decisions. Research areas are the epidemiology of population health in a life course and consequential perspective in an evidence-based public health framework.

The #PopHealthLab is looking for a PhD student in Life Course Epidemiology of Cancer to join our team and work on a PhD thesis in cancer epidemiology under the supervision of Dr Rose van der Linden PhD and Prof Arnaud Chiolero MD PhD. For this project, we aim to better understand how working conditions are related to breast cancer outcomes in women. As a PhD student, your research will involve assessing the effect of working conditions and occupation on breast cancer incidence, mortality, and survival. You will also study how pre-diagnosis working conditions are related to return to work and life satisfaction among breast cancer survivors. The project is funded by the Swiss Cancer League and will be conducted with (inter)national research partners.

Domaine d'activité

• Analyze data from large datasets (UK Biobank),

• Write research protocols and manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals as first author,

• Contribute to additional research, surveillance, and monitoring projects,

• Support the #PopHealthLab in administrative, teaching, and research activities.

Exigences

• Master’s degree in epidemiology, social sciences, medicine, or a closely related field,

• Strong interest in life course research, cancer epidemiology, and public health,

• Experience with data analysis (use of R statistical software is a plus),

• Excellent communication skills in oral and written English (proficiency in French or German is a plus).

Duration of 3.5 years.

Exigences linguistiques

autre: English

Date d'entrée en fonction:

• 01.07.2025 ou date à convenir

Renseignements:

Dr Rose van der Linden

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Date limite de réception des offres:

28.02.2025

Adresse d'envoi:

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