Postdoc position for a large national research project studying monogenic diabetes

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic postdoc with a medical education and PhD degree to oversee a clinical trial and initiate new research projects within monogenic diabetes. You will be co-supervising PhD students and research fellows. You must have a focused, goal-oriented, and constructive, positive mind and be able to collaborate across disciplines. We expect that you are energetic and ready to participate in all aspects of the clinical trial. Simultaneously, you must have the skills to juggle many tasks at once without losing focus.

In case the lines above describe you - we have a 4-year postdoc position with variable working hours at Clinical Research, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (SDCC) open for occupation by July 1, 2025.

Clinical Research at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Our clinical interventional research is based on human studies of individuals with obesity, prediabetes, and diabetes and their cardiometabolic complications and co-morbidities. Our studies involve very detailed physiological studies of smaller groups of individuals and larger clinical studies involving several hundred individuals. Our long-term goal is the prevention of obesity and diabetes and their cardiometabolic complications and co-morbidities. One of our focus areas is monogenic diabetes.

The MODERN MODY project
The Steno MODERN-MODY project is an ambitious 5-year national research project initiated and led by Professor Tina Vilsbøll from Steno Diabetes Center (SDC) Copenhagen and involving the other four SDCs in Denmark, SDC Greenland, and Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) at the University of Copenhagen. Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a heritable type of diabetes caused by a mutation in a single gene. Depending on which gene, treatment and prognosis differ markedly. MODY is characterized by affecting many persons in the same family from a young age, however, most are misclassified and are not receiving optimal care. We aim to describe all persons with MODY in Denmark and Greenland using health registers, kick-start a MODY-cohort for future trials, and in series of smaller clinical trials, show whether new classes of diabetes medications are efficacious in the most common types of MODY. In addition, the large-scale, individual-centered, national clinical research project will improve knowledge of clinical care, prognosis and complications for the different types of MODY. Hereby, we hope to provide novel treatment options, change national and international guidelines and expand knowledge of MODY based on the to date largest and most ambitious study of this form of diabetes.

Job description
The responsibilities of the postdoc will, in short, consist of:

• Assisting the PI and co-PIs with the scientific conduct of trials and supervision of sub-investigators
• Participation in clinical experiments during the trial
• Initiation of new research projects within monogenic diabetes
• Participation in academic consortia activities from protocol writing and handling of ethical committee documents and acceptance to manuscript commenting
• Co-supervising PhD students and research fellows

Required qualifications
You must have the following competencies and experience:

• Medical Doctor with a PhD degree with documented research experience and domain knowledge within monogenic diabetes
• Experience with initiation and conduct of interventional multicenter trials, including drafting of protocols and trial application submission to regulatory authorities using CTIS and knowledge about GCP and Clinical Trials Regulation
• Experience in oral presentations at large scientific meetings
• Fluent in Danish, and excellent English skills, written and spoken

Recruitment and employment
An internal assessment committee will assess the candidate’s qualifications, and eligible candidates will be invited to an interview. The employment is in accordance with the Capital Regions collective agreements. The position is a 4-year postdoc position with variable working hours open for occupation by July 1, 2025.

Contact and Information
For further information, please contact Tina Vilsbøll, Professor MD DMSc (SDCC/University of Copenhagen), mobile: 45 4094 0825. Deadline for application is May 8, 2025.

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen er et internationalt førende diabeteshospital i Region Hovedstaden. SDCC er specialister inden for behandling, forskning og forebyggelse af diabetes og i uddannelsen af sundhedspersonale inden for diabetes. SDCC er Skandinaviens største diabetesklinik og behandler hvert år flere end 12.000 personer med diabetes fra Region Hovedstaden og har adresse lige ved siden af Herlev Hospital. Læs mere på sdcc.dk og følg Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen på LinkedIn og Twitter.

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Lokation: Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Application deadline: 08 May 2025