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Department summary
The University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology is a multidisciplinary clinical facility dedicated solely to gastroenterology patient care and research. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the Faculty has been internationally recognized as among the world\'s top 50 medical schools and as one of Canada\'s premier health-education institutions. The University is currently home to 39,000 students and 15,000 faculty and staff.
The Edmonton Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) clinical and research program at the University of Alberta is seeking a Research Associate to join a dynamic team, consisting of physicians, research nurses, laboratory technicians and administrative support staff. The team conducts multiple clinical and translational research projects, and is engaged with international and national collaborators and networks. Our research activities are supported by tri-agency funding agencies, industry clinical trials and international collaboration grants. The Edmonton FMT program is one of the few labs in Canada that manufacture FMT product for the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection. The Edmonton FTM program is led by Dr. Dina Kao and Dr. Karen Wong.
Position summary
This position involves working closely with clinician researchers and our laboratory technicians on the design of experiments, data analysis and interpretation, grant applications and publications specific to the gut microbiota, GI infections, pathobionts and antimicrobial resistance testing. The ideal candidate will have a passion for human biotherapies including FMT, the host-microbe interactions with C. difficile infection and experience in probiotics, parabiotics and postbiotics research in GI diseases, especially application of next-generation probiotic strains and their by-products as novel therapeutics.
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