Atkinson Chair in Women’s Health Research
Location: Women's College Hospital
Closing date: December 15, 2024
Organization description:
Women’s College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory hospital, fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Our mission is to transform healthcare for women and gender diverse people, delivering better outcomes, access, and patient experience through equitable and connected care, learning and discovery. Striving towards a Learning Health System model, we are developing ground-breaking innovations that address the most pressing issues related to population health, patient experience, and system costs. At WCH implementation science methodologies are utilized to design, test and evaluate patient-centred care models.
WCH is a full member of the University of Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN), a dynamic network comprised of the University of Toronto and its full and associate affiliated academic hospitals. TAHSN serves as a leader in Canadian healthcare providing leading edge research, teaching and clinical care and offers a wide range of opportunities for collaborative and interdisciplinary research and training. There is a network of Chairs in Health Equity across the TAHSN community.
Established by Royal Charter in 1827, the University of Toronto is the largest and most prestigious research-intensive university in Canada, located in one of the world’s greatest cities.
Job description:
Women’s College Hospital invites applications for the Atkinson Chair in Women’s Health Research. Women’s College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory hospital, fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Women’s College Hospital embraces the bold concept of healthcare as a human right and strives for equitable access, quality, and care outcomes especially with consideration to sex, gender in health.
The successful applicant must be eligible for an academic appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor at the University of Toronto. We are seeking a scientist (PhD or equivalent or clinician scientist from any health discipline) with an innovative research program focused on Women’s Health, specifically life stages impacting older women such as peri-menopause and menopause.
Candidates must hold a PhD or MD with advanced research training (e.g. MSc, MPH, PhD) in a field related to women’s health.
Candidates will have demonstrated a strong track record of excellence in research that is clearly aligned with the strategic goals of Women’s College Hospital. This individual will be a catalyst for multi-disciplinary collaborations within the hospital (clinicians and scientists), the University of Toronto, across Canada and internationally. We seek candidates whose research and clinical interests complement and strengthen our existing strengths. Candidates will have a developing or advanced international reputation and the demonstrated ability to significantly advance the field internationally.
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate and maintain a competitive and externally funded research program, and to sustain and lead an innovative, independent and inclusive program of scholarship that emphasizes community building and partnerships both within and outside the hospital.
The successful candidate must have a successful record of publications in top-ranked and field relevant journals in their area of expertise, awards and accolades, other noteworthy activities that contribute to the visibility and prominence of the discipline.
Experience and demonstrated interest in the development of novel tools and methods for women’s health data collection, analysis, and knowledge translation are also a requirement. The applicant should have demonstrated experience working with other health scholars and mentoring trainees. An important facet of the position is to build research capacity in women’s health especially through collaboration, training and mentorship.
The candidate will be expected to: sustain and lead an outstanding, robust, active, independent, innovative, externally-funded research program at the international level; take an active role in teaching and mentoring students; collaborate with colleagues and other university departments, partners, and the community; and be committed to equity, diversity and inclusion.
Application Process:
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Please submit an up-to-date curriculum vitae and a two-page outline of your academic program to:
Dr. Rulan Parekh
Vice-President, Academics
Women’s College Hospital
76 Grenville St.
Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
Email: donna.seymour@wchospital.ca
For further information about this opportunity please contact Dr. Rulan Parekh at donna.seymour@wchospital.ca