{"data":{"id":205864,"slug":"postdoktor-med-inriktning-mot-kol-fysisk-aktivitet-och-muskelfunktion","type":"job","title":"Postdoctoral Researcher in COPD, Physical Activity, and Muscle Function","description":"Postdoctoral Researcher in Medical Science with a focus on COPD, Physical Activity, and Muscle Function\nWe are seeking a postdoctoral researcher for a two-year position focusing on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), physical activity, physical capacity, and extrapulmonary manifestations of lung disease. The research will be conducted primarily within SCAPIS (Swedish CardioPulmonary bioImage Study) and other clinical research projects at Ume\u00e5 University.\nProject Description\nSCAPIS is a large Swedish population-based study in which over 30,000 participants have undergone comprehensive examinations including lung function, physical activity, body composition, and cardiopulmonary health. The postdoctoral project focuses on the relationships between lung function and diffusion capacity, objectively measured physical activity, and CT-based measures of muscle mass and muscle quality in COPD and other related milder phenotypes. The position also includes research within the COPD-HIIT project as well as other clinical and longitudinal research projects focused on COPD.\nResponsibilities\nAs a postdoctoral researcher, you will plan and conduct research projects focusing on physical activity, physical capacity, muscle function, and lung disease. This work includes formulating research questions and analysis plans, processing and quality assuring research data, and performing statistical analyses of both cross-sectional and longitudinal data. A central part of the work involves analyzing data from SCAPIS, including lung function and diffusion capacity, objectively measured physical activity via accelerometer, and CT-based measures of muscle mass, muscle quality, and body composition.\nResponsibilities also include data collection, data processing, and analysis within COPD-HIIT and other clinical research projects involving people with and without COPD. You are expected to independently interpret and synthesize research results, author scientific manuscripts for publication in international journals, and present your research at national and international scientific conferences. You will also contribute to developing new research questions and projects within the field. The work is conducted both independently and in close collaboration with junior and senior researchers from multiple disciplines, including pulmonary medicine, physiotherapy, exercise physiology, and epidemiology. Some administrative tasks related to the research projects may also be included.\nQualifications\nTo be eligible for a postdoctoral position, you must hold a doctoral degree, or a foreign degree assessed as equivalent to a doctoral degree, in medical science, physiotherapy, sports science, or another field relevant to the position. This qualification requirement must be met by the time the employment decision is made.\nThe position requires documented experience with quantitative analysis of medical, physiological, or health science research data, as well as experience with scientific work in an area relevant to the project's research questions. You must also have documented experience in COPD, physical activity, physical capacity, and extrapulmonary manifestations of lung disease. You should demonstrate the ability to independently plan, conduct, and complete scientific work and have excellent proficiency in English, both spoken and written. The position also requires good collaboration skills and the ability to work both independently and with others in an interdisciplinary research environment.\nSince parts of the work may involve data collection in direct contact with research participants, good ability to communicate in Swedish or another Scandinavian language is also required.\nMeritorious Qualifications\nSince a postdoctoral position constitutes a qualifying appointment for junior researchers, we primarily seek candidates whose doctoral degree is no more than three years old, calculated from the final application deadline. If there are special circumstances, candidates with earlier doctoral degrees may be considered. Special circumstances include leave due to illness, parental leave, clinical service, positions of trust within trade union organizations, or other similar circumstances, as well as relevant service or assignments for the field of study.\nIt is particularly meritorious to have experience with research on COPD or other chronic lung disease, as well as research in physical activity, physical training, exercise physiology, physical capacity, or muscle function. Experience with clinical or physiological human studies is advantageous, as is experience with lung function testing, objectively measured physical activity, and analysis of body composition or CT-based measures of muscle mass and muscle quality. Experience with epidemiological cohort data and longitudinal statistical analyses is also meritorious, as is experience in independently authoring scientific publications.\nGreat importance will be placed on how well the applicant's scientific and methodological competence matches the research area and responsibilities of the position. Scientific productivity, independence, initiative, and collaboration skills will also be considered.\nAbout the Position\nThis is a fixed-term full-time position for two years according to the terms of the agreement on fixed-term employment as a postdoctoral researcher from February 1, 2022. Start date by agreement.\nhttps:\/\/www.umu.se\/forskning\/grupper\/scapis\/\nFor more information, contact Anders Blomberg, Head, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine; anders.blomberg@umu.se.\nApplication\nYour application should include a brief description of your research interests and motivation for the position, CV, list of publications, degree certificate from your doctoral studies, other relevant degrees, and contact information for two references. In your application, please also briefly describe your role in the scientific work most relevant to the position.\nApplications are submitted through our e-recruitment system Varbi by October 2, 2026.\nLearn more about the department here.\nUme\u00e5 University aims to offer an equal and inclusive environment where open dialogue between people with different backgrounds and perspectives forms the foundation for learning, creativity, and development. We therefore welcome people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply for this position.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Postdoktor med inriktning mot KOL, fysisk aktivitet och muskelfunktion","description_original":"Postdoktor i medicinsk vetenskap med inriktning mot KOL, fysisk aktivitet och muskelfunktion\nVi s\u00f6ker en postdoktor f\u00f6r en tv\u00e5\u00e5rig anst\u00e4llning med fokus p\u00e5 kroniskt obstruktiv lungsjukdom (KOL), fysisk aktivitet, fysisk kapacitet och extrapulmonella manifestationer av lungsjukdom. Forskningen bedrivs huvudsakligen inom SCAPIS (Swedish CardioPulmonary bioImage Study) och andra kliniska forskningsprojekt vid Ume\u00e5 universitet.\nProjektbeskrivning\nSCAPIS \u00e4r en stor svensk populationsbaserad studie d\u00e4r drygt 30 000 deltagare har genomg\u00e5tt omfattande unders\u00f6kningar av bland annat lungfunktion, fysisk aktivitet, kroppssammans\u00e4ttning och kardiopulmonell h\u00e4lsa. Postdoktorsprojektet fokuserar p\u00e5 samband mellan lungfunktion och diffusionskapacitet, objektivt m\u00e4tt fysisk aktivitet samt CT-baserade m\u00e5tt p\u00e5 muskelmassa och muskelkvalitet vid KOL och andra n\u00e4rliggande lindrigare fenotyper. I anst\u00e4llningen ing\u00e5r \u00e4ven forskning inom projektet COPD-HIIT liksom andra kliniska och longitudinella forskningsprojekt med inriktning mot KOL.\nArbetsuppgifter\nSom postdoktor kommer du att planera och genomf\u00f6ra forskningsprojekt med fokus p\u00e5 fysisk aktivitet, fysisk kapacitet, muskelfunktion och lungsjukdom. Arbetet omfattar formulering av forskningsfr\u00e5gor och analysplaner, bearbetning och kvalitetss\u00e4kring av forskningsdata samt statistisk analys av s\u00e5v\u00e4l tv\u00e4rsnittsdata som longitudinella data. En central del av arbetet \u00e4r analyser av data fr\u00e5n SCAPIS, bl a lungfunktion och diffusionskapacitet, objektivt uppm\u00e4tt fysisk aktivitet med accelerometer samt CT-baserade m\u00e5tt p\u00e5 muskelmassa, muskelkvalitet och kroppssammans\u00e4ttning.\nI arbetsuppgifterna ing\u00e5r \u00e4ven datainsamling, databearbetning och analys inom COPD-HIIT och andra kliniska forskningsprojekt med personer med och utan KOL. Du f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt tolka och sammanst\u00e4lla forskningsresultat, f\u00f6rfatta vetenskapliga manuskript f\u00f6r publicering i internationella tidskrifter samt presentera forskningen vid nationella och internationella vetenskapliga m\u00f6ten. Du kommer \u00e4ven att medverka i utveckling av nya forskningsfr\u00e5gor och projekt inom forskningsomr\u00e5det. Arbetet bedrivs b\u00e5de sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt och i n\u00e4ra samarbete med juniora och seniora forskare fr\u00e5n flera discipliner, bland annat lungmedicin, fysioterapi, tr\u00e4ningsfysiologi och epidemiologi. Vissa administrativa arbetsuppgifter kopplade till forskningsprojekten kan ocks\u00e5 ing\u00e5.\nBeh\u00f6righet\nBeh\u00f6rig att anst\u00e4llas som postdoktor \u00e4r den som avlagt doktorsexamen, eller utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara doktorsexamen, inom medicinsk vetenskap, fysioterapi, idrottsvetenskap eller annat f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llningen relevant omr\u00e5de. Detta beh\u00f6righetskrav ska vara uppfyllt senast vid tidpunkten d\u00e5 anst\u00e4llningsbeslutet fattas.\nF\u00f6r anst\u00e4llningen kr\u00e4vs dokumenterad erfarenhet av kvantitativ analys av medicinska, fysiologiska eller h\u00e4lsovetenskapliga forskningsdata samt erfarenhet av vetenskapligt arbete inom ett omr\u00e5de relevant f\u00f6r projektets forskningsfr\u00e5gor. Vidare kr\u00e4vs erfarenhet inom KOL, fysisk aktivitet, fysisk kapacitet och extrapulmonella manifestationer av lungsjukdom. Du ska ha dokumenterad f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt planera, genomf\u00f6ra och slutf\u00f6ra vetenskapliga arbeten samt mycket god f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att uttrycka dig p\u00e5 engelska i tal och skrift. Arbetet f\u00f6ruts\u00e4tter \u00e4ven god samarbetsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga och f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att arbeta s\u00e5v\u00e4l sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt som tillsammans med andra i en tv\u00e4rvetenskaplig forskningsmilj\u00f6.\nEftersom delar av arbetet kan innefatta datainsamling i direkt kontakt med forskningspersoner kr\u00e4vs \u00e4ven god f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att kommunicera p\u00e5 svenska eller annat skandinaviskt spr\u00e5k.\nMeriterande\nEftersom en anst\u00e4llning som postdoktor utg\u00f6r en meriteringsanst\u00e4llning f\u00f6r juniora forskare, riktar vi oss fr\u00e4mst till den som har en doktorsexamen som inte \u00e4r \u00e4ldre \u00e4n tre \u00e5r r\u00e4knat fr\u00e5n sista ans\u00f6kningsdag. Om det finns s\u00e4rskilda sk\u00e4l kan den komma i fr\u00e5ga som avlagt doktorsexamen tidigare. Med s\u00e4rskilda sk\u00e4l avses ledighet p\u00e5 grund av sjukdom, f\u00f6r\u00e4ldraledighet, klinisk tj\u00e4nstg\u00f6ring, f\u00f6rtroendeuppdrag inom fackliga organisationer eller andra liknande omst\u00e4ndigheter, samt f\u00f6r \u00e4mnesomr\u00e5det relevant tj\u00e4nstg\u00f6ring eller uppdrag.\nDet \u00e4r s\u00e4rskilt meriterande med erfarenhet av forskning om KOL eller annan kronisk lungsjukdom samt forskning inom fysisk aktivitet, fysisk tr\u00e4ning, tr\u00e4ningsfysiologi, fysisk kapacitet eller muskelfunktion. Erfarenhet av kliniska eller fysiologiska studier p\u00e5 m\u00e4nniska \u00e4r meriterande, liksom erfarenhet av lungfunktionsunders\u00f6kningar, objektivt uppm\u00e4tt fysisk aktivitet och analys av kroppssammans\u00e4ttning eller CT-baserade m\u00e5tt p\u00e5 muskelmassa och muskelkvalitet. Erfarenhet av epidemiologiska kohortdata och longitudinella statistiska analyser \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 meriterande, liksom vana av att sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt f\u00f6rfatta vetenskapliga publikationer.\nStor vikt att l\u00e4ggas vid hur v\u00e4l den s\u00f6kandes vetenskapliga och metodologiska kompetens motsvarar anst\u00e4llningens forskningsomr\u00e5de och arbetsuppgifter. \u00c4ven vetenskaplig produktivitet, sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndighet, initiativf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga och samarbetsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga kommer att tillm\u00e4tas betydelse.\nMer om anst\u00e4llningen\nAnst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r en tidsbegr\u00e4nsad anst\u00e4llning p\u00e5 heltid i tv\u00e5 \u00e5r enligt villkor i avtal om tidsbegr\u00e4nsad anst\u00e4llning som postdoktor fr\u00e5n 1 februari 2022. Tilltr\u00e4de enligt \u00f6verenskommelse.\nhttps:\/\/www.umu.se\/forskning\/grupper\/scapis\/\nN\u00e4rmare upplysningar l\u00e4mnas av Anders Blomberg, Prefekt, Institutionen f\u00f6r folkh\u00e4lsa och klinisk medicin; anders.blomberg@umu.se.\nAns\u00f6kan\nAns\u00f6kan ska inneh\u00e5lla en kort beskrivning av forskningsintressen och motivering till varf\u00f6r du \u00e4r intresserad av anst\u00e4llningen, CV, publikationslista, examensbevis fr\u00e5n forskarutbildning samt andra relevanta examina och kontaktinformation till tv\u00e5 referenspersoner. I ans\u00f6kan b\u00f6r den s\u00f6kande \u00e4ven kort beskriva sin egen roll i de vetenskapliga arbeten som \u00e4r mest relevanta f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llningen.\nAns\u00f6kan g\u00f6rs via v\u00e5rt e-rekryteringssystem Varbi senast den 2026-10-02.\nL\u00e4s mer om institutionen h\u00e4r.\nUme\u00e5 universitet vill erbjuda en j\u00e4mst\u00e4lld och j\u00e4mlik milj\u00f6 d\u00e4r \u00f6ppna samtal mellan m\u00e4nniskor med olika bakgrund och perspektiv l\u00e4gger grunden f\u00f6r l\u00e4rande, skaparkraft och utveckling. Vi v\u00e4lkomnar d\u00e4rf\u00f6r personer med olika bakgrunder och erfarenheter att s\u00f6ka den aktuella anst\u00e4llningen.","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Ume\u00e5 universitet","full_address":null,"city":"Ume\u00e5","country":"SE","latitude":63.7970413,"longitude":20.2816791},"metadata":{"region":"V\u00e4sterbottens l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"Ume\u00e5 Universitet","postcode":"90187","positions":1,"profession":"Postdoktor\/Postdoc","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.umu.se\/jobba-hos-oss\/","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"SEKO SEKO","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Ume\u00e5 universitet, Medicinska fakulteten","employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":5,"bot_views_count":3,"ai_vendor_counts":{"meta":1,"other":1,"openai":1,"anthropic":2},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":"090-7865296","owner_email":"anders.blomberg@umu.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-10T15:43:45+00:00","expires_at":"2026-10-02T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-11T03:27:31+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-17T03:01:53+00:00"}}