- Four-year full-time predoctoral contract (FPI) associated with the research project funded under the Spanish “Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento” programme (PEICTI 2024–2027).
- Gross remuneration according to the salary scales established for FPI predoctoral contracts under the Spanish "Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento" programme.

Job Description We are offering a fully funded PhD position in statistical genomics and precision medicine , based at the Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP, Badalona), under the supervision of Dr. Sílvia Bonàs-Guarch (PI), with co-supervision by Dr. Anne L. Madsen, at the Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus (Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark).
The position is funded through the Spanish “Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento” call (PEICTI ), via an FPI predoctoral contract, and is part of a newly funded research project on the molecular mechanisms underlying beta-cell dysfunction in type 2 diabetes (T2D),



aimed at improving patient stratification and treatment optimisation using large-scale human genomics and exposome data.
Project The PhD candidate will develop mechanism-specific polygenic scores for pancreatic islet beta-cell dysfunction, leveraging pleiotropy and regulatory genomics and generative machine-learning approaches, and will integrate them with exposure-based scores to build a joint genetic-exposure liability model for T2D subtyping. The project moves beyond general genetic risk models towards biologically-grounded interpretable predictor models of T2D heterogeneity, with direct applications in patient stratification and precision medicine. The student will work with large-scale resources including UK Biobank, in-house national GCAT cohort, and Danish population cohorts.
Environment The candidate will join the Medical Genomics and Precision Medicine for T2D research line, led by Dr. Sílvia Bonàs-Guarch, within the Genomes for Life-GCAT Lab, supervised by Dr. Rafa de Cid. This research line focuses on

📌 2026_130_PHD POSITION IN STATISTICAL GENOMICS AND PRECISION MEDICINE IN TYPE 2 DIABETES (Cataluña)
🏢 Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP)
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