The Medical Faculty of the University of Augsburg, founded in 2016, is a project with great appeal in the region and beyond. Based on the existing strengths of the university, research focuses on the two main areas of Medical Information Sciences and Environmental Health Sciences, which give new impetus to classical medical research. The model course integrates pre-clinical and clinical content and places special emphasis on the students’ academic education.

The new interdisciplinary team ‘Ethics in Medicine’, directed by Prof. Dr. med. Verina Wild, researches and teaches in the areas of clinical ethics, public health ethics, global health ethics, ethics of data-driven technologies, and history of medicine.

The team ‚Ethics in Medicine‘ is looking for a full-time

Research Assistant/Associate (m/f/d)

in Medical Ethics

The salary is based on remuneration group TV-L E13 of the pay scale for the German public sector; salary scale is depending on qualifications. The initial contract will run for three years (with options for extension). The position is available as of the next possible date (part-time possible). It is open to candidates at various stages of career, both candidates with and without a PhD are welcome to apply.

We look for highly motivated and enthusiastic candidates who would like to contribute building and strengthening the international reputation of our new team.

Your future tasks include:

• Conduct research in any area of medical ethics/bioethics, preferrably in the fields of data-driven healthcare (genomics, AI, digital health, big data)
• Teach medical ethics to medical students, if applicable also history and theory of medicine (some of the teaching will be in German)
• Contribute to the international profile and reputation of the team
• Develop scientific collaborations and cooperations within the Faculty of Medicine and beyond, at a national and international level.
• Actively assist and participate in the wider academic activities of the team ‘Ethics in Medicine‘, including participating in regular research seminars and team meetings, organizing workshop/conferences, developing ideas for generating third-party funds, supporting research and teaching, supervising students etc.
•  Assist in mentoring and supervising students

Requirements for employment are:

• A completed university degree or doctorate in a relevant field of study
• A high degree of teamwork, communication skills and social competence, ability to work under pressure and flexibility as well as independence in planning and implementing tasks
• High level of commitment and intrinsic motivation
• Fluency in written and spoken English, German language will be necessary for teaching some of the classes
• Advantages are: international profile, experience in attracting external funding, relevant publications in peer-reviewed journals in medical, bio-ethics and/or public health ethics, experience in university teaching, fluency in written and spoken German language.

We offer you:

• a working environment in a young, interdisciplinary and international team
• the opportunity for personal career development and qualification including habilitation
• participation in the dynamic development of an innovative model course of study in human medicine
• participation in scientific networks

The University of Augsburg promotes professional equality for women. Women are expressly encouraged to apply. The University of Augsburg is particularly committed to the compatibility of family and working life. For further information, please contact the Faculty's Women's Representative. Applicants with sever disability (m/f/d) will be given preference in the case of otherwise essentially equal suitability, qualification and professional performance.

Please send your application (detailed letter of motivation, curriculum vitae incl. list of publications, references, certificates etc.) as a single PDF file to

verena.lippert@med.uni-augsburg.de

by 25 March 2022.

The advertisements and other current information about the faculty can be found on the internet ( https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/med/).