Practicum Student – Communicable Diseases
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Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
This posting is to fill a current vacancy.
The Role:
Suggested placement start date: May to August 2026
Please note:
This position is only open to students who are currently enrolled in an academic program where the completion of a practicum placement is required.
This position is only open to students currently residing in Ontario and attending a Canadian academic institution. Preference will be given to students enrolled in Ontario-based academic institutions.
This is a paid placement.
Educational objectives:
- Learn about the role and day-to-day operations of Public Health Ontario.
- Gain knowledge of infectious diseases of public health relevance including their etiology and risk factors.
- Learn of interventions to reduce the incidence of respiratory infections including vaccination.
- Apply epidemiologic principles to design and/or analyze studies identifying new risk factors and evaluate interventions retrospectively including cohort studies and controlled interrupted time series.
- Use their writing skills to concisely summarise study results in manuscript or report format.
Education and experience:
- Strong writing skills evidenced by writing samples and/or first-author publications.
- Strong statistical programming and data visualization skills in R or SAS.
- Experience designing epidemiologic studies.
- Knowledge of microbiology or infectious diseases (not required).
- A prior bachelors degree education with substantive quantitative statistical or data science coursework.
- Currently be enrolled in a graduate program in epidemiology biostatistics or data science.
Please note: applications will be received no later than 11:59pm on the date preceding the closing date as indicated on the Job Requisition.
Note: Internal candidates will be considered first.
While we thank all applicants for their interest only those selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted. Any information obtained during the course of recruitment will be used for employment recruitment purposes only and not for any other purpose.
PHO is committed to ensuring equity in employment. Our goal is to create a diverse inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to ensure our services and communications are accessible to all individuals. Any candidate who requires a job posting in an alternative format may email a request to Once an applicant has been selected for an interview they can inform PHO about any accommodations they may require at any stage of the interview process.
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