Phd Position in Human Metabolism and Breath

vor 1 Woche

Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz UniversitätsSpital Zürich Vollzeit

per or by arrangement

Your responsibilities:

  • Your main task will be to design, organize and conduct clinical studies in the field of human nutrition and metabolism. The goal of these clinical trials is to investigate different patients (e.g. patients with obesity and/or diabetes) during different therapies / interventions (e.g. carbohydrate restriction, ketogenic diet, intermittent fasting) including measurements with a newly developed breath sensor (developed by collaborators).
This includes all tasks that are part of conducting a clinical study:

drafting and submitting ethics proposals, planning the study, supervising study participants, collecting data and biosamples, analysing data and writing manuscripts with the aim of publication in high-ranking journals and presentation at international conferences.

You get the opportunity to participate in the PhD program Clinical Science, attend courses and to be involved in teaching activities.


Your profile:

  • 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

What we offer:

  • Varied, interesting and challenging work embedded within a highly interdisciplinary research team
  • Competitive work environment embedded in an Innosuisseproject
  • 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
  • Postdoctoral supervision experienced in the field
  • Salary according to the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Why work at USZ?

Further information:

For information on the PhD position please contact Nina Derron, Research Assistant.

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