UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges sites. UNIL and CHUV encourage excellence, individual recognition and responsibility. The Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM) and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) are inviting applications for a position of:

Head of the Epidemiology and Psychopathology Research Center with an Associate or Full Professor title

within the Department of Psychiatry (DP CHUV)

Starting date: August 2025 or to be agreed                              

Place: Prilly, Lausanne, Switzerland

The Epidemiology and Psychopathology Research Center (CEPP) of the Psychiatric Department of the CHUV conducts and coordinates multidisciplinary and multicenter research projects with a team of 20 collaborators. The center is also in charge of the training in psychiatric research methods and provides expert advice to the researchers of the Psychiatric Department.

Main missions:

1. Design and complete top-quality research in psychiatric epidemiology
2. Provide expert advice to other researchers of the department
3. Deliver cutting edge teaching in psychiatric research methods
4. Lead the center.

UNIL and CHUV are committed to promoting gender equality and diversity and strongly encourage applications from female candidates www.unil.ch/egalite.

Desired profile:

• Federal medical degree (or Mebeko equivalent), MD, MD-PhD or PhD
• Specialist title degree in psychiatry (ISFM or Mebeko equivalent) or PhD in psychology
• Proven high level track record in psychiatric epidemiology including expertise in family and cohort studies
• Proven managerial skills in leading and managing a large team of researchers and in international collaborations
• Ability to set up research programs supported by expert external funding
• Professorial-level academic knowledge and expertise with proven practice in pre- and post-graduate teaching in psychiatric epidemiology
• Good knowledge of French (LM or minimum B2, C1 ideal) or ability to acquire it rapidly.
• Excellent knowledge of English.

Further information may be obtained from Prof. Renaud Du Pasquier (Doyen@unil.ch), FBM Dean, or Prof. Kerstin von Plessen (Kerstin.Plessen@chuv.ch), Head of Department of Psychiatry.

Applications, in English, should include 1) a motivation letter, 2) a curriculum vitae, 3) a list of publications highlighting the five most significant ones, 4) a brief statement of the past and future research, 5) a summary of previous teaching experience, 6) your vision of the field's development in the mid/long term, 7) names and contact information of at least three references, 8) a copy of diplomas and a valid ID card.

They should be submitted online by June 1^st, 2025 (23:59 GMT+1) to wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/application/ as a single PDF file by clicking the apply button.

The job description is available down below.

Only applications sent through this site will be considered.

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