Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the group of Barry Sanders for a theoretical project on quantum sensor networks in collaboration with Damian Markham of Sorbonne University. The successful applicant must have excellent technical communication skills and have a strong background and track record of achievements in quantum optics, quantum information or mathematical physics. To be eligible for a postdoctoral appointment, the applicant must normally have received a postgraduate doctoral degree or its equivalent awarded within the three (3) years immediately preceding the effective date of a postdoctoral appointment, with allowance made for leaves of absence. The position is for two years with the strong possibility of renewal for a third year, subject to performance and continued funding, and the annual stipend is $65,000 including benefits plus an annual allowance of $5000 for research support including travel, visitors and a computer.

The Oncology Outcomes (O2) and Precision Oncology and Experimental Therapeutics (POET) programs are recruiting one full-time medical oncology clinical and research fellow, under the supervision of Dr. Winson Cheung and Dr. Steven Yip at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre/Arthur JE Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre. Construction of our new Calgary Cancer Centre is currently underway with a vision to become the largest Canadian cancer centre of excellence by 2024. The O2 and POET programs are world renowned for their work in real world outcomes cancer research and precision oncology research.

The funded fellowship position may be 1-2 years with a clinical focus in genitourinary cancers and research focus on undertaking real world evidence projects utilising the wealth of databases housed at the centre. There will also be the opportunity to be exposed to trial protocol development and possible involvement in late phase clinical trials.

Children can experience vulnerabilities and resiliency factors (biologic or environmental) in their developmental trajectory that impact their well-being. Cross-ministry policy and services have an important role in improving health and well-being outcomes; however, the current Alberta child and youth services sector lacks strategy and links between development trajectories, environmental factors and child health and well-being. Indicators can help simplify the complex information concerning the child health and well-being environment and policy nexus by identifying modifiable factors that impact child health and wellness. These indicators can then be used to turn population data into relevant information for decision-makers and the public. Currently, Alberta does not have cross-sectoral indicators of child health and well-being. The research group has carried out an environmental scan and scoping review to gather and synthesize relevant domains, concepts and indicators in the literature. This PDS position focuses on the next steps of identifying key indicators through a systematic consensus process and identifying evidence-based policies and prevention strategies to improve child health and well-being. 

Dr. Sheri Madigan, Professor, Canada Research Chair, and Director of the Determinants of Child Development Lab at the University of Calgary, is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Scholar (PDS) to join her team. The PDS will focus on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), toxic stress, and mental health using longitudinal data analysis and/or meta-analytic methods.

The PDS will work in a highly collaborative lab environment with other PDFs, research associates, graduate students, research assistants, undergraduates, and volunteers. Responsibilities include preparing and cleaning existing datasets for analysis, conducting advanced statistical analyses, writing manuscripts, participating in grant writing, and overseeing targeted lab studies. Additionally, the PDS will have opportunities to develop skills in undergraduate teaching, supervising honors students, engaging in knowledge mobilization (e.g., writing opinion editorials), and contributing to the labs professional development activities. The PDS is also encouraged to contribute to cutting-edge knowledge translation through our collaboration with ACEsHub.org.
The Determinants of Child Development Lab values diversity of identity and perspectives, and is committed to fostering a safe, transparent, and inclusive environment that encourages critical thinking and respectful dialogue.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to: 

• Supervising/mentoring more junior trainees from undergrad to PhD.
• Designing and implementing novel trial(s)/research focused in the areas of integrative and/or psychosocial oncology (e.g. mindfulness-based interventions; other mind-body therapies; creative therapies; psychedelics; effects of integrative interventions on novel outcomes including biomarkers; patient-oriented and implementation research)
• Applying for scholarship/funding opportunities
• Supporting/leading grant writing opportunities for research projects 
• Leading and collaborating on manuscripts for publications (e.g. review articles, original research)
• Supporting data collection and analysis of your own project and, when needed, assisting with training and helping junior trainees with these tasks
• Pursue ongoing training and networking opportunities (e.g. conferences, advanced training opportunities, etc.)

The NeuroFUS laboratory in the Department of Radiology in the Cumming School of Medicine is inviting applications for a postdoctoral position in the area of Planning Ultrasound-based Thermal Therapy in collaboration with the Canadian Company Profound Medical (Mississauga, ON) under a MITACS Accelerate project. This project will focus on improving the planning of procedures for transurethral thermal ablation using advanced numerical modelling, image segmentation and co-registration, and machine learning.

The successful applicant must have excellent technical communication skills and have a strong background and track record of achievements in the modelling of ultrasound acoustics and its bioeffects. This project has a strong industrial collaborative component, as the selected applicant will have to interact on a regular basis with Research Scientists at Profound Medical, a world leader in the area of minimally invasive procedures to treat prostate tissue under Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) guidance.

The Tarailo-Graovac group is seeking a highly motivated post-doctoral research scholar to be part of an exciting area of deciphering genetic modifiers for rare human disorders using model organism and whole genome sequencing.

This position allows the candidate a unique opportunity to be exposed to multidisciplinary approach (human and model organism genomics; `wet¿ and `dry¿ lab approaches) and to contribute innovative research with a substantial direct translational potential (e.g. better diagnostic and prognostic approaches, and identification of new treatment targets for rare disease patients).

This position offers the candidate opportunity to instruct and supervise technicians, mentor trainees and to develop and lead the individual research program in the Tarailo-Graovac group focused on modulators of rare disease genes. 

Dr Braden Manns, the David Freeze Chairholder at the University of Calgary, is accepting applications for a Fellowship in health system structure and outcomes, to be based in Calgary, Alberta. The postdoctoral scholar will work under the supervision of Dr. Braden Manns, Professor of Medicine and Health Economics in the Departments of Medicine. He holds a CIHR Foundation award in health system funding.

This Postdoctoral Fellowship will train an emerging leader in health system structure and outcomes. The two key areas of focus are: (1) determining the long-term impact of having a provincial health authority, compared to regional authorities, using quantitative analyses of secondary data obtained from the Canadian Institute for Health Information and other sources, and (2) examining the decision-making processes and short-term impacts of recent changes to health authority structures, using qualitative methods.

The Postdoctoral scholar will be a part of research team using administrative healthcare databases and primary sources of health data to studies related to health services and quality of care for people living with dementia in Alberta funded through the Alzheimer’s Association. The Postdoctoral scholar will primarily report to Drs. Seitz and Kirkham (Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine) in collaboration with other members of the research team.

The program of research involves studies related to identifying quality indicators for measuring the quality of care for individuals with dementia in community settings and operationalizing these measures for use with provincial administrative data. The research project involves a scoping review of dementia quality indicators, prioritization of quality indicators using Delphi methods, and analysis of provincial health services data for people with dementia.  

The Postdoctoral scholar will be involved in the design of studies, study management (research ethics and compliance procedures), analysis of studies using observational and biostatistical methods, and knowledge translation activities related to research outputs including presentations and preparation of manuscripts for peer-reviewed publications. The postdoctoral scholar will also take a lead role in communicating and coordinating with other trainees, researchers and members of the research staff and stakeholder organizations. There will be opportunities for continuing education as part of the Postdoctoral scholar position.

We are seeking a highly motivated post-doctoral fellow with a background in cognitive neuroscience and an interest in studying human cognition using intracranial recordings. The fellow will work closely with Dr. Fady Girgis, MD in the division of neurosurgery and Dr. Julia Kam, PhD in the department of psychology. This is a collaborative environment within the Hotchkiss Brain Institute.
The fellow will work in an interdisciplinary environment with a team of neurologists, neurosurgeons, physicists, and computer scientists on several funded projects that aim to discover the neurophysiological basis of various cognitive constructs, using low-intensity focused ultrasound, intracranial EEG, single unit recordings, machine learning and potentially stimulation approaches. Their primary role will involve executing the funded projects (i.e. performance of modulatory brain ultrasound on healthy participants and patients, acquisition of intracranial EEG and single-unit recordings from surgical patients, analysis of behavioral and intracranial neurophysiology data, development of analytic tools, scientific dissemination). With access to state-of-the-art neuroimaging facilities and academic resources at the Cumming School of Medicine, the Psychology department, and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, the fellow will also have the opportunity to pursue collaborative and self-directed projects beyond the funded research. They will also be strongly encouraged to apply for national/international awards.

The laboratory of Dr. Ana Nikolic is looking for an outstanding postdoctoral fellow for a two-year term with possible extension depending on funding availability. The goal of this project is to leverage emerging spatial biology approaches to improve our understanding of brain tumour state evolution, recurrence and treatment resistance. The candidate will have access to banked patient tissues, cryopreserved primary specimens, patient-derived cell cultures and xenograft mouse models from glioblastoma patients. We will apply novel techniques including spatial ATAC-seq and spatial multiomic assays to better understand these spatial niches and how they evolve over time.

Dr. Nikolic is an Assistant Professor in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine departments and a member of the Charbonneau Cancer Institute in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.

Our team is recruiting a scholar to become part of an active and innovative research program that is elucidating the links between gut microbiota, mental health, neurodevelopment, and health behaviors (sleep, diet, exercise) in children. The scholar¿s work will help to identify novel and actionable intervention targets to optimize neurodevelopmental and mental health outcomes in children and adolescents.

The source data for the scholar¿s work is an ongoing cohort study that recruited pregnant individuals and is prospectively following them and their children. We have collected biological samples and questionnaire data to accurately document participants’ physiological and psychological experiences of stress and mental health. Our data set includes repeated gut microbiota (metagenomic shotgun sequencing) and metabolomics from children throughout the first 4 years of life (n=500+). The scholar will have immediate access to this data to address questions about the influence of the gut microbiota on child development outcomes. This training opportunity will position the scholar with unique interdisciplinary research expertise to launch the next phase of their academic career.

Within the newly established Research Impact Design Lab, the goal is to advance the science and practice of impact and assessment. The focus is to build a transdisciplinary network of experts and practitioners across three strategic pillars: Research Scholarship; Training; Experimental Action Lab. A partnership approach will be taken to leverage expertise internally to the University of Calgary as well as externally at a national and international level. If you see yourself as having an entrepreneurial mindset, are creative and want a career as an impact professional this is for you. The benefits of this unique post-doctorate is that you will receive hands on specialized training, given access to international experts and provided with practical experience and tools to realize and assess real world impact. This opportunity a good fit for those who wish to have a career in impact and provides unique skills either to continue in academia or transition to a job outside academia. There is opportunity to be involved in these three areas with a primary focus on the training and research scholarship:

The Postdoctoral Associate will contribute to Dr. Deinera Exner-Cortens¿ federally-funded and highly productive research program on building healthy relationships as a foundation for positive mental health promotion and teen dating violence prevention in childhood and adolescence. The Postdoctoral Associate will primarily be responsible for co-leading evaluation, analysis, and scientific writing on a project evaluating a teen dating violence prevention program for adolescent boys (~ages 14-16). This program operates in both school and community settings. If time and interest permits, the Associate may also have the opportunity to lead evaluation for a school-based healthy relationships promotion program for girls in grades 4-6 (~ages 8-12). Core tasks for the overall Associate position include: (1) analyzing and mobilizing findings from data collected to date; (2) co-leading new implementation and evaluation research in partner schools and community-based organizations; and (3) publishing and presenting on research findings. The overall goal of these projects is to build healthy developmental climates for youth, in order to advance social change and positive well-being.

Here, we are seeking a highly motivated post-doctoral research scholar with a strong background in genomics/bioinformatics/computational biology/human molecular genetics to help innovate current whole genome sequencing approaches to increase the diagnostic potential in patients with rare genetic disease who remain undiagnosed despite clinical tests.

This position offers the candidate a unique opportunity to be exposed to the multidisciplinary team (clinicians and genetic counsellors, bioinformaticians and scientists), as well as multidisciplinary approaches (human and model organism genomics; `wet¿ and `dry¿ lab approaches) and to contribute innovative research with a substantial direct translational potential (e.g. better diagnostics).

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.