Postdoctor in Psychopharmacology

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At the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, at the Sahlgrenska Academy, we conduct research and education covering a wide range of knowledge areas. The institute comprises five different departments: Clinical Neuroscience, Health and Rehabilitation, Pharmacology, Physiology and Psychiatry and Neurochemistry.

The Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher employment at the Department of Psychopharmacology.

The department has a long and strong tradition of research in psychopharmacology, which today encompasses both clinical and experimental studies as well as data analysis of clinical and epidemiological data.

Subject area

Psychopharmacology

Subject area description

Psychopharmacology encompasses studies of how drugs affect mood, thoughts and behaviour, as well as how drugs can be used to treat psychiatric disorders. The field brings together knowledge from psychiatry, pharmacology, psychology and neurology to understand how drugs affect brain chemistry and neuronal communication.

Job assignments

The project concerns the evaluation of the effects and adverse effects of interventions for depression and ADHD through meta-analyses at the study and individual participant levels, with a particular focus on the conditions under which different analytical methods (conventional meta-analysis, network meta-analysis and individual participant data meta-analysis) may produce conflicting results.

The postdoctoral researcher will primarily analyse data from clinical trials in which the effects of interventions for depression and ADHD have been evaluated. Depending on the postdoctoral researcher’s research interests, the project may also include experimental work related to the mechanisms of action of psychopharmaceuticals. The project may also include studies of the use of psychopharmaceuticals at the population level and the consequences of such use through the analysis of registry data.

The postdoctoral researcher is expected to independently conduct research projects under supervision and report regularly to the rest of the research group. The postdoctoral researcher is also expected to contribute to student supervision, for example as a supervisor of degree project students and/or as a co-supervisor of doctoral students, as well as to teaching. Specific duties include data management, data analysis and data visualisation of data from clinical studies and registries using Python/R, with methods such as machine learning and network meta-analysis.

Eligibility

The eligibility criteria for employing teaching staff are set out in Chapter 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance and in the Appointment Procedure for Teaching Posts at the University of Gothenburg.

To be eligible for appointment as a postdoc, the applicant is required to have a doctoral degree, a doctoral degree in art or a foreign degree that is deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree. This eligibility requirement must be met before the employment decision is made.

In the first instance, those who have completed their degree no more than three years prior to the end of the application period shall be considered. Those who have completed their degree more than three years prior to the end of the application period may also be considered in the first instance if special grounds exist. Special grounds relate to leave of absence due to illness, parental leave, commissions of trust within union organisations, service within the defence services or other similar circumstances, as well as clinical service or service/assignment relevant to the subject area.

To qualify as a postdoctoral researcher for this employment, the applicant must hold a PhD in medicine.

Assessment

Applicants must demonstrate good proficiency in both English and Swedish, spoken and written. Documented experience of managing and analysing large datasets in R/Python is a requirement. Experience of network meta-analyses, individual participant data meta-analyses, machine learning and statistics is particularly meritorious. Furthermore, experience in the subject areas of psychiatry and psychopharmacology is meritorious.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

Employment

The employment is limited (temporary) for 2 years, 100% of full-time, and is placed at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology. Starting date: as soon as possible or as agreed.

Contact information

If you have questions regarding the employment please contact Associate Senior Lecturer/Researcher Fredrik Hieronymus, e-mail:  fredrik.hieronymus@neuro.gu.se .

Manager in charge is Professor/Head of Department Michael Winder, phone: +46 31-786 34 77, e-mail:  michael.winder@pharm.gu.se

Application documents are not to be submitted through the contact persons.

Unions

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Submit your application via the University of Gothenburg’s recruitment portal by clicking the “Apply” button. It is your responsibility to ensure that the application is complete as per the vacancy notice, and that the University receives it by the final application deadline.

Please enclose PhD certificate with the application.

Applications must be received by: 2026-11-05

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