Research professor in Atherosclerosis & Therapeutic approaches (BOFZAP)

4 May 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

KU Leuven

Research Field

Medical sciences » Medicine

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Established Researcher (R3)
Leading Researcher (R4)

Country

Belgium

Application Deadline

3 Sep 2024 - 00:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

38 hours/week

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

BZI-2024-12

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Research

It is part of the assignment of the appointed candidate with an established fundamental research program and an intensive clinical collaboration within the domain of atherosclerosis  - with a focus on lipids, vascular biology, or inflammation using cell and animal models to explore pathogenic mechanism in humans - an international, competitive research programme, to pursue excellent scientific results at an international level and to support and promote national and international research partnerships. The candidate must meet a strong research profile or have the potential to do so. In addition, the candidate is expected to have a multidisciplinary attitude and a willingness to cooperate intensively with other researchers and research units at KU Leuven.

This position specifically aims to understand disease mechanisms and the discovery of molecular regulators that could be targeted to improve therapy. Your research should connect and complement to ongoing research programs within Thrombosis, Vascular Biology, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, and the Clinical Divisions related to the Department. It is encouraged to team up with researchers of other disciplines and connect to KU Leuven Institutes (LISCO, Leuven.AI, VIB.AI). Your research can be supported by Core facilities (Genomics, Animal, Imaging, …) available within the Group of Biomedical Sciences.

The candidate:

• Is an excellent, internationally oriented researcher and develops a research programme at the forefront in the field of atherosclerosis.
• Strengthens existing research lines and brings complementary and/or additionally new expertise by working closely with the members of the research unit.
• Publishes at the highest scientific level in high impact journals in the field of atherosclerosis and therapeutic approaches.
• Develops an own research group.
• Supervises master students, PhD students and postdocs at a high international level.
• Aims to acquire competitive research funding from national and/or international agencies and submits effective research project proposals for this purpose.
• Establishes both within KU Leuven, national and international partnerships in the context of the research programme.
• Strives for excellence in research and provides a contribution to the international research reputation of the research unit Atherosclerosis, the Department Cardiovascular Sciences and KU Leuven.
• Has a pronounced interest in fundamental research, but also pays attention to the valorization and applications of the research.

 

Teaching

 

 

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Requirements

Research Field

Medical sciences

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Languages

DUTCH

Level

Basic

Additional Information
Benefits

• We offer full-time employment in an intellectually challenging environment. KU Leuven is an research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research. Our university is highly inter- and multidisciplinary focused and strives for international excellence. In this regard, we actively collaborate with research partners in Belgium and abroad. We provide our students with an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research.
• Depending on your qualifications and academic experience, you will be appointed to or tenured in one of the grades of the senior academic staff: assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor. In principle, junior researches are appointed as assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of 5 years; after this period and a positive evaluation, they are permanently appointed as an associate professor.
• You will work in Leuven, a historic and dynamic and vibrant city located in the heart of Belgium, within twenty minutes from Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and less than two hours from Paris, London and Amsterdam.
• KU Leuven is well set to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration and administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, …
• In order to facilitate scientific onboarding and accelerate research in the first phase a starting grant of 110.000 euro is offered to new professors without substantial other funding and appointed for at least 50%.
• The successful candidate will receive support through participation in ongoing studies and mentoring/support in application for internal and external funds. The candidate will have access to the full range of advantages of working at a leading University in the centre of Europe, including potential to collaborate across multiple disciplines and to have access to a large cohort of talented students.

 

Eligibility criteria

• You have a PhD degree with a strong and relevant track record in atherosclerosis research.  If you have recently obtained your PhD, it is important that you support your research and growth potential with academic references.
• Expertise in cell and animal models is an asset.
• You have an strong research profile in the field and an indisputable research integrity.
• The quality of your research is proven by publications in high impact journals in the field of atherosclerosis and therapeutic approaches.
• International research experience is considered as an important advantage.
• You have demonstrable qualities related to academic education. Teaching experience is a plus.
• You possess organizational skills and have a cooperative attitude. You also have leadership skills within a university context.
• Your spoken and written English is excellent. The official administrative language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in administrative meetings. Before teaching courses in Dutch or English, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch resp. English to the required standard.

 

Selection process

More information on the content of the job can be obtained from the academic contact person prof. dr. Werner Budts, tel.: +32 16 32 16 64, mail: [email protected] . 
More information on the guidelines, regulations and application file is available from Ms. Kristin Vermeylen ([email protected] , tel. +32 16 32 09 07) or or Ms. Martine van Nierop ([email protected] , tel. +32 16 32 76 98). 

You can apply for this job no later than 03/09/2024 via the online application tool

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

KU Leuven

Country

Belgium

State/Province

Vlaams Brabant

City

Leuven

Postal Code

3000

Street

Leuven

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://easyapply.jobs/r/QkeAAyQ21PxtIQTRXFb

Contact

State/Province

Leuven

City

Vlaams Brabant

Street

Leuven

Postal Code

3000

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED