PhD fellowship focusing on healthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy to prevent childhood obesity. The PRE-STORK-Trial

Job title:

PhD fellowship focusing on healthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy to prevent childhood obesity. The PRE-STORK-Trial

Company:

Region Hovedstaden

Job description

A PhD fellowship is available at the Clinical Translational Research, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (SDCC) in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. We are looking for a candidate with a relevant academic background within the field of exercise physiology and with interest in clinical metabolic research. The position is available from September 1, 2024. SDCC is the largest diabetes centre in Denmark and is organised in four units: Dept. of Diabetes Care, Dept. of Clinical Translational Research, Dept. of Prevention, Health Promotion and Community Care, and Dept. of Education. The Clinical Translational Research department consists of five research groups with different research areas. The clinical studies in this PhD will be carried out at SDCC at Herlev Hospital in collaboration with Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.The projectGlobally, the prevalence of overweight has tripled since 1975, one of three Danish women are overweight at the time of pregnancy and almost one out of five children are obese. Interestingly, maternal obesity before conception, excessive bodyweight increase during pregnancy and general physical inactivity are some of the risk factors suspected of infant adiposity. Lifestyle interventions during pregnancy have shown limited or no effect in the offspring and renewed effort to improve the prevention of childhood obesity is warranted. The PRE-STORK-trial will investigate whether intensive, tailored multifactorial lifestyle intervention with diet-induced weight loss, increased physical activity and mentoring in women with overweight or obesity and their partners, before and during planned pregnancy can reduce neonatal fat mass and childhood obesity. The current PhD project will focus on training-related effects of pre-conceptional exercise and exercise throughout pregnancy on cardiometabolic risk markers, pregnancy complications and quality of life.Job descriptionThe responsibilities of the PhD student will in short consist of:

• Responsible for the physical activity part of the intervention: Adherence, supervision of students and planning and tailoring exercise programmes.
• Central in the recruitment and screening of participants, clinical experimental work, coordination of procedures and handling of blood samples etc.
• Management of data handling, perform primary statistical analyses and prepare first drafts for scientific manuscripts.
• Presentation of preliminary baseline data at national and international meetings
• Supervising students involved in the project.

QualificationsWe are looking for a candidate with scientific experience, good analytical and writing skills as well as excellent collaboration skills. Experience with developing intensive lifestyle interventions, behavioural change counselling, designing exercise programs, overseeing exercise compliance data and thorough knowledge about human physiology is an advantage. The candidate should speak and write fluent Danish and English.Recruitment and employmentDeadline for application is May 16, 2024, and eligible candidates will be invited to an interview. The employment is in accordance with the Capital Regions collective agreements. The position is offered from September 1st, full-time and for a period of three years.Contact and InformationFor further information please contact Professor Tina Vilsbøll ([email protected]).About Steno Diabetes Center CopenhagenSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (SDCC) is an internationally leading diabetes hospital in the Capital Region. SDCC specialises in patient care, research, diabetes prevention, and in the education of healthcare professionals in the field of diabetes. SDCC is the largest diabetes hospital in Scandinavia and treats more than 12,000 people with diabetes from the Capital Region on a yearly basis and is physically located in the immediate vicinity of Herlev Hospital. For more information, please visit sdcc.dk and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Expected salary

Location

København

Job date

Sat, 04 May 2024 05:03:12 GMT

To help us track our recruitment effort, please indicate in your email/cover letter where (vacanciesineu.com) you saw this job posting.