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Dear colleagues We have just announced a new full-time Professor position within technical audiology at the University of Southern Denmark. We invite interested
candidates to apply for this position at: Please share this announcement to interested candidates. Best regards Jesper Hvass Schmidt Consultant, MD, Ph.D. Dept. of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology Odense University Hospital Associate Professor, Dept. of Clinical Research University of Southern Denmark A full-time position as a professor in Technical Audiology is vacant at the Research
Unit of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Department
of Clinical Research, Faculty
of Health Sciences, University
of Southern Denmark (SDU) The position is a permanent position. The academic position Areas of responsibility Additionally, the professor must teach and mentor postdocs, PhD students, and undergraduate students at the Faculty of Health Science, as well as maintain
and develop national and international contacts and secure funding. Participation in assessment work is part of the position. Moreover, profiling this research area in the public eye will be an important task. Research activity, network, and collaboration Employers The Research Unit of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology at the Department of Clinical Research is divided into three main sections dealing with research concerning Surgically
Related ENT, Medical Audiology, and Technical Audiology. It has today 49 employees: 2 clinical professors, a research coordinator, 11 associate professors, 8 postdocs, 10 PhD-students, five research nurses and 2 research secretaries. Most of the positions
are combinations of clinical functions (major part), teaching and research. The research unit teaches in three educations: Medicine, Audiology and Audiologopedics. Around 1,000 lessons and 200 hours of supervision are delivered
per year. It produces approximately 40 international peer-reviewed publications per year. The funding for 2020 was 14 million Danish Kroner, of which more than 90% were external contributions, primarily established by the audiological sections. Professor Christian Godballe, MD, PhD, heads the unit. The Technical Audiology Section conducts basic and applied research aimed at understanding hearing-related problems and developing solutions for their rehabilitation.
It currently consists of two associate professors, one assistant professor, one teaching assistant professor, five PhD students, a research master student, and a research assistant. The group works on topics related to hearing-aid processing and fitting, psychoacoustics,
speech perception, electroencephalography, and real-world listening outcome. Using state-of-the-art equipment for diagnostic and hearing-aid research, it performs studies in and outside of the lab to explore new ideas and to translate them into audiological
practice. Actual research areas are:
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Individualised hearing-aid processing
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New methods for hearing-aid fitting
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EEG-based measures of speech perception
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Hearing deficits in school-age children
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Real-world listening outcome with hearing loss The Department of Clinical Research comprises >45
research units based on departments at Odense University Hospital and Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark. (For more information about
the department’s research, please see SDU’s
Research Portal.) The department staffs teach at all the programmes offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences, however, primarily in medicine. (Read more about the department
and its key figures here.) Professor Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, MD, PhD, MPM, heads the department. Reference Contact information Salary and terms of employment Applications will be assessed by an expert committee. Applicants will be informed of their assessment by the university. Applications – including the required attachments – must be sent via the below-mentioned link “Apply online". Only online applications will be accepted.
Attached files must be Adobe PDF or Word format. Each field in the application form can contain up to max. 10 MB. Only applications written in English will be accepted for evaluation. The application must contain (as pdf- or Word/docx- files):
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a motivation letter
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a detailed CV
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degree certificates (inclusive of PhD diploma)
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a complete and numbered list of publications
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10 scientific peer-reviewed publications considered by the candidate as most important for this position. Please notice that one pdf- or docx-
file must be attached for each publication
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a teaching
portfolio detailing the candidate’s prior teaching experience, teaching skills, and teaching philosophy
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a track record of obtained research funding
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a track record of national and international research collaboration and collaborations with researchers in other disciplines and sectors
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a research plan detailing the candidate’s ideas and plans for her/his future research work Incomplete applications with regard to the above-mentioned requirements will not be assessed. Applications may be shortlisted. References will be obtained for the applicant who is the first choice for the position – from the applicant’s most recent employer and previous employers
as required. Applicants selected for an interview must expect to undergo a personality test specifically targeted at work-related matters. Further particulars concerning the application – please see the link below. The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal
background. Living and Working in Denmark Foreign applicants will be offered Danish
language training as part of the employment. The International
Staff Office (ISO) at SDU provides a variety of services for new employees, guests and people who consider applying for a job at the University of Southern
Denmark. Among other things, the staff answers questions concerning salary, taxation, housing and accompanying
family. For further information on what it is like working at SDU, please read “10
good reasons why you should choose SDU”. Additional information about working in Denmark can be found at Work
in Denmark. Further particulars concerning the application – please see the link below. The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal
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