Youth Health Care

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

State University

KU Leuven

Area

Western Europe

Host Country

Belgium

Deadline

01 Mar 2021

Study level

Postgraduate

Opportunity type

Jobs

Specialities

Medicine

Opportunity funding

Not funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

(ref. ZAP-2020-233)

Within the Biomedical Sciences Group at KU Leuven, the Department of Public Health and Primary Care conducts research in public health. Its members include experts with experience in disease prevention, health protection, health promotion, quality assurance, health care policy, bioethics, health law, health economics, health communication, biostatistics, epidemiology, geriatrics and gerontology, nursing and midwifery, emergency medicine and general practice medicine. Members of the Department conduct interdisciplinary research with a major impact on the national and international level. They also provide high-quality education in various educational areas. In addition, they provide professionals and institutions from the health sector with insights, concepts and techniques that should enable them to respond optimally to the needs and expectations of the patient and society in the field of health care. In addition, they seek to improve collaboration with clinical medicine and are closely involved in national and international research partnerships. The Department of Public Health and Primary Care is a dynamic research context that stimulates interdisciplinary collaboration.

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You are an ambitious, internationally oriented researcher in the field of preventive health care and youth health care in particular. You have experience in a relevant research field within youth health care (e.g. screening and vaccinations, growth and (sexual) development, problematic parenting situations, nutrition and overweight, physical fitness,...).
You will develop a research program within youth health care, publish in international journals, acquire research funding, and develop national and international research partnerships.
You strive for excellence in your research and thus contribute to the reputation of KU Leuven and the Department of Public Health and Primary Care.

You will take up teaching tasks within public health in general, and youth health care in particular, as well as teaching tasks related to your specific research expertise. You will provide this contribution in the medical curriculum and within the interuniversity master programme in youth health care. For the latter you will take on the role of academic coordinator.
Additionally, you will supervise master and doctoral dissertations.
The educational instruction you provide will meet the requirements set for academic programs in terms of level, orientation and academic orientation and will be in line with the educational goals of KU Leuven. Commitment to the quality of the program as a whole will be self-evident.

You will partake in teaching and research activities at the service of society by participating in domain specific service activities.
Over time, you will be willing to engage in academic responsibilities within KU Leuven and to contribute to the national and international visibility of the department.
You will develop a network of contacts within youth health care that provide an added value in your field of research and / or education.

Candidates must hold preferably a degree of medical doctor and a PhD. An additional degree in youth health care and / or a specialization in paediatrics is recommended.
Candidates are expected to demonstrate significant research experience in one or more topics relevant to youth health care. The quality of the research must be evidenced by publications in international journals and experience in writing project applications. International research experience is an added value.
Candidates should have strong teaching skills and preferably demonstrable teaching experience. Furthermore, candidates should have the necessary communication and organizational skills and you are a team player.

Proficiency in English is required.

The official language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in meetings.

Before teaching courses in Dutch or English, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch, respectively English, to the required standard.

We offer a part-time (minimum 50%) or full-time academic position in an intellectually challenging environment. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that conducts both fundamental and applied scientific research. It is strongly interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary and strives for international excellence. To this end, it actively collaborates with its research partners at home and abroad. It offers its students an academic education based on high-level scientific research.

For more information please contact Prof. dr. Pascal Borry, tel.: +32 16 37 95 17, mail: pascal.borry@kuleuven.be.For problems with online applying, please contact solliciteren@kuleuven.be.

KU Leuven places great importance on research integrity and ethical conduct and will therefore ask you to sign an integrity statement upon appointment.

You can apply for this job no later than March 01, 2021 via the online application tool

KU Leuven seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality or impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support, please contact us at diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be.