Postdoctoral Researcher in Gender and Cardiovascular Health in Medical Psychology

About your role

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will investigate the social and cultural factors that influence gender and cardiovascular health, with a particular focus on women's health. You will contribute to research within EQUITY-AF and have opportunities to develop your own research interests in social factors related to gender and health.

The position is available for three years, with the possibility of renewal following a successful review at the end of the first year.

Your activities include:

• Contributing to research studies developed as part of the EQUITY-AF project.
• Investigating sociocultural gender determinants in cardiovascular health.
• Collaborating with researchers from different disciplines and European institutions.
• Developing your own research interests in gender, health and social factors.

About you

You are an independent and motivated researcher with a strong interest in gender and health. You are keen to contribute to research that improves women's health and healthcare.

You also have:

• A PhD in a field relevant to gender and health, particularly cardiovascular health, such as psychology, neuroscience or public health, or be close to completing your PhD in one of these fields.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
• Experience with mixed-methods research in the sociomedical sciences (desirable).
• Experience with machine learning approaches to health data (desirable).

Our offer

• You will be employed by Amsterdam UMC Research BV.
• A contract for 12 months, with the intention to extend for a total of three years.
• Classification in salary scale 10: € 3.724 to € 5.867 gross for full-time employment (depending on experience). In addition to a good basic salary, we offer 8.3% end-of-year bonus. Calculate your net salary here.
• Holiday hours: 194.4 per year for full time and a possibility to save additional hours.
• 100% reimbursement for public transport travel costs. If you travel by foot, bicycle, or car, a mileage allowance of €0.21 per km applies (up to a maximum of 40 km one way by car).
• Do you prefer walking or cycling? Take advantage of our good bike scheme.
• Pension accrual with BeFrank, a modern, comprehensible and fairly priced pension.

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