Canada Research Chair Tier II, Addictions and Comorbidity

at  The University of Calgary

Description
The Department of Psychology, in conjunction with the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, at the University of Calgary invites applications for a Tier II Canada Research Chair Position in Addictions and Comorbidity. The successful candidate will be appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor (Tenure-track) in the Department of Psychology within the Faculty of Arts. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2025.
The Department of Psychology is a research-intensive department with high standards in teaching. We value interdisciplinary approaches to research and training, and strongly encourage collaboration. The department is the administrative home for the Prairie node of the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM). For more information about the Department, please click here and for CRISM click here. The Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) is one of seven health institutes in the Cumming School of Medicine. The HBI’s focus on mental health/illness is housed within the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education. HBI/Mathison recently launched an initiative entitled Integrated Pathway from Addiction to Health (iPATH) that focuses research activity on translating foundational knowledge of substance use and misuse towards community prevention, navigation, and treatment. For more information about HBI, please click here, and for the Mathison Centre please click here.
We are seeking applications from individuals with a PhD in Clinical Psychology who are eligible for licensure as a psychologist in Alberta. Applicants should have an established research focus in addictions and co-morbid conditions. We particularly encourage applications from individuals who take a transdisciplinary perspective, with specialized expertise in understanding commonalities across addictions in etiology, onset, maintenance, and course. This could include (but is not limited to) neural substrates, childhood adversity and its effects, cognitive reward valuation, negative emotionality, stress and resilience, and/or family and cultural influences.
Selection criteria for this position will include research excellence and originality, demonstrated effectiveness in teaching and supervision, and demonstrated ability (or strong potential) to secure competitive external funding. These criteria will be judged based on the quantity and quality of publications to date; teaching dossier with ratings or other indications of quality; awards, scholarships, and other recognitions for research and teaching excellence; and a record of competitive funding, including competitive studentships and fellowships. In their Cover Letter and/or Statement of Research Interests, candidates are also encouraged to highlight how their research is co-created with and/or has been mobilized to relevant communities. Candidates must also have a demonstrated commitment to upholding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion as it pertains to service, teaching, and scholarly, research or creative activities.
Candidates for the Tier II Canada Research Chair in Addictions and Comorbidity must be excellent emerging researchers who possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed at the Assistant Professor Level. Tier II Canada Research Chairs must have completed their PhD or equivalent, less than 10 years ago at the time of their nomination. Applicants who are more than 10 years from having earned their highest degree (and where career breaks exist, such as maternity, parental or extended sick leave, clinical training, and research interruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, etc.) may have their eligibility for a Tier II Canada Research Chair assessed through the program’s Tier II justification process. Please contact UCalgary’s Office of Research Services for more information: ipd@ucalgary.ca. Please consult the Government of Canada’s CRC website for full program information, including further details on eligibility criteria.
The successful candidate is expected to establish and maintain an active research program, and to contribute to the Department’s teaching and research supervision in both undergraduate and graduate programs. In addition, some administrative service to the department, the faculty, the university or the community is expected.

THE UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZES THAT CANDIDATES HAVE VARYING CAREER PATHS AND THAT CAREER INTERRUPTIONS CAN BE PART OF AN EXCELLENT ACADEMIC RECORD. CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED, BUT NOT REQUIRED, TO PROVIDE ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND/OR CAREER INTERRUPTIONS TO ALLOW FOR A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF THEIR APPLICATION. SELECTION COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO CONSIDER, AND BE SENSITIVE TO, THE IMPACT OF CAREER INTERRUPTIONS, WHEN ASSESSING THE CANDIDATE’S ACADEMIC PRODUCTIVITY.

Interested individuals are encouraged to submit an application online via the ‘Apply Now’ link. Please be aware that the application process allows for only four attachments. Your four application attachments should be organized to contain the following (which may require you to merge documents):

• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae, including the name and contact information of three referees, and written permission to the Chair of the Selection Committee to contact the referees for letters of references
• Statement of research interests (not to exceed two pages)

• Teaching dossier (not to exceed 10 pages)An Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion statement (not to exceed one page)

Please refer the Job description for details