Research Assistant SRI - Evaluative Clinical Sciences - Regular Full-time 2025-13049
Research Assistant SRI - Evaluative Clinical Sciences - Regular Full-time 2025-13049
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Job Description
Hours: 37.5 per week; MondayFriday from 9 am to 5 pm some flexibility required.
Location: Onsite at either Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Bayview Campus or the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario 25 Morton Shulman Ave Toronto ON M3M 0B1
Job Overview
The Sunnybrook Research Institute Department of Psychiatry affiliated with the University of Toronto is seeking an energetic and efficient Research Assistant in the Suicide Prevention Research Collaborative (SPRC) lab to work in the areas of suicide prevention mood disorders and quality improvement. This individual will report to Dr. Mark Sinyor. They will perform clinical research activities and coordinate multiple research studies including clinical trials in a dynamic and collegial environment.
Qualifications
- An Honours bachelors degree in psychology or related area with preference given to individuals with at least 2 years of previous research experience in public health epidemiology psychology and/or psychiatry.
- Excellent academic writing communication interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Experience with handling multiple research tasks within projects such as maintaining research integrity protocol writing recruitment data collection and data entry.
- Experience in conducting chart reviews and database management.
- Competence with data collection management and statistical software such as NVivo SPSS R and REDCap.
- Ability to work independently as well as within a collaborative environment.
- (Fluent written and spoken Spanish is an asset)
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be expected to work on a number of projects led by Dr. Mark Sinyor the details of the job responsibilities will be based on the candidates expertise and the needs of the projects. Some of the responsibilities may include:
- Continue our retrospective chart review at the Office of the Chief Coroner (see Coroner Studies on our website).
- Assist in organizing the Partnerships for Life initiative. This may include liaising with international suicide prevention stakeholders in the Americas region.
- Assist with our schoolbased trials (see MyOWL on our website) such as liaising with school administrators consent data collection data analysis and manuscript writeup.
- Assist in different projects related to assessing the quality of various media types and examining the effects of suiciderelated media on suicide rates. (see Media Studies on our website)
- Perform other duties as assigned by the principal investigator.
- Additional responsibilities may become available dependent upon pending grant(s) notification.
To apply please send a letter of interest and resume
We thank all applicants for their interest but only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.
Sunnybrook Research Institute is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process please indicate this in your cover letter.
Sunnybrook Research Institute is strongly committed to inclusion and diversity within its community and welcomes all applicants including but not limited to: visible minorities all religions and ethnicities persons with disabilities 2SLGBTQ persons and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
Employment Type
Full-Time
