Research Assistant (SRI) - Physical Sciences - Casual 2025-14651

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Date Posted: 8/26/2025

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada

Reference No.: 2025-14651

Position Type: Casual

Department: Sunnybrook Research Institute

FTE Status: 0.00

Hours of Work: Other

Campus Site: Bayview

Shifts Weekday Required: Days

Shifts Weekend Required: No Weekends

Statutory Holiday(s) Required: No

One of Canada's Top 10 Research Hospitals, Sunnybrook Research Institute is developing innovations in care for the more than 1.3 million patients the hospital cares for annually.

 

Sunnybrook Research Institute is the research enterprise of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Research spans three Toronto-based campuses, eight programs and three scientific platforms. Our main aims are to understand and prevent disease, and to develop treatments that enhance and extend life. Our vision is to invent the future of health care. Each year, we conduct about $100 million in research across 500,000 square feet, including in the world’s first Centre for Research in Image-Guided Therapeutics.

 

We are seeking candidates with an interest in developing new medical technologies that fill needs identified during observation of clinical cases.  The position will be supervised by Dr. Brian Courtney, a clinician-scientist in the Schulich Heart Program and Physical Sciences Platform.

 

Summary of Duties:

The selected candidate(s) will be responsible for making contributions to a team-based effort under Dr. Courtney’s supervision and direction to brainstorm, analyze and develop one or more new concepts to solve a clinically related problem.

 

Selected individuals will be intricately involved in the ideation, protoyping, development, patenting and early commercialization of one or more new medical technologies.

We are seeking up to 3 candidates for this role.

 

Qualifications:

  • Successful completion of undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics degree, with advanced degrees considered an asset
  • Exposure to the Medventions training program or similar.
  • Strong interpersonal, time management and organizational skills.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills and attention to detail.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in ideation, clinical needs finding and presentation skills
  • Demonstrated knowledge of research regulations and guidelines, including SRI’s policies regarding privacy, intellectual property and pre-clinical studies.

 

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity and to build a career in an innovative and dynamic organization, submit your resume by clicking on Apply Now below. 

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your cover letter.


Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is strongly committed to inclusion and diversity within its community and welcomes all applicants including but not limited to: visible minorities, all religions and ethnicities, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is an equal opportunity employer.

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