Akademisk Medarbejder inden for Human Interventionsstudier - DTU

Interested in Human Intervention Studies and Health Impact Assessments?

Are you interested in dietary risk factors and how they affect our health? Are you outgoing, systematic and good at working independently, but also enjoy being part of an ambitious and collaborating team? Then you might be our new Academic Employee!

You will be part of the Research Group for Risk-Benefit at The National Food Institute at The Technical University of Denmark. We offer an ambitious, dynamic and sociable research environment with lots of exciting challenges and opportunities.

The job
You will work in a multi-disciplinary team and will be responsible for data collection and handling in relation to human health impact assessments and participate in all phases of an intervention study among Danish school children (and their parents). The work will involve:

• Conducting systematic reviews
• Data extraction in relation to prevalence, incidence, mortality
• Writing scientific reports
• Reviewing and summarizing scientific opinions
• Identification and handling of data in relation to health-based risk-benefit assessments
• Extracting detailed information from human observation and animal studies
• Collecting biological samples and quantitative data

Our expectations of you
We expect that you have a Master in the area of life science, health promotion, human nutrition, or equivalent.

The candidate we seek:

• has practical experience with human intervention studies and with human health impact assessments
• has practical experience with conducting systematic reviews and data extraction
• has knowledge within health-based risk-benefit assessments
• is ambitious and capable of working independently
• takes responsibility for progress and quality of results
• thrives on multidisciplinary collaboration
• speaks and writes English and masters the Danish language in speech

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

Starting date is 1 February 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter). The position is a full-time permanent position.

Application and contact
Please submit your online application no later than 30 December 2025. Open the “Apply now” link, fill out the form and attach your motivated application, CV and exam certificates.

If you would like additional information about the position, please contact senior researcher, Morten Poulsen, morp@food.dtu.dk

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

The Research Group for Risk-Benefit performs quantitative health impact assessments of foods and dietary patterns, develops new and improved methods of performing risk-benefit assessments and conducts real-life intervention studies to promote health among vulnerable groups.

DTU National Food Institute
DTU National Food Institute conducts research into and disseminates - through advice, innovation and teaching - sustainable and value-creating solutions in the area of food and health for the benefit of society. The vision is to make a difference by generating future prosperity through research into food and health. The institute works to prevent disease and promote health, develop new and better food products for a growing population and create sustainable technological solutions, including biosolutions. The institute’s tasks are carried out in interdisciplinary collaboration within e.g. nutrition, chemistry, toxicology, microbiology, epidemiology, modelling, and technology. This is achieved through a strong academic environment of international top class with correspondingly skilled researchers and employees. The Institute employs approximately 375 staff members.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.