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Job Type:

Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):

24

Job Family:

Research

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Research, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences

Campus:

Ottawa, ON

Union Affiliation:

N/A

Date Posted:

August 27, 2024

Closing Date:

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

Non-Union Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Salary Range:

$34,000.00 - $100,000.00

About the Faculty of Health Sciences:

Make your mark with the Faculty of Health Sciences! Health matters to everyone and we are committed to becoming a nationally and internationally recognized leader in innovative approaches to active living, health promotion, and quality health services.
Our success lies in our students and our people. Join us and every day you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact as we grow together and make a great faculty even better.

Position purpose:

The Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa is offering a post-doctoral fellow to work on a series of data analytical projects on population mental health outcomes.

 

We are seeking to investigate methods to learn from longitudinal, multimodal data present in various data resources to: (1) predict disease trajectories and outcomes of patients with physical diseases comorbid with mental disorders; (2) perform deep phenotyping of patients with complex diseases, with the goal of improving diagnosis and treatment of these diseases.

 

The research will also address the challenges in applying advanced statistics as well as machine learning methods to small datasets as well as the trustworthiness of machine learning and how we can improve the interpretability of machine learning models and their translatability to clinical care.

 

The candidate will work in a multidisciplinary, highly collaborative scientific environment with opportunities to interact with other faculty members, clinicians, other computational researchers, as well as external collaborators.

 

This position is for up to two (2) years, with the possibility of renewal.

 

Salary: a minimum of $42,000 per year. The position offers benefits coverage including basic dental insurance and extended health insurance.

To apply, applicants should provide the following application materials:

1) a current curriculum vitae;

2) a 2- page cover letter highlighting key qualifications, research interests, and experience;

and 3) unofficial transcripts for undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Note: Official transcripts and three letters of reference will be requested if selected for a fellowship.

Questions about this position or requests for more detailed information

can be directed to Dr. Xiangfei Meng at