Post-Doctoral Fellow - Evaluative Sciences Platform - Temporary full-time 2024-7473

Status: Temporary Full-Time (1-year term with an option to renew)

Hours: 37.5 per week; Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm, some flexibility can be offered.

Job Overview

The Sunnybrook Research Institute and the Department of Psychiatry, affiliated with the University of Toronto, is seeking an energetic and efficient postdoctoral fellow to work in suicide prevention.  The individual will perform epidemiological and clinical research activities and lead multiple research studies in a dynamic and collegial environment. This individual will be under the primary supervision of Dr. Mark Sinyor and will also work and collaborate with a diverse team of research staff and other PIs from the suicide prevention research group. They will contribute to and utilize datasets such as a chart review database of coroner records and mainstream and social media databases. 

The successful candidate will have:

• A Ph.D. in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Social Work, Psychiatry, Public Health or relevant fields, with preference given to individuals with significant research experience in suicide prevention.
• Significant experience with quantitative research with advanced analytical skills for longitudinal multivariate data (i.e. regression models, factor analysis, cluster analysis).
• Experience with data analysis software such as SPSS, SAS, R, M+, STATA etc.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Prior experience with scientific writing and publishing
• Significant experience with qualitative research methods and analyses (i.e. chart review, text coding, thematic analysis) is an asset.
• Previous clinical research trial experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Multitask and coordinate multiple projects/studies with guidance from the principal investigator.
• Liaise with investigators and study staff to ensure the consistency and quality of all study procedures.
• Coordinate and manage data collection, delivery, entry, verification, management, analysis, and reporting.
• Assist in interpreting results and preparing material for presentation, publications, and/or grants.
• Prepare research ethics board applications and amendments and maintain study compliance with all terms.
• Take the lead in drafting and submitting scientific grants.
• Work independently as well as within a collaborative environment.
• Assist with the day-to-day operations of ongoing studies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

To apply, please send letter of interest and updated resume by email to: poming.chan@sri.utoronto.ca

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

The Sunnybrook Research Institute is committed to providing accessible employment practices 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, LGBTQ persons, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

Please be advised that to be eligible for employment at Sunnybrook, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada (e.g., two doses of a two-dose vaccine series, or one dose of a single-dose vaccine series); AND have received the final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days ago. Medical exemptions or any other kind of requested exemption based upon the Hospital’s obligations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis.