Temporary Full-Time
Term: January 4, 2027 to April 30, 2027
Application Deadline: October 28, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET
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.
About Medventions Toronto
The Medventions program is an immersive, hospital-based healthcare innovation internship that brings together clinicians, engineers, scientists, and innovators to address meaningful clinical challenges.
Over a four-month term, interns work closely with clinical mentors and end users to understand and validate a defined healthcare need, assess existing approaches, develop and test technical solutions, and explore pathways for clinical translation and commercialization.
The Winter 2027 Medventions Toronto program will run from January 4, 2027 to April 30, 2027. For the upcoming cohort, we are recruiting a multidisciplinary internship team to work on a pre-identified clinical innovation opportunity in collaboration with Sunnybrook’s St. John’s Rehab.
Rehabilitation Innovation Track
The Winter 2027 team will work alongside clinicians, rehabilitation professionals, engineers, and researchers on a project at the intersection of 3D imaging, artificial intelligence, computational design, and digital fabrication.
Advances in 3D scanning and additive manufacturing are creating new opportunities for personalized rehabilitation technologies. The project will explore how these technologies, together with AI and computational approaches, can help improve the development and clinical use of patient-specific rehabilitation solutions.
Unlike an open-ended needs-finding internship, this cohort will begin with a well-defined clinical need and innovation opportunity. Interns will nevertheless participate in clinical immersion and stakeholder engagement to understand the problem in depth, validate assumptions, assess existing workflows and technologies, and refine the technical requirements before moving into development. Specific project details and the initial clinical use case will be discussed with shortlisted candidates.
Program Structure
The fellowship will progress from clinical understanding and needs validation through technical development, prototyping, and early validation.
Depending on the final scope, interns may work in areas such as 3D imaging and geometry processing, computer vision and AI, computational or parametric design, CAD workflow development, additive manufacturing, and rapid prototyping.
Interns will work closely with clinical stakeholders to assess usability, workflow, and implementation considerations. They will also gain exposure to the broader translation of healthcare technologies, including intellectual property, competitive landscape assessment, regulatory considerations, and commercialization planning. The goal is to make meaningful technical progress during the four-month fellowship while establishing a clear pathway for continued development, validation, and clinical translation.
Who Should Apply
We are looking for individuals who are technically strong, curious, creative, and interested in applying engineering and technology to real clinical problems. Applicants from backgrounds such as biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence/machine learning, robotics, medical imaging, medical physics, computational design, and additive manufacturing are encouraged to apply.
Experience in one or more of the following areas would be particularly valuable:
- Computer vision and machine learning
- 3D imaging, point-cloud, mesh, or surface processing
- CAD and parametric or computational design
- Additive manufacturing and 3D printing
- Biomedical product development and prototyping
- Software development
- Human-centred design and healthcare innovation.
Applicants are not expected to have expertise across all these areas. We aim to assemble a multidisciplinary team with complementary skills.
Eligibility
Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada. Applications are welcome from senior undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, recent graduates, and early-career professionals with relevant technical experience.
What You’ll Gain
Interns will gain hands-on experience working on a real healthcare innovation challenge within a hospital environment, with direct mentorship from clinicians, engineers, researchers, and rehabilitation professionals. The internship provides experience spanning clinical needs validation, technical development, prototyping, clinical translation, intellectual property, regulatory considerations, and commercialization.
How to Apply
Please submit the following:
- Resume / Curriculum Vitae
- Cover letter, maximum one page, addressed to Dr. Amanda Mayo, describing:
- your interest in the opportunity;
- relevant technical, research, or project experience; and
- your interest in healthcare innovation and medical technology development
- Academic transcript(s), where applicable
- Names and contact information for two referees
Application Deadline: October 28, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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