Postdoctoral Fellow in Policy, Location and Access
6 days ago
**PH School of Public Health**:
- Competition No.
**A100151341**
- Closing Date
**Will remain open until filled.**
This position is a part of the Association of the Academic Staff of the University of Alberta (AASUA).
This position offers a benefits package found at Postdoctoral Fellows Benefits.
This full-time position is available for a period three years. The start date of the position is flexible. Salary will be commensurate with experience and skills.
**Working for the University of Alberta**
The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community.
The University of Alberta is teeming with change makers, community builders, and world shapers who lead with purpose each and every day. We are home to more than 40,000 students in 200+ undergraduate and 500+ graduate programs, over 13,000 faculty and staff, 260,000 alumni worldwide and have been recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for over a decade.
Your work will have a meaningful influence on a fascinating cross section of people—from our students and stakeholders, to our renowned researchers and innovators who are quite literally curing diseases, making discoveries and generating solutions that make the world healthier, safer, stronger, and more just.
**Position**
The research conducted within the PLACE Research Lab seeks to contribute to better understanding the people-policy-place relationships in chronic disease prevention and interventions. Engaged scholarship is a core principle of the Lab. Work in the PLACE Lab involves qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies, community-based participatory research, literature reviews, policy analysis, and GIS mapping. PLACE research activities span three areas of investigation:
- program and policy initiatives, including: (i) how they evolve; (ii) how they shape particular settings (e.g., neighbourhoods, schools, workplaces, communities); and (iii) their impact on health and well-being;
- community-based studies of opportunities for and barriers to healthy choices in the built and social environment; and,
- knowledge exchange, or interactions between research and practice to support knowledge sharing and use.
Specific duties will include (but are not limited to): project coordination, provide guidance on appropriate analysis approaches, data analysis, data interpretation and synthesis, literature reviews, manuscript development, write technical reports and lay summaries of data, supervise research assistants, present research findings, liaise with the research team, collaborate with other members of the PLACE Lab, and support the development of grant proposals.
The PDF will work under the supervision of Dr. Candace Nykiforuk and be offered a supportive environment that emphasizes gaining and enhancing skills, thinking critically and innovatively, taking risks, and both autonomy and teamwork. The PDF will be exposed to other projects (as appropriate and as interests align), community engagement, and various areas of the research cycle (e.g., grant development, publication, knowledge translation). While being an important contributor to the PLACE Lab, the PDF will also be supported to develop their independent research interests.
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