Positions Available
HDR Project available to study “Predicting fetal growth and lung development using MRI”
About the Study
Improve outcomes for babies experiencing fetal growth restriction!
Nearly 50% of all pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction (FGR) go undetected until after birth. These babies are at increased risk of respiratory distress syndrome because development is disturbed. Early diagnosis of FGR and the ability to predict abnormal fetal oxygenation later in gestation would improve outcomes for these babies not only during pregnancy and the neonatal period but also throughout life.
There is a need to develop safe diagnostic tests of fetal growth and lung development. This project will use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the placenta and fetus to comprehensively model and measure markers of maturation, growth and function in FGR.
We hypothesise that using MRI in early gestation will allow us to predict fetal growth several weeks later and correlate with gene and protein expression of molecular markers of the regulation of lung development in late gestation.
Applications close on Monday, 25th November, 2024
Posted: November 14, 2024
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
About the Role
Applicants are invited to join an exciting transdisciplinary team of clinicians, scientists and bioengineers working together at Queen Mary across the School of Engineering and Materials Science, Blizard Institute and the Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research in Zimbabwe.
This project is funded by Wellcome and led by Prof Andrew Prendergast who is the Director of the Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research in Zimbabwe and has established clinical trials to improve healthy birth and growth. You will work under the supervision of Dr Tina Chowdhury at the Centre for Bioengineering, who has identified inflammatory pathways that are common in preterm birth (https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/t.t.chowdhury).
Posted: October 24, 2024
Next Generation Fellowship, Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research
Next Generation Fellow, Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research
Eligibility
Our ambition with this fellowship is to launch the careers of the next generation of faculty in trophoblast biology. The criteria for success in this position is that at the end of the Next Generation Fellowship, the fellow is able to secure a career development fellowship to establish their own independent research group, for example a:
- MRC Career Development Fellowship,
- Wellcome Career Development Award,
- Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship,
- ERC starting grant,
- or any internationally equivalent awards.
Applications can be submitted through the University of Cambridge jobs portal, linked on the Loke CTR website: https://www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/ngf-overview.
Posted: October 18, 2024
Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research funded PhD Studentship
Fully funded 4-year PhD studentship in reproductive biology
Key experience and competencies:
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK Good II.i Honours Degree. We are looking for strong candidates that will contribute to the science in the Loke CTR and have potential as researchers. During the admissions process, we will consider the academic record and the comments from referees as well as the research experience and achievements of the applicants.
We are mindful that the extent of research opportunity and publications can vary substantially depending on background and undergraduate training, for example some countries have longer undergraduate courses, different master requirements, offer short courses and practical research, etc, and all these are put into context when evaluating potential.
Please refer to the University of Cambridge Entry requirements for further detail.
Posted: October 18, 2024
Trainee Development Committee
The Trainee Development Committee (TDC) is currently seeking trainees at all levels (Undergraduate, Graduate, and Postdoctoral) who are interested in serving as members-at-large on this committee. For more details, click the button.
Posted: September 6, 2024
Graduate Student Scholarships, Postdoctoral and Professional Research Positions
Carrying life, carrying hunger: the urgency of nutritional equality in the perinatal context
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Study Objectives:
This study, conducted in partnership with the Olo Foundation, evaluates the provision of nutritional services in perinatal health in order to identify what works for whom and in what circumstances.
Professors in Charge:
- Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson, DtP, PhD (School of Nutrition Sciences, University of Ottawa)
Élise Carbonneau, DtP, PhD (School of Nutrition, Université Laval)
Alex Dumas, PhD (School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa)
Requirements:
- Fluency in French is essential as the study will be conducted in the province of Québec.
Full-time enrolment in a master’s or doctoral program at the University of Ottawa or Université Laval, or;
Pursuit of a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Ottawa or Université Laval, or;
Interest in employment as a research professional.
Financial Support:
- Master’s: $17,500/year for two years.
- Doctorate: $20,000/year for three years.
- Postdoctoral/Research Professional: to be determined according to working conditions and experience.
Additional information:
For further information, please contact Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson (bfontain@uottawa.ca) and c.c. Élise Carbonneau (elise.carbonneau.1@ulaval.ca) and Alex Dumas (adumas@uottawa.ca).
Posted: September 4, 2024
Principal Investigator in Population Health Data Science (Two Positions)
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System
The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) of Sinai Health, a University of Toronto affiliated research institute, is seeking two emerging leaders in the broad area of Population Health Data Science. The appointments will be for Full-Time Principal Investigators, rank equivalent to Assistant or Associate Professors. The successful candidate will join the LTRI whose faculty members are internationally renowned for their work in multiple area of cutting-edge research. Applications should be submitted via Interfolio before October 20, 2024. Click here fore more details.
Posted: August 21, 2024
Postdoctoral Fellow in Pregnancy Biomarkers and Early Child Neurodevelopment
CAMH and Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System
Applications are invited for this joint postdoctoral fellowship position at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Sinai Health and CAMH. The successful candidate will join the Pregnancy Biomarkers and Early Brain Development component of the Ontario Birth Study (OBS), with co-supervision from Dr. Rayjean Hung in the Prosserman Centre for Population Health Research, Associate Director of Population Health of the Sinai Health, and Dr. Robert Levitan, Professor of Psychiatry and Physiology at CAMH. Click here fore more details.
Posted: February 2, 2024
Assistant Professor PhD or MD/PhD
University of Colorado
The Division of Reproductive Sciences in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine is seeking to expand our translational science through the recruitment of a highly meritorious PhD or MD/PhD faculty at the rank of Assistant Professor.
Cover letter, CV, list of references submitted online at: https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/134367.
Posted: October 2, 2023
Tenure-Track or Tenured Position
Colorado State University
The Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University seeks to fill a faculty position in mammalian reproductive biology.
Cover letter, CV, statements of research and teaching experience and interests, statement on diversity/equity/inclusion, and names of three references should be submitted online at: https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/134367.
Submission deadline is November 5, 2023
Posted: October 2, 2023
Lab Manager
Petropoulos Lab
Petropoulos Lab is hiring for a full-time, lab manager who is interested in Reproduction and Development with technical skills.
The lab is located in the CRCHUM, a state-of-the-art research facility in the heart of Montreal, Quebec.
Start date can be discussed with successful candidate.
Please click here for more information
Posted: December 2, 2022
Computational MSc or PhD
Petropoulos Lab
Petropoulos Lab is hiring for a MSc or PhD who is interested in Reproduction and Development, and cannabis.
The lab is located in the CRCHUM, a state-of-the-art research facility in the heart of Montreal, Quebec.
Start date can be discussed with successful candidate.
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Posted: December 2, 2022
Post-Doctral Fellow Position
York University
Post-doctoral Fellow in Children’s Environmental Health
2 years, with the possibility of renewal
Supervisor(s) Dr. Christine Till, Dr. Bruce Lanphear
York University, Toronto
Please click here for more information
Posted: December 1, 2022