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About the Role
The Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology at CAMH is seeking a Scientific Associate to support research on sex and gender differences in brain health, aging, mental health, and neurodegenerative disease. This role involves developing and executing research projects, preparing grant proposals and manuscripts, and contributing to scientific communication and mentorship.
Responsibilities
- Provide senior scientific support through the development and execution of research projects.
- Prepare competitive grant proposals, scientific manuscripts, reports, presentations, and knowledge translation resources.
- Contribute expertise in behavioural neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, and Alzheimer's disease research.
- Apply preclinical models, behavioural approaches, and experimental methodologies to investigate disease mechanisms, cognitive function, and factors influencing resilience and disease progression.
- Perform experimental design, data analysis, and interpretation.
- Advance research methodologies and support high-quality, reproducible research.
- Contribute to grant strategy and collaborative research initiatives.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and research staff.
- Support trainee development in experimental design, research methods, data analysis, scientific writing, and professional development.
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive environment that promotes scientific independence.
- Maintain high standards of scientific integrity, research ethics, regulatory compliance, and reproducibility.
- Remain current with advances in behavioural neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, Alzheimer's disease, sex and gender science, and translational research methodologies.
Requirements
- Expertise in behavioural neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, and Alzheimer's disease research.
- Experience with preclinical models, behavioural approaches, and experimental methodologies.
- Experience in experimental design, data analysis, and interpretation.
- Experience advancing research methodologies.
- Experience supporting high-quality, reproducible research.
- Experience contributing to grant strategy and collaborative research initiatives.
- Experience providing mentorship and guidance to students and research staff.
- Experience supporting trainee development.
- Commitment to scientific integrity, research ethics, regulatory compliance, and reproducibility.
- Up-to-date knowledge of behavioural neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, Alzheimer's disease, sex and gender science, and translational research methodologies.
Skills
- Behavioural neuroscience
- Neuroendocrinology
- Alzheimer's disease research
- Preclinical models
- Behavioural approaches
- Experimental methodologies
- Experimental design
- Data analysis
- Data interpretation
- Research methodologies
- Grant writing
- Scientific writing
- Knowledge translation
- Mentorship
- Scientific communication
Location
- 250 College Street Site, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
- Contract (12 months)
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior scientific support
About the Company
- CAMH is a leader in addiction and mental health care, research, education, and advocacy.
- CAMH's core values are Courage, Respect, and Excellence.
- CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change.
- CAMH's mission is to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness, aiming to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system.