.Organisation/Company: ISGLOBALDepartment: HR DEPARTMENTResearch Field: Medical sciences, Environmental scienceResearcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)Positions: PhD PositionsCountry: SpainApplication Deadline: 30 Sep 2024 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid)Type of Contract: TemporaryJob Status: Full-timeIs the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon EuropeReference Number: GA 101079789Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? YesOffer Description The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is a cutting-edge institute addressing global public health challenges through research, translation into policy and education. ISGlobal has a broad portfolio in communicable and non-communicable diseases including environmental and climate determinants, and applies a multidisciplinary scientific approach ranging from the molecular to the population level. Research is organized in five programs: Climate, Air Pollution, Nature and Urban Health; Environment and Health over the Lifecourse; Global Viral and Bacterial Infections; Malaria and Neglected Parasitic Diseases and Maternal Child and Reproductive Health. ISGlobal is accredited with the Severo Ochoa distinction, a seal of excellence of the Spanish Science Ministry.WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORISGlobal is looking for a technician to work on the EIRENE PPP (Environmental Exposure Assessment Research Infrastructure Preparatory Phase Project). EIRENE PPP has received funding from Horizon Infrastructures. EIRENE was prioritised in the 2021 Update of the ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) Roadmap and fills an important gap in the European infrastructural landscape. It pioneers the first EU infrastructure on the human exposome (environmental determinants of health). EIRENE PPP aims to prepare the implementation of EIRENE RI as a consolidated European research infrastructure enabling the development of advanced technologies and complementary services on the characterization of complex environmental exposures and their impact on the European population. This will promote European excellence in Environmental & Health research by providing European researchers with transnational and/or virtual access to harmonised capacities, unique services, and comprehensive data addressing the current and future needs of public authorities. The technician will be involved in all aspects of the project, including preparation of the Spanish hub of EIRENE, and preparation of EIRENE-related data infrastructure, specifically using data from many European cohorts.TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE /QUALIFICATIONS Masters in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics or related disciplines.Demonstrated expertise in epidemiology or environmental health studies.Demonstrated experience in cohort data harmonization, especially knowledge of harmonization procedures and FAIR data infrastructures
