164975 Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine with special focus on technology-driven risk-stratification and diagnostics

Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine

with special focus on technology-driven risk-stratification and diagnostics (Fixed-Term, 5 Years)

Department of Clinical Medicine

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

University of Copenhagen

The University seeks to appoint a clinical professor of Emergency Medicine with special focus on technology-driven risk-stratification and diagnostics to commence as soon as possible. The externally funded professorship is combined with a consultancy at the Department of Emergency Medicine at Copenhagen University Hospital – Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg in the Capital Region.

It is a requirement for appointment that the applicant is accepted for both the professorship and the consultancy. In order to be considered for the position, the applicant must send two applications: one to the Faculty (the professorship) and one to the hospital (the consultancy) cf. the simultaneously advertised position of the consultancy. This also applies to applicants who are already employed as consultants at the Hospital. Please find the advertisement for the consultancy here.

Both the professorship and the consultancy will be financed by the hospital.

Find information about the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen.

Job description

In the consideration of applications for the professorship, the main emphasis will be on the applicant's ability to document a high level of original scientific work at an international level within the area of Emergency Medicine.

The professor's responsibilities will primarily consist of:

• Research, including publication/academic dissemination - The research area focuses on early diagnosis and risk stratification of patients presenting to the Emergency Department, facilitating precision in management and disposition. Decision support models for acute care settings will integrate registry and clinical data, alongside the evaluation of novel point-of-care technologies utilizing artificial intelligence
• Research-based teaching, including associated examination - Teaching evidence-based Emergency Medicine is essential for establishing and strengthening the new specialty of Emergency Medicine, ensuring its alignment with international standards as an independent field of expertise while fostering collaboration with adjacent specialties.
• Research leadership, including guidance and supervision of researchers - The professor will lead the Emergency Medicine research center, which is expected to expand, have overall responsibility for clinical studies in the Emergency Department, and oversee international multicenter studies while conducting independent research. In collaboration with department management and the educational associate professor, the professor will drive the ongoing development and progression of the Emergency Medicine specialty.
• Obligation to share knowledge with the rest of society, including participation in public debate
• Academic assessments

Required qualifications

To be qualified for a clinical professor position, you will be assessed according to these six overall criteria for recognising merit at the University of Copenhagen: Research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding, and leadership. Find information about each criterion.

Furthermore, each applicant must be able to:

• Document a high degree of original academic production at an international level, including considerable contributions to the development of the academic discipline
• Manage research and other management functions, e.g. engage in the university's external academic activities, as well as knowledge and technology transfer
• Provide research-based teaching

The professor is also required to possess good interpersonal and communicative skills.

Terms of employment

The position is a fixed-term position limited to a period of five years. Extension is possible if the employed candidate performs well in the position.

For the professorship the appointee will receive a pensionable annual honorarium of ,51 DKK (1 April 2025 level).

The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2025.

Questions

For further information please contact Head of Department Jesper Hastrup Svendsen,

Foreign applicants may find the university's International Staff Mobility useful.

Application

The application must be submitted in English and must include the following documents:

• Application (Including motivations for applying for this position (Maximum 2 pages))
• Curriculum vitae (Including information about external funding)
• Diplomas (Master's and PhD and other relevant certificates)
• Uploads of maximum 10 publications to be considered in the assessment
• Self-declaration form (Template under 'Nyttige links' - Upload the completed and mandatory form as "Other relevant material")
• Teaching portfolio (Guidelines / Template for inspiration under 'Nyttige links')
• Research plan (3‐5 pages)
• Teaching plan
• A complete list of publications

Application procedure

After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Appointments Committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment. The Dean then appoints an expert assessment committee in order to make an assessment of the selected applicants for the specific post. Selected applicants are notified of the composition of the committee and each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself. You can read about the recruitment process at the university's Job Portal.

Please note that the applicant will be contacted if the assessment committee requires further documentation.

The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

The University of Copenhagen encourages all interested applicants to apply for this position.

Please submit the application with the required attachments. Only online applications will be accepted. The closing date for applications is 23.59 p.m. CET, 11 November 2025.

Interviews for this position are likely to be held on 16 April 2026, afternoon.

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Ansættelsesdato: Start hurtigst muligt

Afdeling/Sted: Institut for Klinisk Medicin

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