3-year PhD scholarships in the Project SEXUS Group
Two 3-year PhD scholarships in sexual health epidemiology are available in the Project SEXUS Group, which currently consists of three PhD students, two professors, and a part-time statistician. In our ongoing sexual health research we combine rich questionnaire data with detailed national register data in attempts to unravel the complex interplay between sexuality and both physical and mental health. The Project SEXUS Group ispart of Department of Epidemiology Research at Statens Serum Institut, Denmark. Employment and everyday project work for the two PhD students will take place at Statens Serum Institut, while matriculation as a PhD student will take place at Aalborg University. Both PhD projects run from 1 September 2024 through 31 August 2027. The official announcement of the two positions is available online at https://t.co/7jJfShsO00 (also attached as a pdf file). Application deadline is 10 May 2024.
The research topics of the two PhD scholarships are as follows:
Project 1: Prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia. The aim of this project is to find new etiological clues and explore the sexual and relational consequences of these common diseases in middle-aged and elderly men by use of health registry and laboratory data in combination with Project SEXUS questionnaire data.
Project 2: Psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity among sexual and gender identity minority (SGM) individuals. The aim of this project is to map the burden of psychological distress and mental illness among SGM individuals in Denmark and identify responsible childhood vulnerability factors and post-childhood risk factors using Project SEXUS data and information from national registers.
Deadline: Friday 10th May 2024
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For more information about Project SEXUS at www.projectsexus.dk and our recent publications at https://www.projektsexus.dk/publikationer