If you are interested to join our team as a postdoc, doctoral researcher or Master's student, please see the eligibility criteria and application guidelines below.
Eligibility criteria for PhD (or Dr. rer. medic.) applicants
Requirements:
- Meets eligibility requirements as set by Charité (link)
- Masters in a relevant subject (e.g. epidemiology, public health, health economics)
- Degree or equivalent expertise in epidemiology
- Experience or training in public/global health
- Strong quantitative analysis skills and statistical software skills, in particular experience or willingness to learn Stata
- Excellent communication and writing skills in English
- Interest to work in interdisciplinary, multi-cultural teams and settings
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
Nice-to-have:
- Experience in public health nutrition or nutrition epidemiology
- Expertise / degree in another relevant subject (e.g. medicine, ecology, biology, social sciences)
- Expertise in other relevant skills or methods (e.g. GIS, qualitative methods, etc.)
- Able to communicate in German
Eligibility criteria for Dr. med. applicants
Requirements:
- Meets eligibility requirements as set by Charité (link)
- At least basic skills in epidemiology and statistics and willingness to expand on these
- Experience or training (e.g. summer school, elective courses, seminars) in public/global health
- Experience or willingness to learn Stata
- Excellent communication and writing skills in English
- Interest to work in interdisciplinary, multi-cultural teams and settings
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
Nice-to-have:
- Experience in public health nutrition/nutrition epidemiology
- Expertise / degree in another relevant subject (e.g. ecology, biology, social sciences)
- Expertise in other relevant skills or methods (e.g. GIS, qualitative methods, etc.)
- Able to communicate in German
Eligibility criteria for Master’s students
Requirements:
- Enrolled in Master’s program in a relevant subject (e.g. epidemiology, public health, health economics)
- Some experience in epidemiology and statistics and willingness to expand on these
- Experience or interest in public/global health
- Excellent communication and writing skills in English
- Interest to work in interdisciplinary, multi-cultural teams and settings
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
Nice-to-have:
- Experience in public health nutrition/nutrition epidemiology
- Experience in other relevant skills or methods (e.g. GIS, qualitative methods, etc.)
- Ability to communicate in German
Application
If you are interested to apply, please email the following documents in one combined PDF (max. 10MB) to Pauline Harich: pauline.harich@pik-potsdam.de.
Please note: There are no fixed starting points for doctoral students and applications may be submitted at any time. You will receive a confirmation of receipt within a week after submission. Submissions will be reviewed quarterly. We are a very small team and there are few openings. If not selected, you will receive an email to say your application was not successful at this time.
For PhD and Postdoc applicants
- Application form using this template (link)
- Research project proposal (1-2 pages)
- Transcripts of studies, including final grades
For Dr. med. applicants
- Application form using this template (link)
- Research project proposal (1-2 pages), see here for a list of potential research topics
- Abiturzeugnis and grades during medical studies
For Master's students
- Application form using this template (link)
- Transcripts of studies, including preliminary/final grades (as available)
