153027 Clinical Professorship in Internal Medicine - Endocrinology wsfo Management of Obesity (Fixed-Term, 5 Years)

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Department of Clinical Medicine
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen


The University seeks to appoint a clinical professor of Internal medicine: Endocrinology with special focus on management of obesityto commence as soon as possible. The externally funded professorship is combined with a consultancy at Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Endocrinology in the Capital Region.

It is a requirement for appointment that the applicant is accepted for both the professorship and the consultancy. In order to be considered for the position, the applicant must send two applications: one to the Faculty (the professorship) and one to the hospital (the consultancy) cf. the simultaneously advertised position of the consultancy. This also applies to applicants who are already employed as consultants at the Hospital. Please find the advertisement for the consultancy here.

Both the professorship and the consultancy will be financed by Copenhagen University Hospital – Amager and Hvidovre.

Find information about the department.

Job description
In the consideration of applications for the professorship, the main emphasis will be on the applicant's ability to document a high level of original scientific work at an international level within the area of Internal medicine: Endocrinology.

The professor’s responsibilities will primarily consist of:

  • Research, including publication/academic dissemination
    Publication/academic dissemination within the field of Endocrinology with a special focus on management of obesity including non-pharmacological, pharmacological, and surgical interventions. Research would likely include physiological/mechanistic studies to identify novel targets for obesity management, intervention trials aimed at testing the benefits and harms of novel treatments or intervention programs, and pragmatic implementation studies conducted in collaboration with external partners e.g., in primary care. The candidate should also support ongoing international research collaborations and further develop the department’s international research profile within the field.
  • Research-based teaching, including associated examination
    The candidate should take a leading role in the department’s pre-graduate teaching activities of medical students and take responsibility in the associated examination of medical students in collaboration with the department’s associate professors. The candidate should also take responsibility for supervision of bachelor and master students.
  • Research leadership, including guidance and supervision of researchers
    The candidate should take a leading role in the department’s Endocrine research unit that includes senior researchers, a senior project manager, a trial manager, a research nurse, a lab technician, as well as several PhD students, research assistants and research year students. The Endocrine research unit is also leading a larger international research collaboration within the field.
  • Obligation to share knowledge with the rest of society, including participation in public debate
  • Academic assessments

Required qualifications
To be qualified for a clinical professor position, you will be assessed according to these six overall criteria for recognising merit at the University of Copenhagen: Research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding, and leadership. Find information about each criterion.

Furthermore, each applicant must be able to:

  • Document a high degree of original academic production at an international level, including considerable contributions to the development of the academic discipline
  • Manage research and other management functions, e.g. engage in the university’s external academic activities, as well as knowledge and technology transfer
  • Provide research-based teaching

The professor is also required to possess good interpersonal and communicative skills.

Terms of employment
The position is a fixed-term position limited to a period of 5 years. Extension is possible if the employed candidate performs well in the position.

For the professorship the appointee will receive a pensionable annual honorarium of 212.087,17 DKK (1 April 2024 level).

The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2025.

Questions
For further information please contact Head of Department Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, [xxxxx]

Foreign applicants may find the university’s International Staff Mobility useful.

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

  • Application (Including motivations for applying for this position (Maximum 2 pages))
  • Curriculum vitae (Including information about external funding)
  • Diplomas (Master’s and PhD and other relevant certificates)
  • Uploads of maximum 10 publications to be considered in the assessment
  • 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
  • A complete list of publications

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. When the assessment work is completed, 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 the university's Job Portal.

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 23.59 p.m. CET, Sunday, 4 January 2026.

Interviews for this position are likely to be held on 26 April 2026.

Kilde: [xxxxx]


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Jobbet er oprettet på vores service den 25.11.2025, men kan have været deaktiveret og genaktiveret igen.

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  • Søndag den 04. januar 2026

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