Research Assistant (SRI) - Evaluative Clinical Sciences - Temporary Full-time 2026-16117

Location: On-site at either Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Bayview Campus or the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario (25 Morton Shulman Ave, Toronto, ON M3M 0B1)

Job Overview

The Sunnybrook Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, affiliated with the University of Toronto, is seeking an energetic and efficient Research Assistant in the Suicide Prevention Research Collaborative (SPRC) lab to work in the areas of suicide prevention, mood disorders and quality improvement. This individual will report to Dr. Mark Sinyor and work closely with the lab manager, and other research assistants. They will perform clinical research activities and coordinate multiple research studies, including clinical trials, in a dynamic and collegial environment.

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Required:

• An Honours bachelor’s degree in psychology or related area, with preference given to individuals with at least 2 years of previous research experience in public health, epidemiology, psychology and/or psychiatry.
• Excellent academic writing, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Experience with handling multiple research tasks within projects such as maintaining research integrity, protocol writing, recruitment, data collection and data entry.
• Experience in conducting chart reviews and database management.
• Competence with data collection, management and statistical software such as NVivo, SPSS, R, and REDCap.
• Ability to work independently as well as within a collaborative environment.
• Previous experience working in and/or researching low- and middle-income countries is an asset

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to work on a number of projects led by Dr. Mark Sinyor, the details of the job responsibilities will be based on the candidate’s expertise and the needs of the projects. Some of the responsibilities may include:

• Continue our data collection project and retrospective chart review at the Office of the Chief Coroner (see “Coroner Studies” on our website).
  • This may include supporting the process of data transferring (data entry and post quality-checking), database construction and merging and data migration monitoring.
• Assist in organizing the Partnerships for Life initiative.
  • This may include liaising with international suicide prevention stakeholders in the Americas region.
• Assist with our school-based trials (see “MyOWL” on our website).
  • This may include liaising with school administrators, consent, data collection, data analysis and manuscript writeup.
• Assist in projects related to media (see “Media Studies” on our website)
  • This may include assessing the quality of various media types and examining the effects of suicide-related media on suicide rates.
• Assist in AI-related suicide and mental health research projects
  • This may include developing novel AI-based research methodologies to analyze large-scale and complex datasets in support of risk identification and prevention efforts.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the principal investigator.
• Additional responsibilities may become available dependent on upon pending grant(s) notification.

To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume

We thank all applicants for their interest but only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.

Sunnybrook Research Institute 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 Research Institute 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, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.