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A collaboration between the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI: Montreal, Quebec) and the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR: Vancouver, British Columbia) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Webster Postdoctoral Scholars Program to support exceptional research trainees and generate innovative research in Child Development and Neuroscience under the mentorship of Drs. Ashley Wazana (McGill University) and Tim Oberlander (university of British Columbia) in the area of developmental neuroscience. The postdoctoral scholar will also work closely with Drs. David P Laplante and François Freddy Ateba (LDI) in onboarding the rich UBC longitudinal dataset, Pregnancy during the COVID-19 Pandemic study, into the Developmental Research in Early Adversity Mental Health BIological Susceptibility and Gender (DREAM BIG) consortium of perinatal longitudinal birth cohorts, focusing on the harmonization and analysis of the UBC perinatal maternal adversity and child mental health outcomes from the so that comparable analyses can be performed across the DREAM BIG cohorts in an effort to increase replication of mental health findings that can inform treatment and public policy.
The goal of the program is to support recent a PhD or MD graduate in conducting clinical and translational research with the intent to develop future leaders in Child Developmental Health research.
Applicants should have training in neuroscience, psychology, medical sciences (Pediatrics), or other relevant discipline, and experience with MR image acquisition, processing, and/or analysis.
Salary: Stipend of $60,000/year plus benefits and additional funds are available for research- related expenses (up to $10,000/year) and for travel expenses to attend conferences (up to $3,000/year)
Duration: 2 years
Hours: Full-time position
Starting date: March 2025 or negotiable
We are currently seeking an empathetic, hardworking, and organized individual to join the tDCS (trans-cranial direct current stimulation) Clinical Research lab in its exciting work on a novel treatment for dementia.
As part of our team, your main responsibilities are to manage participant progress and to ensure the smooth operations of the lab. You will work directly with participants in an administrative capacity (recruitment, scheduling, and responding to queries) and in a clinical capacity (completing neuro-psych tests, setting up tDCS stimulation equipment, conducting cognitive training activities). You will also liaise with team members in Montreal, team members in Toronto, and the primary investigators of the studies, to allocate and organize tasks. You will report to the Principal Investigator and Lab manager of the tDCS Clinical research lab.
The ideal candidate holds a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field. He or she and must have excellent communication and ability to build rapport; proficiency with Microsoft Office; be bilingual (French and English); and the bbility to work in a team and independently.
Salary: Starting salary is $23.79/hour. Commensurate with experience and consistent with LDI compensation policy.
Hours: Full-time or part-time (20 hours) position.
Duration: Full-time position or part-time position with possible future full-time position, with a renewable contract.
Starting date: Immediate
Interested candidates are invited to submit a CV and cover letter by email to tdcscoordinator@gmail.com.
The Richards’ lab of McGill University is seeking a Research Associate to assist in the creation and management of a research program to improve clinical care through the use of computational genomics. The job will take place at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Jewish General Hospital, a McGill University teaching hospital. The Research Associate will manage and execute multiple computational genomics research studies, including but not limited to: Developing bioinformatic, data science and computational methods to improve genetic risk scores to predict disease; Using these methods to generate genetic risk scores to identify individuals at risk for disease; Applying methods to identify genetic determinants of disease; and undertaking quality control and processing of large-scale genetics data.
The ideal candidate holds a PhD in genetics, bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics or computational biology, and has experience in analysis of large-scale cohorts, such as UK Biobank; working in an HPC environment and in cloud computing, with data analysis expertise in R and/or Python.
Salary: Salary Scale is $75,000-$110,000 depending on experience
Hours: 40 hours per week
Starting date: March 1, 2025
Interested applicants should contact Ms. Darin Adra by email: darin.adra@ladydavis.ca.
We are currently seeking a diligent, energetic, and organized individual to join the tDCS (trans-cranial direct current stimulation) research lab in its exciting work on a novel treatment for dementia.
As part of our team, your main responsibilities are to manage participant progress and to ensure the smooth operations of the lab. You will work directly with participants in a Clinical, completing neuro-psych tests, setting up tDCS stimulation equipment, conducting cognitive training activities. You will be under the supervision of the Principal Investigator and Lab manager.
The ideal candidate holds a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field. He or she and must have excellent communication and ability to build rapport; proficiency with Microsoft Office; and be bilingual (French and English).
Salary: Starting salary is 23.79/hr. Commensurate with experience and consistent with LDI compensation policy.
Hours: Full-time position
Duration: Full-time position, with a renewable contract
Starting date: Immediate
Interested candidates are invited to submit a CV and cover letter by email to tdcscoordinator@gmail.com.
Under the responsibility of the Human Resources Supervisor of the Lady-Davis Institute for Medical Research, the candidate will have the task of on-boarding new personnel (employees and trainees) as well as changes, terminations and leave of absence requisitions. The candidate will be expected to aid researchers in gathering various documents in order to create an employee or trainee file onto the LDI-HR Database. The candidate will be responsible for gathering information required by funding agencies, universities, etc. The candidate will also act as a liaison with Health Services and Payroll Department.
The ideal candidate holds a College (DEC) studies in administrative field (preferred) and has excellent secretarial skills, including a strong working knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Salary: Salary scale between $20.13 et $26.84 per hour
Hours: 35 hours per week
Starting date: Immediate
Interested candidates are invited to submit a CV and cover letter by email to Julia Piccolo at julia.piccolo@ladydavis.ca.
The Research Lab Manager will play a key role in managing the general function of the laboratory. They may contribute to basic wet lab (preclinical studies/models, cell culture) and dry lab (cancer genomics and pathology) studies. Through these contributions, the Research Lab Manager will gain experience in the conduct of biomedical studies as well as participatory research with collaborators. Duties include entering data in ATiM software and preparing regular reports on biobank specimens; keeping the laboratory inventory updated and ordering supplies; the general organization of lab equipment/supplies and preparation of reagents as needed; and organizing meetings with minutes.
The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor’s of Science or Master’s of Science in biomedical research and has essential wet lab skills such as cell culture, DNA/RNA/protein isolation.
Salary: Competitive salary and benefits according to LDI policies (level + echelon) based on diploma and experience
Hours: Options for part-time position at 21 hours per week or a full-time position according to candidate’s preference
Duration: 1 year (renewable)
Starting date: Immediate
Interested candidates should send their curriculum vitae and a cover letter explaining your career goals and how you meet the requirements for this position to: melica.brodeur@mcgill.ca.
Under the direction of Dr. Vicky Tagalakis and thrombosis clinical researchers Drs. Hirsch, Kahn and Simard, at the Centre of Excellence in Thrombosis and Anticoagulation Care (CETAC) of the Jewish General Hospital, the Clinical Research Coordinator/Research Assistant will perform duties associated with the day-to-day management of thrombosis clinical trials and observational studies conducted at the JGH site. This will involve recruitment and follow-up of patients, record keeping, and communications with the central study site, adhering to principles of good clinical practice (GCP).
The ideal candidate holds at a minimum an undergraduate or higher degree in health-related field and must have work experience in clinical research that involves direct patient contact (do not apply if you lack this experience).
Salary: Commensurate with experience and the policies of the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Starting date: Immediate
Interested candidates are invited to submit a cover letter, CV, and unofficial university grades transcript to Lori.Young@ladydavis.ca. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
The DEPRESsion Screening Data (DEPRESSD) Project (https://www.depressd.ca), a collaborative endeavor set up by Drs. Brett Thombs and Andrea Benedetti, who partnered with local and international experts to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of depression screening tools by conducting individual participant data meta-analyses (IPDMAs), is seeking a full-time Research Assistant to join the team. The tasks of the Analytical Research Coordinator will include reviewing scientific publications and screening articles for eligibly as part of the systematic review process; extracting published results based on pre-developed coding manuals; basic data analysis, including transforming raw participant data into a uniform format for use in the project, based on existing codebooks; verifying that data submitted to the project can be used to replicate the results from the original studies; and contributing to drafting manuscripts for publication.
The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor’s degree in health sciences or other relevant field. Research experience in the health sciences, including data management, evidence synthesis and manuscript writing is an asset.
Salary and duration: To be negotiated based on relevant experience and training
Starting date: October 2024 (flexible)
Interested candidates should submit (1) a cover letter, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) an unofficial transcript, and (4) a writing sample (optional) to Nadia González Domínguez (nadia.gonzalez@mail.mcgill.ca), the DEPRESSD Project Coordinator.
The DEPRESsion Screening Data (DEPRESSD) Project (https://www.depressd.ca), a collaborative endeavor set up by Drs. Brett Thombs and Andrea Benedetti, who partnered with local and international experts to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of depression screening tools by conducting individual participant data meta-analyses (IPDMAs), is seeking a full-time Analytical Research Coordinator to join the team. The tasks of the Analytical Research Coordinator will include reviewing scientific publications and screening articles for eligibility as part of the systematic review process; extracting published results based on pre-developed coding manuals; corresponding with primary study authors for queries, or with potential data contributors to obtain necessary documentation to include their data in the project (e.g., letter of agreement, original patient data); and basic data analysis, including transforming raw patient data into a uniform format for use in the project, based on existing codebooks and verifying that data submitted to the project can be used to replicate the results from the original studies.
The ideal candidate holds a Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health, or a related field and has research experience in the health sciences, including data management.
Salary: Salary to be negotiated based on relevant experience and training
Duration: One-year position with possibility of extension based on mutual agreement and funding
Starting date: September 2024 (flexible)
Interested candidates should submit (1) a cover letter, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) an unofficial transcript, (4) a writing sample, and (5) contact information for up to three references to Nadia González Domínguez (nadia.gonzalez@mail.mcgill.ca), the DEPRESSD Project Coordinator.
The laboratory of Dr. Alan Spatz in the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and located at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Jewish General Hospital is currently seeking a talented engineer to join an exciting research project. This position will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to drive innovation and make a real-world impact in the healthcare system. The engineer will help shape our AI strategy to predict early-stage clinical treatment, survival of the patient, clinical cancer diagnostic, personalized medicine for cancer patients and help pathologists to provide results quicker by using patient’s digital tissue information. This position will use ML to develop new applications and algorithms to guide and achieve this goal with the help of digital tissue section images of different type of cancers and clinical information of the patient. Developed algorithms will be used in the clinic as a diagnostic tool showing the potential of AI to support the healthcare system.
The ideal candidate holds a PhD in Computer Science or any other applicable field (Data Science, Bioinformatics or related field) and has 1-2 years’ experience minimum experience as an AI Engineer or ML learning in a similar role.
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Hours: 35 hours per week (onsite)
Starting date: Immediately
Interested candidates are invited to submit a Curriculum vitae with bibliography, a cover letter (including a statement of research interests and prior experience in related research) and references (names and contact information for two referees) to Dr. Alan Spatz at alan.spatz@mcgill.ca.
The Research Coordinator will play a pivotal role in supporting a federally funded research project on scaling up point-of-care hepatitis C testing and treatment in Canada. The successful candidate will oversee the daily operations of the project, coordinate research activities, and liaise with internal and external stakeholders. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a national initiative with a strong focus on equity and innovation in healthcare delivery.
The Research Coordinator’s main tasks include coordinating submissions to and communications with Research Ethics Boards (REBs); managing research activities, including participant recruitment, data collection, and data management across multiple provinces and; developing and maintaining study protocols, standard operating procedures, and training materials for point-of-care hepatitis C testing and treatment. The ideal candidate holds a degree and licensure to practice in a healthcare-related profession (e.g., RN), and/or a master’s degree (completed or near completion) in Public Health, Health Services Research, Nursing, or a related field and has at least 1 year of experience in research assistantship or research coordination, preferably in healthcare or implementation science.
Salary and benefits: According to the LDI HR policy
Hours: 3 days/week, Monday to Friday
Starting date: January 1, 2025
Interested candidates are invited to submit a CV and cover letter by email to Ms. Charlene Weight at charlene.weight@mail.mcgill.ca.
The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will play a key role in the design, implementation, analysis, and dissemination of projects and their results aimed at improving precision oncology in the field of gynecological cancers. They will actively contribute to projects involving wet lab (preclinical studies/models, cell culture, animal studies) and dry lab (cancer genomics and pathology) studies. Through these contributions, the Postdoctoral Fellow will gain experience in conducting biomedical studies as well as participatory research with collaborators. Duties/responsibilities include working directly with the lab head(s) to design, develop and execute bench experiments; leading individual and collaborative projects; and analyzing and synthesizing experimental results autonomously (tables, figures, etc.) to derive scientific conclusions.
The ideal candidate will have: a PhD with a background in biomedical/epigenetic/immunology sciences, or a related field: essential wet lab skills such as cell culture, DNA/RNA/protein isolation, Western blotting, immunostaining, etc.; and extensive experience with in vitro assays.
Salary: Salary and benefits according to McGill University/LDI policies
Duration: 1 year (renewable)
Hours: 35 hours per week (in-person)
Starting date: Immediate
Interested candidates should send their curriculum vitae and a cover letter explaining your career goals and how you meet the requirements for this position to: amber.yasmeen@affiliate.mcgill.ca.
The Infectious Diseases Research Group at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology (Jewish General Hospital) is seeking a data analyst/statistician to assist in epidemiologic research in the area of infectious diseases. The ideal candidate has an MSc or PhD in mathematics or biostatistics or strong prior work experience with statistical analysis of health data, and will have skills in performing all functions in data management and programming, statistical design and analysis, and data interpretation. Experience in programming of large healthcare databases and the application of statistics to the field of medicine will be an advantage.
Salary: Competitive (commensurate with experience and qualifications)
Hours: 3-5 days per week
Starting date: Immediate
The Infectious Diseases Research Group at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology (Jewish General Hospital) is seeking a dynamic, motivated and highly organized individual to coordinate epidemiologic research in the area of infectious diseases and migrant health. The ideal candidate will have had prior experience in research. Candidates must have at least completed an MSc or MPH. Candidates with a PhD in Epidemiology, Public Health, or a related field will be given preference and are strongly encouraged to apply.
Salary: Competitive (commensurate with experience and qualifications)
Hours: 3-5 days per week
Starting date: Immediate
Please send a cover letter and CV that clearly describes your prior research experience to: Mr Karim Abou-Nader.
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