PhD Position 80-100% in human metabolism and breath analysis at the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition

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  • Master's degree in Medicine, Biomedicine, Biology, or Health Sciences or related with excellent grades
  • Fluent in German and English (strict requirement)
  • Strong interest in clinical research and novel technologies
  • Ability to work both independently and in a team with good communication skills
  • High degree of initiative and reliability
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and enjoy working with study participants
  • Strong analytical skills, statistical knowledge as well as computer application skills (MS Office, statistical softwares etc.)What we offer
    • Varied, interesting and challenging work embedded within a highly interdisciplinary research team
    • Competitive work environment embedded in an Innosuisse-project
    • Flexible and friendly working environment
    • Collaborative work with research teams of the ETH Zurich
    • Diversity and inclusion are important to us
    • Opportunity to participate in international conferences
    • Teaching opportunities and supervision of research projects / MSc theses
    • Interesting curriculum by the PhD program in Clinical Sciences providing skills in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    • Post-doctoral supervision experienced in the field
    • Salary according to the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)Universitätsspital Zürich
      8091 Zürich


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