Research Summer Student 2026

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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Position Summary:
The Radiation Medicine Program (RMP) at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is a global leader in radiation oncology, integrating clinical care, research, and education to improve cancer treatment outcomes. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, RMP advances innovative technologies in radiation therapy, dosimetry, and patient safety.

This summer student project focuses on exploring the potential of quantum computing to accelerate Monte Carlo dose calculations in radiotherapy. Monte Carlo simulation is considered the gold standard for radiation dose calculation due to its high accuracy in modeling radiation transport. However, its clinical and research application is often limited by significant computational demands.

The student will contribute to an exploratory research project that examines how quantum computing concepts, implemented using Python-based quantum simulators and hybrid quantum and classical approaches, can improve the computational efficiency of dose calculations. Working within a multidisciplinary team across the University Health Network and the University of Toronto, the student will gain hands-on experience in medical physics, computational modeling, and emerging quantum technologies.

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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