Clinical Research Associate Professor of Urology (Fixed-term, 5 years)

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen

The University seeks to appoint a clinical research associate professor of Urology to the Department of Clinical Medicine to commence as soon as possible.

The clinical research associate professorship is combined with a clinical position at Zealand University Hospital, Department of Urology.

It is a requirement for appointment that the applicant is accepted for both the clinical research associate professorship and the clinical position. In order to be considered the applicant must send an application to both the Faculty (the clinical research associate professorship) and to the hospital (the clinical position) cf. the simultaneously advertised clinical position. This also applies to applicants who are already employed at the Hospital. Applicants should only apply for a clinical position at one of the hospitals. The advertisement for the clinical position is available from sundhedsjobs

Information on the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen can be found at: https://ikm.ku.dk/

Job description
The clinical research associate professors’ duties will primarily consist of:

• Research, including publication/academic dissemination - Electroporation has shown to be an effective way of treating cancer. It has been tested preclinically in bladder cancer and its potential for bladder cancer patients is yet to be explored.
• Research-based teaching, including associated examination - Urology is an important part of the medical curriculum, and the Clinical Associate Research Professor will take charge of providing state of the art and innovative teaching programs for medical students.
• Research leadership - The Clinical Associate Research Professor will be the leading researcher at the Department of Urology and is also expected to take international leadership roles as well as roles in collaboration with other researchers and departments.Obligation to share knowledge with the rest of society, including participation in public debate
• Academic assessments

The division between the different tasks may vary over the 5-year period of employment. Teaching obligations are equivalent to a previous external clinical associate professorship rate B.

Any current employment as clinical associate professor (rate A, B or rate C) will expire if the applicant is employed as a clinical research associate professor.

Required qualifications
The qualification requirement for the clinical research associate professor is a master’s degree in medicine, specialist status as well as further teaching and research qualifications, for example PhD or doctorate and subsequently documented scientific production on an international level. In addition, there will be an emphasis on experience with scientific guidance, research administration and international research collaboration.

The clinical research associate professors are also required to possess good interpersonal and communicative skills.

Terms of employment
A clinical research associate professor is paid in accordance with Aftale af 29. november 2012 mellem Styrelsen for Universiteter og Internationalisering, Yngre Læger og Foreningen af Speciallæger om kliniske lektorer ved universiteter under Ministeriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregående Uddannelser (Uddannelsesministeriet) http://fivu.dk/lovstof/gaeldende-love-og-regler/uddannelsesinstitutioner/aftale-om-kliniske-lektorer-november-2012.pdf

Salary and other terms and conditions of appointment of an associate professor are set in accordance with the Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) or other relevant professional organisations. The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2025.

Questions
For further information please contact Deputy Head of Department of Clinical Medicine, Professor Thomas Benfield thomas.lars.benfield@regionh.dk

Foreign applicants may find these links useful: www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility) and https://ism.ku.dk/workingconditions/

Application
The application must be submitted in English and must include the following:

• Application (Including motivations for applying for this position (Maximum 2 pages))
• Curriculum vitae (Including information about external funding)
• A complete list of publications
• List of 5 publications to be considered in the assessment (Please note that we do not you to upload a copy of the 5 publications)
• Diplomas (Master’s and PhD and other relevant certificates)
• Self-declaration form (Template under ‘Nyttige links’ - Upload the completed and mandatory form as “Other relevant material”)
• Teaching portfolio (Guidelines / Template for inspiration under ‘Nyttige links’)
• Research plan (3‐5 pages)
• Teaching plan

Application procedure
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Appointments Committee.  All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment. The Dean then appoints an expert assessment committee in order to make an assessment of the selected applicants for the specific post. Selected applicants are notified of the composition of the committee and each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself. You can read about the recruitment process at jobportal.ku.dk.

Please note that the applicant will be contacted if the assessment committee requires further documentation.

The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen encourages all interested applicants to apply for this position.

Please submit the application with the required attachments. Only online applications will be accepted. The closing date for applications is 23.59pm, Monday 30 June 2025.