20 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Calgary, Canada

This is a full-time Postdoctoral Scholar opportunity supervised by Dr. Brandy Callahan (Canada Research Chair in Adult Clinical Neuropsychology, Associate Professor of Psychology, and full member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute). The successful candidate will contribute to a variety of projects exploring how aging is experienced by neurodiverse adults, with a focus on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The candidate will be supported in building a research program centered primarily on understanding these individuals’ cognitive and brain health across the lifespan and into older age. Additionally, the postdoctoral scholar will have opportunities to collaborate with researchers from various faculties across campus and institutions across Canada and internationally.

A postdoctoral fellow position is available at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI) in the Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Pediatrics for a highly qualified and motivated individual to support our projects focused on role of the gut-brain-microbiota axis in autism spectrum disorder and models of epilepsy.  The successful candidate should have a strong background in (animal models, neuroscience, metabolomics, metabolism). Bioinformatics expertise is also an asset.

The candidate will work on research projects investigating the microbiome-metabolome relationships across a range of experimental models. Experimental approaches and tools will include rodent models, human specimens, microbiota sequencing, metabolomics and bioinformatics. The postdoctoral fellow will also have access to state-of-the-art core centers to perform cutting edge research. The postdoctoral fellow will be supervised collaboratively by Dr. Jane Shearer and Dr. Morris Scantlebury who bring diverse perspectives to research on neurodevelopment and neurodevelopmental disorders.  The candidate will be expected to participate in training activities of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI) as requested.

The postdoctoral fellow will focus on research examining biologic mechanisms involved in breast cancer survival under the supervision of Drs. Lin Yang, Research Scientist with Alberta Health Services and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, and Darren Brenner, Associate Professor and Armstrong Investigator in Molecular Cancer Epidemiology at the University of Calgary. Dr. Yang is investigating several research questions in the Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Cohort Study led by Drs Christine Friedenreich and Kerry Courneya. The AMBER cohort study has been on-going since 2012 as a CIHR-funded team grant. A particular area of focus is investigating the biologic mechanisms that may be occurring between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, health-related fitness and breast cancer outcomes. Numerous opportunities exist for the successful candidate to contribute to multiple on-going and planned research studies, to develop their own area of research expertise, to publish and present scholarly work, and to obtain additional specialized training.

This position reports to the Principal Investigator, Dr. Bukola Salami. The individual will have a central role in the completion of the SSHRC Partnership Grant funded project: Transforming Lives of Black Youth. The project seeks to create a national network and a centre to build capacity and mobilize knowledge on Black children and youth in Canada. Specific objectives are as follows: 

1. To co-create knowledge, solutions, and interventions to address their overrepresentation in the criminal justice and child welfare systems, educational outcomes, and settlement issues—via participatory action research (PAR)
2. To create an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, and bilingual network, centre, and knowledge hub to mobilize evidence to improve their wellbeing—by engaging researchers, trainees, policy-makers, Black communities, and service providers across Canada
3. To train students and postdoctoral researchers, including Black youths—while facilitating their transition to academic and non-academic workplace settings

Their role will include data collection, data analysis, knowledge mobilization, undergraduate and graduate student training, and knowledge hub development. 

The first year of the project will be largely completing systematic reviews and quantitative data collection and analysis. The second to fifth year will be largely qualitative data collection and analysis. 

A full-time Postdoctoral Scholar (PDS) opportunity is available at the University of Calgary, Canada, to begin on or about August 15th, 2024. This PDS will contribute to a variety of projects aimed at gaining deeper insights into suicidal thoughts and behaviours in autistic children and youth. The PDS will work on a variety of different projects aimed at 1) understanding bio-psycho-social factors that are associated with suicidality in autistic children and youth; 2) co-creating risk assessment measures for neurodivergent youth; 3) identifying effective brief suicide intervention approaches; and 4) determining research priorities related to suicide for autistic children, youth, and their caregivers.  Additionally, the PDS will have the opportunity to collaborate on additional projects with researchers from various faculties across campus and institutions across the country.

Many areas of current chemical research require the synthesis of bespoke molecules to achieve a particular goal. Whether that goal involves catalysis, medicinal chemistry, or renewable energy research, synthesizing and testing new molecules is an expensive endeavor. In collaboration with several other laboratories on campus, the Van Humbeck group is aiming to use the modern tools of computational chemistry and machine learning to help prioritize targets for synthesis and testing. We are seeking a Postdoctoral scholar who can perform DFT calculations and integrate the results into machine learning workflows to help support several ongoing collaborations across fields of chemistry. 

The School of Social Work, University of Calgary (U of C), in conjunction with the Resilience Research Center directed by Dr. Michael Ungar (Dalhousie University), is offering a one-year post-doctoral fellowship to work with data collected on youth experiences in disclosing child sexual abuse and involvement with child advocacy services. Secondary analysis of mixed qualitative and quantitative data will examine research questions around disclosure processes, mental health and justice outcomes, and differential impacts by type of sexual abuse. Ultimately, identification of resilience pathways will help to inform best practices recommendation for mental health clinicians.

Under the primary supervision of Dr. Gina Dimitropoulos (UofC) the Scholar will communicate and co-ordinate with other sites making this a pan-Canadian endeavour with two ThRIve research incubator labs. Dr. Ramona Alaggia (University of Toronto) and Dr. Delphine Collin-Vézina (McGill University) will act as co-supervisors. These labs bring together researchers, practitioners, community partners and students, and will further the mission of the Canadian Consortium on Child and Youth Trauma to improve the lives of mistreated children and youth. Opportunities for the fellow include developing research questions and appropriate analytic strategies; conduct analyses; writing with research team for publications; sitting on planning committees; and presenting findings at the Canadian Annual Symposium on Child and Youth Trauma.

The Postdoctoral Scholar will be supervised by Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia and take direction from the team of an awarded grant from Alberta Health’s Cancer Research for Screening and Prevention (CRSP) funding program. The successful candidate will bring to fruition a project seeking to understand how cancer prevention can be harnessed for cancer control among adolescents and young adults. To do this, the Postdoctoral Scholar will (1) co-design and conduct a comprehensive lifetime assessment of potential risk factors, and (2) survey Albertan youths about their knowledge and beliefs of established cancer risk factors, as well as signs and symptoms of cancer and existing primary and secondary cancer prevention strategies. Additional projects using the Alberta AYA Cancer Survivor Study (ayacancerAB.com) will be developed based upon the successful candidate’s interests, where primarily administrative health databases and registry data will be utilized.

The Postdoctoral Scholar will be supervised by Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia and will undertake research to understand oncofertility use and sexual health in adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors in Alberta. The successful candidate will bring to fruition a project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research that includes quantitative analysis of questionnaire data, as well leading qualitative focus groups. The Postdoctoral Scholar will also undertake additional projects seeking to improve care and outcomes in the AYA cancer population, where the primary data source is an established population-based cohort (ayacancerAB.com) that has been linked to registries and administrative health databases, including the Discharge Abstract Database, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, and Practitioner Claims. Additional projects can be developed based upon the successful candidate’s interests. The start date is negotiable for the right candidate.

The Department of Oncology in the Cumming School of Medicine invites applications for a Research Associate – Epidemiology. This Full-time Fixed Term is for approximately 1 year (based on length of grant funding), with the possibility of extension.

This position reports to the Principal Investigator.

The Research Associate(s) key purpose is to conduct epidemiological research, including statistical analysis and scientific academic writing, and assist in securing funding for future research projects under the guidance of the PI. These positions require independent judgement, excellent time management skills, detailed documentation, and strong written and verbal communication skills.

The positions require extensive collaboration within the team and with personnel throughout the province, with a particular emphasis on Alberta Health Services personnel. The positions are available immediately and the ideal candidates will work full-time, though 0.8FTE will be considered.

The Consortium for Distributed and Passive Sensing (C-DaPS) is a joint project hosted by the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta. The focus areas of C-DaPS cover microseismic monitoring, geomechanics, structural geology, induced seismicity, DAS, data processing, machine learning and InSAR. CDaPS has a proven track record of strategic, world-class research, award-winning training and success in finding creative solutions to some of the most daunting challenges faced by the energy industry.

Under the supervision of Dr. David Eaton, the postdoctoral scholar will perform research on the communication of pore pressure between saltwater disposal wells. Within this role, the postdoctoral scholar will be encouraged and supported to build and strengthen an independent program of research. The goal of this research is to characterize time and distance scales of interactions for a set of neighbouring wells that are injecting into a permeable disposal zone. The project will develop methodologies and insights for forecasting potential interwell communications, with application to induced seismicity from energy technologies including geological carbon sequestration. Data from downhole pressure gauges installed in observation wells will be used to map pressure variations within the disposal formation. Observations will be compared with theoretical and numerical models to estimate hydrological parameters of the reservoir. This research position will include collaborative work with industry.

Reporting to the Momentum Director, Solutions for Health, Dr. Elena Di Martino in the Schulich School of Engineering, the Post-Doctoral Associate will be facilitating interactions and collaborations with the Biomedical Engineering Industry. The Post-Doctoral Associate will also support collaborations between researchers within the Solutions for Health in the SSE and across the University of Calgary and beyond, working with a wide range of stakeholders with multiple research projects. 

This position is a full-time, 40-hours-per-week, one-year position with the potential for renewal/extension. The Post-Doctoral Associate will work in an environment with periods of heavy workload and competing demands. It is anticipated that this position will require some local travel.

The primary purpose of this position is to facilitate and coordinate activities and initiatives aimed at increasing collaboration with BME Industry in the region and beyond. This includes overseeing several BME projects and various partnerships within and outside the University, working with Research Services, the International Office and Innovate Calgary to develop and execute strategies for partnership development. The Post-Doctoral Associate will facilitate cross-campus and external collaboration on Solutions for Health-related projects and maintain excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders. There are also significant responsibilities associated with partnership agreements, including writing research proposals and contracts and reporting to granting agencies and sponsors.  

The postdoctoral scholar will re-program autoreactive responses using nanomedicines that target specific antigens in models of central nervous system autoimmunity. The project will investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie tissue repair and the reduction of CNS inflammation. The candidate will join a multidisciplinary team of scientists working at the interface among protein engineering, nanomedicine, in vivo cell re-programming, developmental immunology and chronic inflammatory disease. The postdoc scholar will have the chance to use various functional, phenotypic (e.g. multi-dimensional flow cytometry, mass cytometry), transcriptomic (e.g. scRNAseq, spatial transcriptomics) and epigenetic tools (e.g. ChIPseq, multiome) to analyze the therapeutic effects of in vivo cell re-programming.

The Department of Family Medicine in the Cumming School of Medicine invites applications for a Senior Research Associate, Education. This Full-time, Fixed Term position is for approximately 12 months, with the possibility of extension.

This position is accountable and reports to the Principal Investigator and will be working on the Indigenous Parallel Path of the One Child Every Child. The Senior Research Associate, Education, will work with the research team to impact research activities, working within broad guidelines and policies to recommend improvements and changes to educational policies and programming. 

The Senior Research Associate, Education, will provide expert knowledge of content for adult education and traditional Indigenous teachings and pedagogy. The incumbent will lead development, delivery, and evaluation of an adapted Indigenous health education program for faculty and health systems preceptors in multiple health and health-related faculties to enhance systemic levels outcomes for Indigenous children. This includes advising the research team on best approaches to design curriculum, content, delivery and best practices for evaluation and mode of delivery. 

One Child Every Child is a Parallel Paths project that has Indigenous and non-Indigenous Paths.  All members of the program will perform training on work with Indigenous people, communities and data. Experience with Indigenous community-based work is an asset for members of the OCEC research team.

 

(18) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Research Associate, Paediatrics

Deadline : July 12, 2024

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The Research Assocaite’s primary purpose is to assist in co-design and conducting research activities following procedures and guidelines co-developed with community, research team and the PI, under the supervision of the PI.  They will be responsible for collecting quality data to meet project objectives. The incumbent works in an environment where there is ambiguity and shifting priorities, works in a self-directed environment that requires a high degree of creativity, critical thinking, and interacts in-person and electronically with team members and stakeholders. Mobility and flexibility in hours worked may also be required.

A post-doctoral scientist position is available as part of a child and youth mental health program under the supervision of Dr. Paul Arnold and Gina Dimitropoulos at The Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education, University of Calgary.  Will be involved in an interdisciplinary research program based on a partnership between the Mathison Centre, and Headwater Learning Foundation and its partner research school, Calgary Academy. This initiative is focused on a highly innovative approach to education in which principles from neuroscience, education, and psychology are combined with artificial intelligence (AI) to generate individualized learner assessment profiles with granular accuracy. Such profiles will be combined with assessments of mental health in students. The goal is to develop tools that will enable educators to design optimal learning experiences for each student. These adaptive learning platforms will dynamically adjust content presentation, pacing, and assessment in real-time, and AI-driven analytics will enable continuous monitoring of student progress and the refinement of teaching strategies that result in optimal learning and well-being. This approach of “precision learning” integration will allow educators to unlock the full potential of every student, thus enhancing academic and social-emotional outcomes for lifelong thriving. 

This project will leverage opportunities for a prospective post-doctoral scientist related to the design and implementation of the research methodology, conducting quantitative data analysis, and working closely with provincial, national, and international research partners to achieve project aims. 

The Postdoctoral Scientist will be embedded within a large interdisciplinary team at the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education (Cumming School of Medicine), and at the Calgary Academy, where they will work with other researchers in the field, as well as educators. The co-supervisors are global leaders in child and youth mental health research and are committed to supporting an enriching learning opportunity for a post-doctoral scientist. There are also many other career development opportunities, including the mentoring and supervision of students and trainees in the field.