Postdoctoral Fellow (Autism Research Centre)

at  Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Position title: Post-Doctoral Fellow (Autism Research Centre)
Status: Temporary Full-time (1.0 FTE)
Start date: September 2024 (2-year contract with a possibility of extension)
Lab: Autism Research Centre
Supervisor: Evdokia Anagnostou
Program: Bloorview Research Institute
Join us in building a world of possibility! Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada’s largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital. We are a top 40 Canadian research hospital that is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, and we serve over 8,500 families annually.
Our vision is to support the most meaningful and healthy futures for all children, youth and families. Providing both inpatient and outpatient programs and services, Holland Bloorview is renowned for its expertise in partnering with clients and families to provide exceptional care and is the only organization to ever achieve 100 per cent in three successive quality surveys by Accreditation Canada.
Holland Bloorview has won numerous awards including Greater Toronto’s Top Employers, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People and Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures. We offer an inspiring, inclusive, innovative, and collaborative work environment with competitive compensation and benefit packages and programs that support ongoing learning and professional growth.
The Autism Research Center at the Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is seeking a Post Doctoral Fellow with expertise in neuroimaging (MEG is an asset). He/she/they will work on grant on Autism and Aging. In that context, he/she/they will collaborate with engineers, clinicians, and third-party researchers and laboratories.
Our lab is committed to fostering a climate of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. This commitment is central to, and mutually supportive of, our research excellence mandate. We welcome and respect the diversity of all members of our community and we support an inclusive culture for our clients, families, research scientists, staff, participants, trainees, volunteers, trustees, and partners. We welcome applications from Black individuals and other racialized persons, Indigenous Peoples, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2SA+ persons, and others who may contribute to further diversification of ideas within our community. We are committed to fair assessment of a candidate’s abilities, and consideration for diversity of thought, method, and experience, including non-traditional career paths. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process where needed.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• PhD degree in related field
• Familiarity with neuroimaging analytic methods, MEG experience is an asset
• Experience communicating research results, including written and oral

• Attached to a large Canadian grant examining aging in Autism using neuroimaging (including MEG) and physical and mental health data.
• Analyses of neuroimaging data
• Prepare manuscripts
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary team
• Maintaining the privacy and security of data being analyzed by following hospital best practices and procedures
• Although attached to this grant, there are many opportunities for neuroimaging analyses and manuscripts across several grant in neurodevelopment across the lifespan