PhD in Human Biology

Position placed at the Integrative Cardiovascular, Cancer and Ageing Research unit (ICCA) at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), Karolinska Institutet, Flemingsberg, Stockholms län, Sweden./nThe doctoral student will join the Björkegren laboratory, a leading group in network medicine and cardiovascular genetics, leveraging large-scale multi-omics studies to understand disease mechanisms./nProject "Network medicine – multi-omics cardiometabolic phenotyping towards clinical implementations" aims to develop precision medicine strategies for cardiovascular disease using datasets from the STARNET study as well as UK Biobank and SCAPIS to validate plasma protein biomarkers for early detection of coronary artery disease./nDuties include advanced bioinformatic analysis, transcriptomic clustering, and machine learning to predict therapeutic responses, alongside scientific writing and data presentation./nThe doctoral student will be employed on a doctoral studentship and receive a contractual salary. Maximum 4 years full-time.