Inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mass Spectrometry in the department of chemistry at Vancouver Island University. This two-year position is a key part of a multi-institutional project utilizing cutting-edge mass spectrometry imaging technology to explore molecular mechanisms of tumor driven immunosuppression in various types of solid cancers. The primary focus of this role is to develop and apply nanospray desorption electrospray ionization (nano-DESI) methods to map metabolites in heterogeneous tumors.

The Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in HealthCare Design at Emily Carr will provide academic leadership for the Health Design Lab and, with administrative support, will manage the operations of the Lab.  The Research Chair will be expected to develop the leading Lab in Canada in this field, and to establish the quantitative and qualitative value that the design disciplines can bring to pressing healthcare issues.

The Faculty of Social Sciences comprises nine departments, schools and institute, offering undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs in both English and French. With over 9,000 students, 260 full-time professors, and a wide array of programs and research centres, the Faculty of Social Sciences plays a key role at the heart of the University of Ottawa. Its graduate students are trained by excellent researchers and undertake cutting-edge research in the Faculty’s Master’s and Ph.D. programs.

Two post-doctoral fellowships are available immediately for highly motivated and organized individuals to help design and coordinate a new multi-investigator interdisciplinary research program on oil sands management and environmental risk assessment.