23-262_R_MF Posdoctoral Researcher - Nutrition and Cancer

Ref.: 23-262_R_MF

About the research group

Unit of Nutrition and Cancer

The Unit of Nutrition and Cancer (UNAC) comprises a multidisciplinary team of epidemiologists, nutritionists, biologists and statisticians. It focuses primarily on aetiological research into the relationship between nutrition and cancer. This includes diet and dietary patterns, body composition and physical activity as possible determinants of cancer, as well as genetic susceptibility in human carcinogenesis. UNAC also researches the role of nutritional factors in the prognosis of cancer patients and survivors. To achieve this, it combines traditional epidemiological approaches with more innovative tools including exposure and susceptibility biomarkers.

About the role

We are looking for a motivated person who wants to join in our “HDL functionality, Phenolic compounds, and Breast cancer” research line. The candidate will work in investigating the associations between HDL function and breast cancer, as well as the associations between phenolic compounds and breast cancer in the EPIC cohort. The future postdoctoral researcher should have interest in nutrition, biochemistry, epidemiology, and biostatistics. The future postdoctoral researcher will apply to research grants (Juan de la Cierva, Sara Borrell, AECC, PERIS…) to obtain the contract.

Job requirements

Professional experience

• Minimum of 3 years in biomedical research

Education and training

• PhD in Biomedical sciences
• Good publication record 

Technical & soft skills

• Good command in epidemiology and statistics

Languages

• Good command of the English language

What do we offer

• No. of positions: 1

• Estimated start date: 2024 or 2025 (depending on the grant)

• Contract duration: Permanent linked to projects. 

• Estimated annual gross salary: salary is commensurate with qualifications and consistent with our pay ranges.
  
  

• You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.

• Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way.
  
  

• Possibility to work some days in remote -Teleworking

• 26 working days of holiday per year

• System of accumulated hours for employees, from 88 to 104 hours depending on the year (11 to 13 working days), to attend to personal matters.

• Paid leave package

• Benefits of constant training are offered

• We offer and promote diverse and inclusive conditions. Applicants are made free from any discrimination. Specifically IDIBELL works to improve gender equality in all areas with the aim of achieving gender balance, but maintaining the most scrupulous respect to any choice at the level of gender identity. Please express yourself freely, safely and non-binarily, if that's the case.

Deadline: Please submit your application by  30/11/2023

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Our institute

IDIBELL is a research center that integrates the biomedical research of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and the University of Barcelona in the Bellvitge Campus (UB), and the Viladecans Hospital (HV). The research focuses of IDIBELL are cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the pivots on which researchers work every day in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.

Observations:

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