Post doctoral Fellow – Department of Surgery

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Posting Start Date: February 12, 2025
Posting End Date: Posting may remain open beyond the date of April 13, 2025, until filled.

Department of Surgery
Max Rady College of Medicine
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Manitoba  
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 

Post-doctoral Fellow
Position # 36126

The Laboratory: This post is for a post-doctoral fellow position within a translational biomedical engineering and neurosciences laboratory (PI: Prof. F. Zeiler) situated at Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, focused fundamental understanding of cerebrovascular physiology. The Zeiler lab trains graduate/post-graduate trainees through Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, and Human Anatomy and Cell Sciences. This facility is comprised of over 2000 sq ft of cutting-edge biomedical engineering facilities for research into fundamental cerebral physiologic relationships, network and state-space model development, and novel device creation/testing. It is the central data processing hub for various national and international research initiatives in cerebral physiologic and biomechanical neural injury. This laboratory is considered a global leader in novel cerebral physiologic device and metric development.

Responsibilities: As a postdoc in this laboratory, you will work under the direct supervision of Prof. Frederick Zeiler, providing advanced computing and statistical support to the entire research group in Winnipeg, while also being engaged in various national and international research initiatives. The specific work will focus on the development of novel subject-specific personalized medicine targets, leveraging high-resolution multi-modal cerebral physiologic data streams. The goal over the 1-year period is to create reliable continuous algorithmic pipelines for derivation of personalized physiologic targets focused on neuroprotection and build a new testing data set through additional human data collection at the bedside in acute traumatic neural injury. The project and position are supported through provincial grant funding and CIHR. This work will involve providing computer science, applied mathematics, and biomedical engineering support to researchers in the laboratory (including undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate trainees). The incumbent will also consult with and train researchers on the development of custom biosignal processing pipelines.

The position is expected to commence in April 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter (based on funding availability and immigration processing timelines) and is expected to run for a 1-year period (renewal for 2nd year is commensurate with satisfactory performance and future funding acquisition). This is a full-time position with a salary of $80,000 CAD per annum (including benefits). As a postdoc, you will: – Conduct independent research – Check data quality and data normalization – Write custom coding pipelines for physiologic signal analysis and image processing – Assist in developing, devising or improving existing bioinformatics methods, practices and procedures – Work with human data – Be responsible for the integration of such data streams with other clinical data – Coding custom software pipelines – Present to public and/or science community – Write scientific manuscripts for peer-review publication – and Engage with industry partners.

Qualifications:
-PhD required (no later than 5 years since graduation) in fields of: biomedical engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or applied mathematics.
-Strong background in computer programming, applied mathematics and statistical analysis is required.
-Strong background with coding in Python is required.
-Proven track record of peer-reviewed publications is required.

Additional Information: Applicants should submit their application including a curriculum vitae and the names and addresses (including e-mail addresses and phone numbers) of three references and a personal statement including your positionality, demonstrated commitment and approach to issues pertaining to anti-racism and social justice (including principles of equity, access and participation) in the following areas: teaching, research and service.
to the address below:

Name: Prof. Frederick A. Zeiler
Email Address: [email protected]

Applications will be received until the position is filled.

The University of Manitoba is committed to the principles of equity, diversity & inclusion and to promoting opportunities in hiring, promotion and tenure (where applicable) for systemically marginalized groups who have been excluded from full participation at the University and the larger community including Indigenous Peoples, women, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse sexual identities). All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is committed to the social justice principles of equity, access & participation and to promoting opportunities in hiring, promotion and tenure (where applicable) for systemically marginalized groups who have been excluded from full participation at the University and the larger community including Indigenous Peoples, Black, racially marginalized communities, disabled persons and those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse sexual identities).

An inclusive, open and diverse community is essential to excellence and fosters voices that have been ignored or discouraged. To address the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences commitment to equity, access and participation, and in recognition of the underrepresentation of members of historically and currently excluded groups, we take proactive measures including implicit bias training for all hiring panels. We strive to include diverse perspectives and cultural safety throughout the hiring process (hiring panels, short-list of candidates, interviews). The University acknowledges the potential impact that Career Interruptions and Personal Circumstances can have on an applicant’s record of research achievement. Measures will be taken to ensure that these leaves will be taken into careful consideration during the evaluation process. We encourage you to self-identity aspects of your identity that position you to bring currently under-represented viewpoints, expertise and forms of excellence to this role.
To address the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences commitment to equity, access and participation, in recognition of the underrepresentation of members of historically and currently under‐represented groups, and pursuant to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission Policy I‐7, preference will be given to applicants who self‐identify as women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, racially marginalized persons, as well as other historically underrepresented groups such as 2SLGBTQIA+.

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