Shinji Uemoto (President)
SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu,
Shiga 520-2192, JAPANDecember 9, 2020
To Whom It May Concern,
Call for Applications for a Professorship in the Department of Advanced Epidemiology, Center for
Epidemiologic Research on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).
Shiga University of Medical Science is seeking a professor in the Department of Advanced
Epidemiology. We welcome applications and recommendations for candidates.
1. Department: Department of Advanced Epidemiology, Center for Epidemiologic Research on NCDs
2. Job description: Professor
Center for Epidemiologic Research on NCDs has three departments (Advanced Epidemiology,Preventive Medicine, and Medical Statistics). The Department of Advanced Epidemiology promotes
state-of-the-art epidemiologic researches using advanced technologies (e.g. omics [genome,metabolome, proteome, etc.], biomarkers, imaging, AI), in order to elucidate the causes of and toprevent NCDs (lifestyle related diseases, dementia, etc.) in aging societies. Applicants are expected tohave sufficient knowledge and skill and excellent achievements in epidemiologic researches in theseareas. The successful candidate will also be responsible for the tasks related to the education of PhD
program (NCD Epidemiology Leader Course).
3. Number of positions: one
4. Deadline for applications: January 29, 2021 (deadline of receipt)
5. Starting date: May 1, 2021
Note: Employment in this university is contract-based, and Professor’s term of contract is for 10years: possible to extend.
6. Application documents needed:(1) Curriculum Vitae (following the Form I; starting from high school)(2) List of achievements (Form II)* Indicate acquisition of competitive funds (including representation, division of responsibilityand amount) as well as acquisition of special licenses. For each thesis, please indicate the impact factorof the 2019 version and the number of citations via the citation index (Web of Science or Scopus) as of
the time of your application. Kindly underline the name of the corresponding author in the originalwork.
*Label each of your articles with a circled number if item (5) below applies.
(3) A letter of recommendation (Form III)*Instead, a letter of self-recommendation may be submitted.
(4) Declaration (Form Ⅳ)(5) A copy of each of up to 10 published articles(6) Explanations or short abstracts of those papers within 100 words for each paper (A4 paper).
(7) An essay on your experience as a teacher and researcher, within 1,200 words (A4 paper).
(8) Your ideas and ideals for the education, research, and management of academic departments,
within 1,200 words (A4 paper).
(9) Please submit electronic media for (1), (2), (5), (6), (7) and (8) above on CD or DVD; also

mention the software you used.
* If you have electronic data for the off-prints mentioned in (5) above, put numbers like
“Article 1,” “Article 2,” and submit them.
7. Submission
Address to: Shinji Uemoto (President)
SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu,
Shiga 520-2192, JAPANOn the envelope write “Application for professorship in the Department of Advanced Epidemiology,
Center for Epidemiologic Research on NCDs” in red ink, and send it by registered mail, if you post it.
8. Enquiries:
If you would like more information about the duties and benefits, please make enquiries at thePersonnel Office [Jinji-kakari] (e-mail: hqjinji@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp).
9. Notes
You may be asked to visit the university in the process of this selection.
Shiga University of Medical Science advocates gender equality. We look forward to receiving many
enthusiastic applications from ladies.
You may download the Recruitment notice and Application forms from our homepage:https://www.shiga-med.ac.jp/