Associate professor in clinical epidemiology

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At the Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, bachelor and master students in biomedical sciences and medicine as well as PhD candidates in health sciences are being trained in research methodology. Clinical epidemiology is at the roots of this research methodology.

The associate professor in clinical epidemiology will be part of a team of epidemiologists, biostatisticians and health technology experts that is responsible for a high level training program in research methods. The team also provides consultation services to the Radboudumc researchers. You will be responsible for the clinical epidemiology teaching program and will also build up a new research line on prediction research with applications primarily in the area in cancer (epidemiology). You report to the head of the Department.

Tasks and responsibilities
You will be active in teaching (~ 0.5fte), consulting and research (~0.5 fte). You will teach clinical epidemiology from the basics up to advanced prediction modeling to (bio)medical students and PhD candidates, mostly from a self-directed learning perspective and during coaching sessions and interactive lectures. For this, you also (co)develop teaching materials. You will be responsible for the clinical epidemiology curriculum content in the two curricula. In consulting, you will aid biomedical researchers in designing studies and analytical approaches. In research, you will build up your own research line by acquiring grants that have a focus on clinical questions in the area of cancer and/or methodological innovations.

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