Academic
Job Category
Faculty Non Bargaining
Job Title
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department
Ti Laboratory Division of Social Medicine | Department of Medicine | Faculty of Medicine (Lianping Ti)
Posting End Date
April 7, 2024
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.
Job End Date
Apr 30, 2025
This position is located within a health-care facility, therefore, the successful candidate will be required to provide verification of full vaccination against Covid-19 provided prior to the start date, as required by a provincial health mandate.
Organization
The British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) is the provincial resource for evidence-based information and treatment guidance in the field of addiction. The BCCSU plays an advocacy role for positive and public policy change, reducing stigma, and supporting patients and their families, and is committed to conducting and translating leading-edge research into improved addiction care across BC. The BCCSU develops training curricula, program standards, and practice guidelines for delivery throughout BC, with collaborative networks across regional health authorities, researchers, educators, and care providers, and other allied care professionals across the province to ensure that research and innovation efficiently reach the people they are intended to serve.
Background
A postdoctoral fellowship position is available in Dr. Lianping Ti’s research team through the BC Centre on Substance Use. Dr. Ti’s research group broadly focuses on pharmacoepidemiology and health services research related to substance use and addiction medicine. The position will be focused on research projects evaluating harm reduction and substance use programs and policies, and their impact on treatment or service uptake and health outcomes. The candidate will work with primary (e.g., surveys) and secondary data (e.g., health administrative data) sources to lead research activities, utilizing various data science, longitudinal modelling, and quasi-experimental techniques.
The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr. Lianping Ti and will work collaboratively with other project team members.
Responsibilities
- Perform literature reviews to identify key gaps in current knowledge and inform analysis approach
- Write peer-reviewed manuscripts for publication in relevant journals
- Develop analysis plans and conduct data analysis using primary and secondary data sources
- Lead knowledge translation activities, including presentations at research conferences, meetings with key stakeholders and policy change initiatives
- Assist in supervising graduate and undergraduate research
- Identifying relevant funding sources and developing grant proposals and applications as needed
- Preparing ethics applications and other research-related tasks as needed
Qualifications and Requirements
- A PhD in a relevant discipline (e.g., epidemiology, public health)
- Rigorous training in quantitative, epidemiological, and quasi-experimental methods (e.g., longitudinal data analysis, trial emulation, interrupted time series, machine learning) is highly desired
- Have a strong publication record in reputable, peer-review journals
- Excellent oral and written communication skills when working with internal team members and external collaborators or stakeholders
Salary
The expected salary range is $65,000-$75,000 per year, based on the experience of the successful candidate.
How to Apply
Please send your inquiries and applications to Alison Knill at [email protected] . Applications should include your current CV and a cover letter.
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