Organization Description :

Le Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine est le plus grand centre mère-enfant au Canada et l'un des quatre plus importants centres pédiatriques en Amérique. Ses 5 000 employés et ses 500 médecins, dentistes et pharmaciens œuvrent dans un milieu à la fois hautement innovant, où des connaissances sont générées et partagées au quotidien, et respectueux des personnes, plaçant le patient et sa famille au cœur de la pratique. Associé à l'Université de Montréal, le CHU Sainte-Justine est de loin le plus grand centre de formation en pédiatrie au Québec et un chef de file au Canada; il accueille chaque année plus de 4 000 étudiants et stagiaires.

Job Description :

The Research
Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) are highly prevalent in society, have their first symptom onset during adolescence and are highly comorbid with other mental disorders and symptoms. Dr. Patricia Conrod’s research team studies the causes and consequences of adolescent onset substance use behaviours, and their longer-term relationship to mental health concerns and addiction. Using multi-modal longitudinal research designs, this research has shown that substance use behaviours can be predicted by a set of pre-morbid psychological, genetic and neurocognitive factors, which can be targeted in preventative psychosocial interventions.

Dr. Conrod’s research on targeted prevention for substance use disorders has led to the development of an intervention program that has proven effective in the prevention of substance misuse and mental health problems amongst high risk youth. Using large, community-based cluster-randomised designs testing effectiveness and implementation models, Dr. Conrod’s research team is currently evaluating new methods to scale up and scale out evidence-based drug and alcohol prevention to address high risk behaviours among youth in North America and globally.

Professor Conrod’s research laboratory manages multiple genetic-neuroimaging longitudinal studies, as well as many large randomised-controlled longitudinal studies. Using advanced computational modeling of multi-modal data, this research has led to the discovery of neurodevelopmental risk profiles. This research has been published in the top scientific and medical journals, including Science, Nature, British Medical Journal, JAMA-Psychiatry, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry and American Journal of Psychiatry.

Job description as Research Associate and Co-manager of the Venturelab Research
In collaboration with Dr. Conrod, the successful applicant will manage and oversee the successful operation and coordination of numerous ongoing research projects. The appointed candidate will have the responsibility of supervising research personnel and research trainees, as well as contribute to the development of new research projects and activities. The appointee is expected to take over decision-making, supervision and management in Dr. Conrod’s absence, and assist in co-directing a large research team and laboratory.

More specifically, the candidate will be expected to:

• Participate in the development of new research protocols, by assisting Dr. Conrod in grant writing, developing research protocols and launching new projects;
• Organise team meetings, developing and implementing operational procedures that contribute to the organisation and cohesion across numerous research activities ;
• Contribute the organisation of research trainees and supervision of some employees ;
• Oversee and promote good governance and scientific rigour in the laboratory ;
• Oversee and contribute to writing research progress reports ;
• Conduct and oversee data analyses, writing of manuscripts and dissemination of research findings to the public, including interacting with media;
• Organise and contribute to research training opportunities for new students and trainees.

Requirements :

Qualifications
• PhD in Psychology, Neurosciences, Statistics, or Biomedical Sciences;
• Minimum of three years experience as a post-Doctoral intern ;
• Experience working with longitudinal research data and/or neuroimaging data;
• A record of grant support (fellowships) and first-authored publications;
• Knowledgeable in computer programming or bioinformatics;
• Experience conducting clinical research or clinical trials;
• Familiarity with using languages such as R, or UNIX,
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills in English and able to function with in à French work environment.
Skills and abilities
• Proactive and capable of working independently, with minimal supervision at times.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with rapid and efficient execution of tasks, and ability to appropriately prioritise responsibilities;
• Strong leaderships ability, team-spirited, and excellent interpersonal communication skills ;
• Ability to work under time-pressure, willingness to take on new challenges, and capacity to manage one’s stress and/or help other manage their workloads.


Terms and conditions of employment
Syndicat des employés du Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine (SECR)
Wage scale: Level 4 - between 52871$ /yr and 78 549$/yr
Principal investigator: Patricia Conrod, Ph.D.
Position: Regular, Full time (35 hr/week), unionized
Anticipated start date: Immediate

IMPORTANT NOTICE
We would like to point out that foreign applicants must have a valid work permit for the CHU Sainte-Justine. Any work permit with the following condition will not be eligible: “Not authorized to work in childcare, primary/secondary school teaching, health service field occupations”

Potential applicant should consult the online recruitment site:
http://www.chusj.org/fr/Emplois-benevolat/Emplois-disponibles

Comments :

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Other benefits :

SERVICES DISPONIBLES SUR PLACE:
•Dans un quartier dynamique et en plein effervescence (Quartier Côte-des-Neiges);
•À proximité du Mont-Royal;
•Près du métro Université de Montréal et de stations BIXI;
•Caisse d’économie Desjardins;
•Pharmacie Jean Coutu;
•Café Bistro;
•Nettoyeur et couturière;
•Près des rues commerciales : terrasses, librairies, pâtisseries;
•Programme Avantages employé (Promotions et rabais avec divers partenaires);
•Programme Mieux-Être (PME) favorisant un bien-être physique et psychologique en fonction des besoins des employés (Activités physiques en gymnase, saine alimentation, service de massothérapie, etc.);
•Possibilités de conférences midi offert pour tous les employés, sur divers sujets de la santé, par des professionnels.