Postdoctoral Research Fellow

This Post-doctoral Research Fellowship will take place in a work environment dedicated to conducting research on lived experience engagement in research and on issues of high priority to people with lived experience. The research team aims to conduct research with real-world impact by engaging with people with lived experience of mental health and/or substance use in all stages of the research endeavor.

**Activities and Opportunities for Collaboration**

CAMH postdoctoral researchers are expected to make independent contributions to knowledge under the mentorship of a CAMH scientist. In addition to planning, developing, and carrying out their own original research, CAMH post-docs are expected to contribute to team science and collaborate with other researchers. Both independent and collaborative activities are intended to expand experience and professional relationships, refine technical, methodological, and scientific expertise, and develop essential research skills in preparation for independent scientific careers within and beyond academia.

Core skills that a CAMH post-doc is expected to develop during their engagement include:

- Developing research proposals and experimental designs to investigate research questions
- Identifying milestones and objectives
- Planning, operationalizing, and carrying out research projects
- Determining necessary methodology required to collect data and test hypotheses
- Developing and submitting competitive grant proposals
- Collaborating with other researchers and clinicians
- Preparing manuscripts for publication preparing and presenting results at conferences
- Mentoring, training, and/or teaching other trainees

The primary current project that will be the focus of the Fellowship is a pilot randomized-controlled basket trial of a self-stigma intervention for youth with mental health conditions. The Fellow will have access to a wide range of psychometric measures and clinical trial data sources from this trial that will enable them to generate research questions in line with their research interests, underpinned by clinical trials, stigma, and youth mental health. The fellow will be supported by a clinical trials team and a youth advisory group at CAMH, as well as the Women and Children's Health Research Institute in Edmonton, Alberta. Additional opportunities may also be available based on the Fellow’s interests and skills.

**Eligibility and qualifications**

This role also requires 4 of years of related research experience. Experience and expertise will encompass a background in mental health and/or substance use challenges, knowledge of issues related to stigma, quantitative data analysis skills, knowledge of clinical trials, manuscript writing skills, and other knowledge translation experience.

**Funding**

**Location**

This position will be based at CAMH, Queen Street Location.

**Application instructions**

**Land Acknowledgement**

CAMH is situated on lands that have been occupied by First Nations for millennia; lands rich in civilizations with knowledge of medicine, architecture, technology, and extensive trade routes throughout the Americas. In 1860, the site of CAMH appeared in the Colonial Records Office of the British Crown as the council grounds of the Mississaugas of the New Credit, as they were known at the time.

Today, Toronto is covered by the Toronto Purchase, Treaty No. 13 of 1805 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. Toronto is now home to a vast diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis who enrich this city.

CAMH is committed to reconciliation. We will honour the land through programs and places that reflect and respect its heritage. We will embrace the healing traditions of the Ancestors, and weave them into our caring practices. We will create new relationships and partnerships with First Nations, Inuit and Métis and share the land and protect it for future generations.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: $65,000.00-$70,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have experience with mental health research?

**Education**:

- Doctoral Degree (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON M6J 1H4