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Position Summary:

The Child Anxiety and Regulation of Emotions (C.A.R.E) Lab at McGill University and The Montreal Antenatal Well-Being Study at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is looking to fill one (1) Post-Doctoral Fellowship position. The postdoctoral fellow will be under the supervision of Dr. Tina C. Montreuil. The position will offer a unique postdoctoral training experience in perinatal mental health and the successful candidate will contribute to ongoing research on perinatal mental health, the caregiving environment and child development outcomes. The fellow will carry out research aimed at improving access to care and offering optimal evidence-based care for treating mood, anxiety and related disorders in pregnancy and postpartum period in Canada. The fellow would be given opportunities to produce first-author and co-author publications using existing data collected by the longitudinal prospective cohort, the Montreal Antenatal Well-Being Study. They will also present at national and international conferences and collaborate on grant applications.

The Montreal Antenatal Well-Being Study (MAWS) is one of Quebec\xe2\x80\x99s largest longitudinal perinatal mental health cohorts (N=1130). Data is collected from early pregnancy into early childhood. Partners of maternal participants have also been recruited and data collection is ongoing for maternal-partner-child trios (currently at 36 months postpartum).

For more information on MAWS, please visit:

Research Tasks and Environment

The postdoctoral research fellow will collaborate with a team of perinatal mental health experts and will work closely with and assist Dr. Montreuil, the MAWS Project Manager/Research Coordinator, Ms. Cindy Henault Robert, and their study team members. They will carry out research and program administrative tasks such as systematic reviews, publication preparation, epidemiological tasks, as well as with engagement with diverse stakeholders (e.g., clinicians, people with lived experience). Specifically, the candidate will be responsible for:

• Understanding the data collected;
• Managing diverse and heterogeneous databases;
• Conducting regression analyses, ANOVA, time series type analyses, or longitudinal analyses;
• Writing articles and reports;
• Participating in meetings with researchers and students.

The position will be supervised by Dr. Montreuil, Scientist at RI-MUHC, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at McGill University. Dr. Montreuil is a leading expert in mood and anxiety disorders and has carried out studies worldwide on maternal mental illness around the time of pregnancy. Dr. Montreuil\xe2\x80\x99s research is helping raise awareness about gaps in access to specialized perinatal mental healthcare, as well as developing interventions to specifically empower those most affected by perinatal mental health issues.

McGill is one of Canada\xe2\x80\x99s leading research-intensive universities with students from over 140 countries. The university is located in Montreal, a cosmopolitan city with great cultural and linguistic diversity.

The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is a world-renowned biomedical and hospital research centre. More than 1200 graduate students, postdoctoral and clinical fellows are learning and conducting research at the RI-MUHC. As the research arm of the McGill University Health Centre, and affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University, the Research Institute offers trainees a dynamic multidisciplinary research environment that fosters collaboration and discovery.

Research Training Objectives

Research is an integral part of the fellowship and will make up approximately 90% of the candidate\xe2\x80\x99s work time.

• Gain expertise in the life course impact of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders on maternal, partner and child health;
• Gain expertise developing and implementing screening and referral protocols for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders;
• Gain expertise in identifying and evaluating the economic and human costs associated with untreated perinatal mental illness in Canada;
• Acquire skills to conduct research in perinatal mental health, including the critical evaluation of the literature, research design, data analysis, and the preparation of presentations and manuscripts.

Research Support and Administrative Activities:

The following activities will take up approximately 10% of the candidate\xe2\x80\x99s time.

• Case-based teaching (weekly)
• M & M/Journal club (bi-monthly, Women\xe2\x80\x99s Health Research meetings, Quebec Alliance on Perinatal Mental Health meetings)
• MUHC - Obstetrics-Gynecology Grand Rounds
• MUHC - Psychiatry Grand Rounds
• Administrative support to the MAWS Project Manager and research team

Location

Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) \xe2\x80\x93 Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (Montreal, QC) and remote work (Montreal-based).

Application Deadline

January 8, 2024

Duration

1-2 years (one year renewable for a 2nd year upon annual performance review)

Salary

Pay Scale: as per Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) guidelines

The candidate must apply for admission to the McGill University GPS (Graduate and Postgraduate Studies) as a postdoctoral trainee and must respect the eligibility conditions in force. It should be noted that postdoctoral fellows at the RI-MUHC have the status of postdoctoral fellows. They are considered researchers in training and are not employees of the RI-MUHC. They are remunerated in the form of grants, not salaries.

For this reason, RI-MUHC postdoc fellows are not eligible for employment insurance benefits, parental insurance, retirement plans, and other benefits reserved for employees. Tax deductions will be taken at the source.

RI-MUHC has a remuneration policy for postdoctoral interns, which is a minimum of $40,000 per year. Remuneration can come from research funds or an external nominative grant.

The candidate will be invited to apply for external scholarships to obtain a named scholarship (e.g., CIHR, FRQS, etc.)

Eligibility

Hold or a completed doctorate in following fields: psychology, epidemiology, public health, neuroscience, psychiatry, or any related fields or disciplines.

Selection Criteria

Required

• Ph. D. in an appropriate discipline (see eligibility above)
• Academic excellence as demonstrated by academic results (PhD GPA above 3.7/4.3 or 3.5/4; or equivalent).
• Solid experience in quantitative data analyses;
• Methodological skills and experience using datasets (longitudinal datasets an asset).
• Experience in publishing, communication, and research in English.
• Prior experience in data analysis with software such as SPSS, SAS, R, M+, Stata, etc.
• Good knowledge of Windows and UNIX environments.
• Excellent teamwork skills, dynamism, and flexibility.
• Attention to detail, autonomy, and resourcefulness.

Assets

• Knowledge of randomized clinical trial analysis methods.
• Spoken and written command of French and essential functional bilingualism.
• Knowledge of M+ and R software packages.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion

We welcome applications from all qualified persons. We encourage women; First Nations, M\xc3\xa9tis and Inuit persons; members of visible minority groups; persons with disabilities; persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expression; and all those who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas and the University to apply.

Application Process

Apply via Workday and upload the following documentation;

• Curriculum vit\xc3\xa6
• Most recent academic transcript
• Cover letter (intent)

Reference from previous supervisors

Annual Salary: (Nil-Salary) $0.00

Hours per Week: 35 (Full time)

Location: Education Building

Supervisor: Associate Professor

Position Start Date: 2023-12-21

Position End Date: 2024-12-31

Deadline to Apply: 2024-01-08

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