Job Description

Date Posted:

November 11th, 2025

Closing Date:

November 24th, 2025 - 11:59 PM EST

Req ID:

45982

Faculty/Division:

School of Graduate Studies

Department:

Master of Biotechnology Program

Campus:

UTM - University of Toronto Mississauga

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BTC1878H > Health Data Visualization with Tableau

In this course, we discuss data analytics and visualizations using Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep software. We survey methods for data cleaning and preparation using ETL (Extract, Transform, Load). We examine best practices in developing dashboards and understand how to tell a story with health and biological data. Our overall goal is to provide a foundation for using Tableau in data-driven decision-making in the life sciences. Visualization with Tableau will be supplemented with R coding techniques that students have learned from previous courses.


Upon completion of this course, students will be able to frame various classes of healthcare problems as analytics problems using Tableau and identify appropriate data sources to build visualizations. Students will practice planning and developing interactive dashboards that help address analytical issues and provide data accessibility to a non-technical audience.

Description of Duties:

Marking assignments, having done suitable preparation (careful reading of cases). Meet with students occasionally to discuss assignments. Invigilating the final exam. Assist in marking of tests and final exams. Attend each class meeting to provide feedback and assist the Professor in organizing the class Consult with students by email.

Preferably a PhD student, a suitably qualified graduate student, or a working professional.


The candidate must be well-versed in SQL (CTEs, complex joins, data modelling), Excel, and Tableau. The candidate must also be able to be at the UTM campus once a week for an hour.

Class Schedule:

Wednesdays, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Sessional date of appointment:

January 5, 2026 - April 30, 2026

Salary:

The minimum hourly rate shall be:

September 1, 2025 $54.27 + vacation pay

Application deadline

: November 24, 2025

Please submit your CV + general application form to the Master of Biotechnology program


By Email to: mbiotech@utoronto.ca



We thank all applicants for their interest. Only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Closing Date:

November 24, 2025- 11:59 PM EST





This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.



It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.