Postdoctoral Scholar, Education and Health

2 days ago


Calgary, Canada The University of Calgary Full time

**Position Description**

**Area**:Education and Health

**Duration**:1 year with renewal

**Start Date**: March 1, 2024

**Salary**:$60,000 per annum (plus benefits)

**About the Department**:
The PDS will lead patient centered care research focused on the development of advanced care models by including process quality measures, clinical outcome, youth and family perspectives on patient reported outcome measures and innovative education concepts for youth with rheumatic conditions, mental health concerns and/or disabilities. Advanced care models with integrated patient education, patient reported outcomes and impact evaluation is an important component to inform policy and resource allocations and improve delivery of responsive and supportive services across the life-course of children and youth with chronic rheumatic diseases, mental health concerns (and their families) and/or other disabilities. This work will have an important role in supporting patients/families/caregivers, clinicians, and researchers to work together and build capacity to integrate advanced care models, patient education and patient-oriented research (POR) into all health services and supports for children and youth (and their families).

PDS supervision will be provided by Dr. Heinrike Schmeling, Professor and Pediatric Rheumatologist; and Dr. Maria Santana, Associate Professor and Provincial Lead, Patient Engagement ASPORU, Cumming School of Medicine. This scholarship is embedded in a research program with extensive connections to local community partners, national and international research networks.

**PDS Responsibilities**:

- Lead the design and implementation of at least two of the sub-studies in the above-described research program
- Actively seek additional, external funding opportunities at local, provincial and national levels
- Actively contribute to the development of peer-reviewed publications related to the studies undertaken as part of the PDS appointment
- Provide leadership on knowledge translation activities
- Provide leadership and mentorship at weekly research team meeting, including supervision of trainees and support staff
- Undertake additional training

Opportunities for applied training is available, related to statistical methods, clinical trials, qualitative inquiry and stakeholder engagement, policy analysis, grant writing, student supervision, knowledge translation of clinical research into practice and policy and multi-stakeholder collaboration with a range of investigators (policy analysts, epidemiologists, psychologists, qualitative researchers, legal analysts, statisticians, and health service agencies).

**Qualifications**:

- PhD in health sciences, health services research, or a related field, completed within the last 5 years (or will be complete upon PDS start date)
- High level of effective organizational, time management and personal initiative skills
- Proven ability to design and complete research studies of complex issues
- Experience with research software (STATA preferred, NVivo preferred) as well as Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Strong team player
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, especially in scientific writing
- Proven ability to deliver high quality publications and presentations
- Understanding of experimental design and scientific process and evaluative and qualitative methodologies
- Strong track record of scholarly activities including publication of research findings in reputable peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations

**Application Details**:

- Statement of interest (limit 1 page) summarizing your relevant experience, career goals, and description of how postdoc training will contribute to these goals
- Curriculum Vitae
- List of two (2) references (reference letters will be required for final decisions)
- Two (2) writing samples (published or unpublished) that best exemplify your scholarly work, along with an explanation of your role in each sample

Applications will be considered until the position is filled.

Please contact to Drs. Maria Santana or Heinrike Schmeling if you have any questions.- Only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted further. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada._

**Additional Information**

The terms and conditions of employment are covered under the UCalgary and PDAC Collective Agreement. To find out more about postdoctoral scholar program at the University of Calgary visit our Postdocs website.

To learn more about postdoctoral scholar opportunities at the University of Calgary, view our **Postdoc Careers website**.

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