Associate Professor/Professor

Research assignment

In the context of recently acquired Flemish government impulse funding, we are looking for an Associate Professor/Professor in Molecular Epidemiology. You will be appointed as a research professor within the “ZAP-BOF” framework, where excellent researchers are given the opportunity to build their own research team with limited teaching responsibilities during the first 10 years.

You will establish your own team and research program in molecular epidemiology. You will focus on population research aimed at better identifying risk factors for chronic diseases to support preventive medicine and contribute to a higher-quality healthcare system. To achieve this, you will emphasize multidisciplinary research by closely collaborating with biomedical researchers, data scientists, and clinicians. The new research program will strengthen the existing cohort research at BIOMED, LCRC, CMK, and DSI. Currently, cohort studies are being conducted on early life (birth cohort), aging, dementia, and autoimmunity. The team will also seek collaboration with recent initiatives in population health management at our university. This research program will be an additional asset in the development of the Health Campus DC in Diepenbeek.

Teaching assignment

The teaching assignment is situated in the undergraduate and graduate programs of our faculty and supervising research internships at our faculty. Delivering academic teaching with high teaching quality is an important selection requirement given the  embedding in the regular ZAP framework after 10 years of research professor (ZAP-BOF).

Your talents

• You obtained a PhD in (bio)medical sciences, medicine, biology, data science, bioengineering or pharmacy (or equivalent).
• You have at least 4 years of relevant postdoctoral research experience in molecular epidemiology
• You have an excellent academic track record with first and/or last author publications in international high quality scientific journals and presented on international conferences.
• You have a good view on the latest trends and developments in the specific research domain.
• You have proven experience in applying for external (international) research funding.
• You have experience in supervising doctoral students, technicians and/or master students. You have the necessary qualities to lead a research team.
• You have proven experience with participating in interdisciplinary research projects
• Complementarity with the existing research expertise in the faculty of medicine and life sciences is an added value.
• You have a extensive international research network in the respective field.
• Experience with academic teaching is an asset.
• Dutch is the official administrative language of Hasselt University. If you do not have a sufficient knowledge of Dutch (CEFR level B2) upon your appointment, we expect you to obtain the required level at the moment of tenure (usually after an internship of 3 years for senior academic staff). We provide tailor-made language training. Coordinating lecturers must have a command of the language of instruction of the program component at CEFR level C1. We provide tailor-made language training.