Postdoctoral Fellow

Job Posting #875215

Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

Site: Toronto General Hospital Research Institute

Department: Social Medicine

Reports to: Executive Director, Social Medicine and Population Health Program

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Status: Temporary Full-time (one year)

University Health Network (UHN) is looking for an experienced professional to fill the key role of Postdoctoral Fellow in our Social Medicine and Population Health Program.

Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning.

The University Health Network, where “above all else the needs of patients come first”, encompasses Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the Michener Institute of Education at UHN. The breadth of research, the complexity of the cases treated, and the magnitude of its educational enterprise has made UHN a national and international resource for patient care, research and education. With a long tradition of groundbreaking firsts and a purpose of “Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning”, the University Health Network (UHN), Canada’s largest research teaching hospital, brings together over 16,000 employees, more than 1,600 physicians, 8,000+ students, and many volunteers. UHN is a caring, creative place where amazing people are amazing the world. Find out about our purpose, values and principles here.

The Social Medicine and Population Health Program at University Health Network (UHN) seeks to address health inequities, exacerbated by the pandemic in underserved communities. Applying a social determinants of health approach, the Social Medicine Program connects high health and high social needs individuals with Community Health Workers and Peer Workers and collaborates with community partners on the development of new care models to address unmet health and social needs including housing, food security and income.

The Social Medicine Program is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to promote community-based research with underserved populations by fostering community partnerships with organizations serving these populations. Working with the Executive Director and team, the Research Fellow will build robust relationships with community partners and work to identify community needs and research opportunities.

Duties include:

• Working with the Social Medicine Program team and the University of Toronto’s Population Health Analytics Lab to design and develop community-based research programs
• Collaborating with community partners and multidisciplinary health care teams to engage program participants
• Planning, implementing, and coordinating all aspects of data collection and source documentation as per hospital policy and industry guidelines.
• Executing study-related administrative tasks (e.g. ethics submissions, etc.); acting as central point of communication for study management
• Interpreting, synthesizing, and analyzing data using scientific or statistical techniques
• Selecting and applying standard calculations and formulas independently to compile data or process documents; often serve as a resource for research methods and numerical analyses
• Co-authoring sections of research publications and reports as needed
• Completing project-related administrative and budgetary responsibilities of a limited scope as needed

Qualifications:

• PhD received within 5 years (or MD received within 10 years) with experience/knowledge in community based participatory research preferably with marginalized populations
• Experience in public health and community based participatory research
• Experience working with community partners and building and managing research partnerships
• Experience working with persons from marginalized communities
• Experience contributing to research publications
• Ability to proactively, clearly, and effectively communicate information to internal and external partner organizations and granting agencies, both orally and in writing
• Ability to take initiative and ownership of projects while also directing the work of others
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Minimum of five years of progressive experience in a research administration or related experience
• Prior experience within a university or large, multidisciplinary institution working with researchers preferred
• Familiarity with research grant applications with experience in grant proposal and report

writing (especially matching funds/government research infrastructure programs) in a university or hospital-based research environment preferred

• Experience with, or a strong appreciation for, the particulars of government research funding and programs, as well as a demonstrated understanding of frameworks related to population health, social medicine, equity, diversity, and inclusion preferred
• Strong verbal, written, interpersonal, facilitation, and mediation skills; experience working with a diverse group of stakeholders; the ability to exercise sound judgment, tact, and diplomacy; the ability to manage multiple, competing, and frequently changing priorities; and a broad vision for the role of diversity in enhancing institutional excellence

This position recognizes the UHN’s commitment to health equity, to create a culturally safe institution for structurally marginalized people, and to educating future health care providers about health equity.

If you are interested in making your contribution at UHN, please apply on-line. You will be asked to copy and paste as well as attach your resume and covering letter to the application. You will also be required to complete a series of initial screening questions.

Posted Date: April 15, 2021 Closing Date: Until filled

For current UHN employees, only those who have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN’s attendance management program, and possess all the required experience and qualifications should apply.

UHN thanks all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

UHN is a respectful, caring, and inclusive workplace. We are committed to championing accessibility, diversity and equal opportunity. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process providing the applicant has met the Bona-fide for the open position. Applicants need to make their requirements known when contacted.