If you are interested to join our team as a PhD or Dr. med. student, please see the eligibility criteria and application guidelines below.
Eligibility criteria for PhD or Dr. rer. medic.
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.
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
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 applicants
- Application form using this template (link)
- Research project proposal (1-2 pages)
- Transcripts of studies, including final grades
For Dr. med. applicants
