Job Description

Position Description

Area: Community Health Sciences

Duration: 2 Years

Start Date: Immediately

Salary: The salary payments will follow standard university schedules and may be negotiated based on experiences and expertise.

The Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar in Community Health Sciences.This is a regular full-time position with flexible work hours for 2 years.

Multimorbidity, or the presence of two or more non-communicable chronic diseases in an individual, may be one of the greatest challenges facing health care. The prevalence of multimorbidity is high, with 30% of Canadians 40 years of age or older having multimorbidity and the burden of multimorbidity increases significantly with age and social vulnerability. Multimorbidity is too often viewed through a biomedical lens; when in truth, many chronic conditions such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes and obesity have strong social determinants. Personalized approaches that consider the complex interaction between clinical and situational factors in multimorbidity hold considerable promise in addressing the challenge of multimorbidity. Shared decision-making (SDM) is a method through which patients and clinicians can work together to develop personalized solutions in the face of medical complexity. While SDM is strongly recommended for patients with medical complexity due to multimorbidity, it is under-utilized and sub-optimally supported, particularly in racialized patients.

The Canadian Collaboration for Complex Care (C4) will develop personalized health solutions by focusing on the promotion of situational literacy. We define situational literacy as an enhanced understanding of the interaction between the person, the complexities of their lived experience and the complexities of their clinical conditions. We propose that this understanding is fundamentally important to developing effective personalized care plans for patients with multimorbidity. Our overarching goal is to demonstrate a transformative and transportable approach to designing tools and environments that promote personalized decision-making.

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The Postdoctoral Associate primary purpose is to provide subject matter expertise and team operational support to assist in the goals of the research. The Postdoctoral Associate will lead/collaborate on publications within the field of the research at both a national and international level. Success in the role will require some judgment and decision making across the research projects, following procedures and guidelines set by the PI, and extensive daily collaboration with the research team.

Qualifications:

• PhD, MD or equivalent degree completed within 3 years of the beginning of the appointment. If degree is still pending it must be awarded before September 1, 2023.
• Must be interested in pursuing health services research
• Experience with both quantitative and qualitative research methods, data collection, analysis and data management.
• Familiarity with SAS, STATA, R and NVivo is desirable.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills is essential.
• Ability to work collaboratively with departmental and interdepartmental teams and effective time management.
• Knowledge of and experience in systematic reviews and advanced literature searching skills.
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint), and advanced internet skills
• A positive attitude and the ability to work independently and as part of a team are critical to success
• A commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
• Write scientific reports and/or papers

Application Details:

Candidates must submit the completed application package as a single PDF file with the subject line: C4 Postdoctoral Application. All applications must include:

• a brief cover letter including date of availability, suitability and motivation for the role, including your interest in this project, qualifications or related experience, general research/goals statement
• detailed curriculum vitae (CV)
• official or unofficial copy of diploma(s)/university certificate(s)
• contact information including email addresses for three (3) references to support the application

For full consideration, please submit your application on or before September 8, 2023, 11:59 PM MDT via email to and

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted further. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada, although others are encouraged to apply.

Please review the Postdoc Eligibility Guidelines for more information prior to applying for this position.

Additional Information

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About the University of Calgary

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