Postdoctoral Researcher

UHN is Canada’s #1 hospital and the world’s #1 publicly funded hospital. With 10 sites and more than 44,000 TeamUHN members, UHN consists of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, The Michener Institute of Education and West Park Healthcare Centre. As Canada's top research hospital, the scope of biomedical research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care. UHN has the largest hospital-based research program in Canada, with major research in neurosciences, cardiology, transplantation, oncology, surgical innovation, infectious diseases, genomic medicine and rehabilitation medicine. UHN is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

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The Health Systems & Policy Research Collaborative Centre at the University Health Network (UHN) is seeking an exceptional Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to health system transformation through health services research.

This is a joint position with UHN’s Connected Care program-a leading initiative working with system partners to design and implement innovative, person-centered models that support seamless care transitions across hospitals, primary care, and community settings - uhnconnectedcare.ca.

As a Postdoctoral Researcher, you will work at the intersection of research, policy, and practice- assessing outcomes, scalability, and sustainability of integrated care models. In this role, you will lead complex, high-impact quantitative research using some of the most comprehensive health datasets in Canada, develop your own independent research agenda, and collaborate with top experts across disciplines. You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and translate findings to drive evidence-based improvements in care delivery across the health system.

This position offers the opportunity to work in a highly interdisciplinary environment, collaborating with investigators and knowledge users from academia, public health, and governmental organizations across Canada. The postdoctoral researcher will be based at UHN and will have access to extensive mentorship, networking, and professional development opportunities to prepare for a career as an independent investigator.

Duties

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

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UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.