Overlæge til Klinisk Biokemisk Afdeling ifm. professorat - clinical professor of clinical biochemistry with special focus on cardiovascular disease and dementia
A position as consultant at the Department of Clinical Biochemistry,
Diagnostic Center, Rigshospitalet, is open for appointment.
The position is combined with a 5-year position as
clinical professor of Clinical
Biochemistry with special focus on Cardiovascular Disease and Dementia at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of
Copenhagen.
With this new position the Department of Clinical Biochemistry,
Rigshospitalet wishes to strengthen the leadership in applied human biochemical
and genetic research, and teaching in collaboration with the University of
Copenhagen.
It is a requirement that the applicant is accepted for appointment
of both the professorship and the position as consultant.
About Department of Clinical Biochemistry
Organisation
The department
comprises sections for clinical biochemistry and for molecular genetics,
including next generation sequencing (NGS) techniques. The molecular
geneticists and clinical biochemists at the department work closely together
and the department also have extensive collaborations with other departments at
the hospital, in particular cardiology and neurology.
Clinical functions and
focus areas of the department
The Department of
Clinical Biochemistry is part of Denmark’s leading university hospital for
specialized medicine and performs more than 8 mio. analyses pr. year,
supporting the medical specialities at the hospital. The Department also
provides national services for highly specialised functions, including
molecular genetic diagnostics and carrier screening for inherited
dyslipidaemia, heart disease and amyloidosis. The department has implemented
NGS technologies for diagnostic exome sequencing.
Research and teaching
With the new position as professor of Clinical Biochemistry with special focus on
Cardiovascular Disease and Dementia, the Department of
Clinical Biochemistry wishes to strengthen leadership in applied human
biochemical and genetic research and teaching.
Mortality for heart disease has fallen markedly over the last 20 years due to
improved treatment and prevention. Heart patients now have a life span that
encompasses a high risk of developing highly age-related diseases such as
dementias. Large parts of the aging population have common risk factors for
cardiovascular disease and dementia, most of which are hypertension, diabetes,
overweight and smoking.
Dementias are severely disabling,
neurodegenerative diseases, that affect more than 47 mio. people across the
world (app. 87,000 in Denmark) and by 2050 the number is expected to increase
to 132 mio. (130,000 in Denmark). At
present there are no healing or effective disease modifying treatments. The
prevention potential is huge, since the improved treatment and prevention of
vascular risk factors has shown a slightly reduced incidence of dementias in
the western world. However, the explosive population growth and increase in
life expectancy will triple the incidence of dementias over the next three
decades.
In spite of a major prevention
effort that has led to less smoking, lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol
levels in the population, inactivity, overweight and diabetes imposes an
enormous challenge to our health system and in particular for cardiovascular
disease and dementia. It is thus of crucial importance to intensify prevention
efforts in general, but especially for high risk groups, where targeted
prevention and treatment have the greatest effect. Risk stratification for
cardiovascular diseases has been used for a number of years, in which treatment
goals depend on the estimated 10 year absolute risk. The need for a
dementia-risk-search that includes vascular and genetic risk factors as well as
robust biomarkers is huge, especially since it has been shown that an
intervention strategy can improve cognitive functions in high-risk patients
The purpose of the professorship is to establish a scientific
foundation for a targeted prevention strategy affecting both cardiovascular
disease and dementia. By increasing the understanding of the diseases and their
mutual relationship, causality can be established and risk-algorithms for
dementia, including cardiovascular components, can be developed. This specific
research area has the potential to become international leader and will support
precision medicine for the benefit of patients, their relatives and society as
such.
Qualifications
Applicants should
have a medical specialist approval in Clinical Biochemistry, since experience
with using robust clinical biochemical and genetic biomarkers is essential for
this position.
Conditions
In order to be considered, the applicant must send an application
to both the Faculty (the professorship) and to the hospital (the position as
senior researcher/consultant) cf. the simultaneously advertised position of the
professorship. Appointment is conditioned by the fact that the applicant
obtains both positions. This also applies to the applicants who are already
employed at Rigshospitalet.
Salary and conditions of employment will be agreed between the
Danish Regions and the relevant associations and between the Capital Region and
University of Copenhagen.
As clinical professor at least 50 % of the working time will be
allocated to academic tasks (e.g. research, teaching, evaluation tasks and
communication with the public) in agreement with the head of the Department of
Clinical Medicine at the University of Copenhagen. The remaining time will be
allocated for diagnostic laboratory work in agreement with the head of the
Department of Clinical Biochemistry.
Application procedure
The application must include the following:
- Curriculum Vitae and a complete list of publications
- A description of how the applicant is qualified as
- Communicator
- Collaborator
- Manager/administrator/organizer
- Scholar/researcher/teacher
- Professional
The closing date for applications is 1. March 2018.
Further information
For further information please contact tel. + 45 3545 2016 or email: linda.maria.hilsted@regionh.dk
The advertisement for the professorship is
available from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of
Copenhagen: http://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=146635
About the Centre of Diagnostic Investigation
The Centre of Diagnostic Investigation comprises a collection of highly
specialized departments: Clinical biochemistry, clinical immunology, clinical
microbiology, clinical genetics, pathology, center of genomic medicin, diagnostic
radiology, clinical physiology/nuclearmedicine and PET, clinical genetics.
The center
has a staff of 1.600 and an annual turnover of 1 billion kroner. The center
produces annually 8.5 mill. laboratory analyses and performs 250.000 image diagnostics based on 800.000
contacts with patients and donors.
The core task
is high-level research, strong educational environments, customised diagnostics
and patient treatment. 28 professors and other researchers provides annually
more than 500 scientific articles in international reputable journals.
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Rigshospitalet - Adresse
Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø -
Kontaktperson
Linda Maria Hilsted - Stillingstype
Overlæge - Speciale
Klinisk biokemi - Ansættelsesform
Fast ansættelse - Ugentlig arbejdstid
Fuld tid - Ansættelsens start
01-07-2018 - Regionens jobnr.
210068 - Quick-nr.
328647 - Indrykningsdato
02-02-2018 -
Ansøgningsfrist
01-03-2018 (udløbet)
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