Office of Research Trainees
Trainees at UHN include undergraduate or co-op students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows.
Principal Investigators (PIs) will occasionally accept undergraduate students as summer students, students seeking an undergraduate thesis project, or students seeking co- op study terms. As availability is variable, students are encouraged to contact potential supervisors directly expressing interest in temporarily joining the lab and by including a CV.
Some university departments affiliated with UHN have structured summer, undergraduate thesis, or co-op programs and list supervisors who are currently recruiting students. Note that the process for finding a supervisor and summer student position starts several months before the academic term ends, especially if an application for funding is involved—plan to start your search as early as December or January.
PhD and MSc degrees in several scientific disciplines may be pursued at UHN. Most Principal Investigators (PIs) at UHN are affiliated with the University of Toronto. Researchers, and therefore their students, at each hospital site are generally affiliated with a variety of different university departments. Students registering in a MSc program are encouraged to transfer directly into a PhD program after approximately one year if they demonstrate a strong aptitude for research. Individuals with an MD may also pursue graduate degrees at UHN and combined MD/PhD programs can be accommodated.
Some students identify potential supervisors on their own and subsequently apply to the departments the PI is affiliated with. On the other hand, some students apply through their desired graduate departments, which have a system to try to find the best student-supervisor fit. For either approach, students are encouraged to visit the researcher profiles and university links to find supervisors and affiliated academic departments of interest, information on how to apply, and deadlines. Following acceptance into a lab, the student, supervisor and supervisory committee will work together to define the student’s program of study.
Postdoctoral training (not leading to a further degree) is available at both the post-PhD and post-MD level. Postdoctoral Fellows at UHN are primarily affiliated with UHN and governed by UHN policies and guidelines, not those of the University of Toronto. This allows for a wider range of Principal Investigators (PIs) at UHN who are able to supervise postdoctoral fellows.
Postdoctoral candidates are encouraged to identify specific PIs with shared research interests by reviewing the researcher profile links, networking at conferences, etc. Candidates may then contact potential supervisors directly and include an updated CV. PIs seeking postdoctoral fellows for specific projects may post the vacancies here or on the main UHN Research careers portal. Following acceptance into a lab, the postdoctoral fellow and supervisor will discuss and define specific projects and timelines for the fellowship.
Prospective trainees are encouraged to review UHN researcher profiles on the Find a Researcher page and contact them directly as outlined on the Who is a trainee and how to become one? We will occasionally post additional career opportunities of interest to trainees, both at UHN and elsewhere.
Two (2) Postdoctoral positions are available immediately for a synthetic organic or medicinal chemist with the Weaver Medicinal Chemistry Research…
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read moreA postdoctoral position is available in the Advanced Diagnostics laboratory at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and University of…
read moreA Hepatologist and Clinician-Scientist at UHN’s Multi Organ Transplant Program at the Toronto General Research Institute is seeking a Postdoctoral…
read moreThe first year of the fellowship is focused primarily on clinical assessment working towards autonomous practice and licensure with the…
read moreThe successful candidate will work with a team of Medical Physicists to develop and test a novel Machine Learning (ML)…
read morePostdoctoral Research Fellow – Biomedical Engineering – Toronto Rehab Institute In this Postdoctoral fellowship position, you will be working with…
read moreDr. Michael Reber, Senior Scientist at the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute part of Krembil Research Institute, is immediately seeking…
read moreThis position is available immediately within the Weaver Medicinal Chemistry Research Lab located at the Krembil Research Institute, part of…
read moreThis position is available in the Neural Systems and Brain Signal Processing Lab located at Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western…
read moreThis position is available in the Genetics and Development department located at Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, part of…
read moreThis position is available in the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Research (AIRR) located at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, part of University…
read moreA Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow is required to investigate cell therapy applications with focus on Osteoarthritis. Specifically, the Postdoctoral Fellow…
read moreThis position is available immediately within the Krembil Research Institute. The hiring lab focuses on the discovery of novel biological…
read moreThis position is available in the Serghides Lab at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute. This lab focuses on maternal and…
read moreThis position is available in the Experimental Therapeutics- Infection and Immunity Department located at Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, part…
read moreThis position is available in the Laflamme lab located in the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine located at Toronto General…
read moreThis position is available in the Spinal Cord Rehab department at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute- Lyndhurst Centre. This department is…
read moreThis position is available in the Genetics and Development department. The hiring lab focuses on dissecting molecular pathways contributing to…
read moreThis position is available in the Genetics and Development department. The work will be focused on studying personalized medicine in…
read moreThis position is available within Dr. Hansen He’s lab at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Dr. He’s lab is currently seeking two…
read moreArea of Research: Traumatic brain injury (TBI), defined as “an alteration in brain function, or other evidence of brain pathology,…
read moreHematological Malignancy Treatment, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Located in the Princess Margaret Cancer Research Tower within the Toronto discovery district,…
read moreMechanobiology and Cancer Signaling, Center of Research Excellence in Mechanobiology A post-doctoral position is available within the National University of…
read moreCell Signaling and Cancer Genetics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the laboratory of Dr.…
read moreClinical Biomechanics, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Dr. Alison Novak & Dr. Geoff Fernie are seeking a PhD student to join their…
read moreTumor Immunology, Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) offers a postdoctoral contract to join the…
read moreUHN investigators, please fill out this form to add your opportunity to the database above. For postdoctoral positions, we will use this information to help post to the UHN HR system.
Note to applicants/fellows: this form is not to apply to the positions above. Please click the “read more” links to find the contact information for applying.