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The Royal has an exciting research opportunity for a postdoctoral scientist to conduct cutting-edge research at the intersection of psychiatry, machine learning and mental health outcome prediction. We are looking for a candidate with strong computational skills including bioinformatics and machine learning to help in the analysis of epigenomic data sets in the areas of PTSD, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. Projects will involve bioinformatics analysis of data sets and the generation of prediction algorithms for outcomes of importance for clinical care.
A second project area of focus will be aiding in translation efforts to implement a novel electronic health record-based model for the prediction of suicide related behaviors. The successful candidate will have extensive coding experience in either R or python, preferably both. Experience in software design is considered an asset.
The selected candidate will have access to excellent computing resources, and an opportunity to explore a range of questions using multimodal data. As the selected applicant, you will have the opportunity to work alongside psychologists, psychiatrists, physicists, basic and clinical neuroscientists, with expertise in TMS, MRI, PET and EEG, among other methods.
The Royal is one of Canada’s foremost research institutes focused on mental illness, with over 70 researchers. The research environment is highly collaborative among researchers and clinicians.
You will work under the mentorship of Dr. Zachary Kaminsky, the DIFD Mach-Gaensslen Chair of Suicide Prevention Research, whose work focuses on leveraging multiple data sources, including epigenomic data, social media data and electronic health record data to generate novel tools to drive positive change for clinically relevant mental health outcomes.
The position is fully funded, and the salary is competitive. Support is available for a two-year period, with the possibility of an extension. The target start date is the Spring/Summer of 2025. Of note, this position is funded through a subcontract awarded to The Royal by a commercial entity outside of academia and as such, some analyses may fall under the intellectual property domain of said entity.
Applications must include:
Applications can be submitted via email to Zachary.Kaminsky@theroyal.ca. Applications will continue to be considered until the position is filled.
For further information, please contact Zachary Kaminsky.
1145 Carling Ave.,
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7K4
(613) 722-6521
1141 Carling Ave.,
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7K4
(613) 722-6521
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Brockville, ON K6V 5W7
(613) 345-1461
2121 Carling Ave.,
Ottawa, ON K2A 1H2
(613) 722-6521
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