Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?
Would you like to develop and apply advanced models that can help improve drug treatment and health? As a postdoctoral researcher in pharmacometrics at Karolinska Institutet, you will work with population PK/PD modelling, physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling, and translational modelling and simulation. The research focuses particularly on neglected tropical diseases and other infectious diseases, within an international and interdisciplinary research environment. There will…
also be opportunities to collaborate with other research groups and disease areas across KI.
Your mission
You will develop and apply pharmacometric methods to address clinically relevant questions about medicines and treatment. Your work will include population PK/PD analyses, PBPK modelling, and translational modelling and simulation. You will plan and conduct analyses, interpret findings, and communicate results through scientific publications and presentations. Projects will focus primarily on neglected tropical diseases and other infectious diseases, while also allowing for collaboration with other research groups and disease areas across KI. You will contribute to interdisciplinary collaborations and may take part in supervision and the development of research projects. You are also expected to contribute to grant applications with the group PI.
Your profile
To be eligible for employment as a postdoctoral researcher, a PhD in a field relevant to pharmacometrics or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a Swedish PhD is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. Completion of your doctoral degree within the last three years is considered an advantage. If there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.
What do we offer?
A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.
Location: Flemingsberg
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Application
An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:
- PhD certificate
- A complete resumé, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
- A complete list of publications
- A summary of current work (no more than one page)
KI applies individual and differentiated salary setting in accordance with our collective agreements RALS and RALS-T
The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.
Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all!
Type of employment: Temporary position
Contract type: Full time
First day of employment: According to agreement
Salary: Monthly salary
Number of positions: 1
Full-time equivalent: 100 %
City: Huddinge
County: Stockholms län
Country: Sweden
Reference number: STÖD 2-4317/2026
Contact:
- Joel Tärning, joel.tarning@ki.se
Union representative:
- Tarja Schröder OFR, tarja.schroder@ki.se
- Annica Lindkvist SACO, annica.lindkvist@ki.se
- Robert Lindberg SEKO, robert.g.lindberg@seko.se
Published: 2026-10-29
Last application date: 2026-11-26
