Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

The Department of Community Health & Epidemiology at Dalhousie University invites applicants for a one-year postdoctoral opportunity in biostatistics, with an emphasis on Bayesian spatial modelling and disease mapping. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of statistical methodology and the analysis of cancer risk factors and incidence across Atlantic Canada. The purpose of this fellowship is to provide a platform for the successful applicant to build a track record in research funding and publications, and to establish a path toward an independent research career in one or more of the relevant fields mentioned above.

This research offers a valuable opportunity to address methodological challenges associated with modelling disease outcomes in low-density population settings. The work will inform and support efforts toward cancer primary prevention, with findings relevant and transferable to other jurisdictions in Canada and beyond.

The anticipated start date is August 15, 2025.

Application deadline: July 15, 2025

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The Slaight Centre for Youth in Transition in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow for a 2-year term under the co-supervision of Dr. Nicholas Neufeld and Dr. Lindsay Oliver.

The fellow will apply advanced computational and statistical approaches to available neuroimaging data, which includes precision resting-state fMRI, task-based fMRI, structural MRI, diffusion MRI, as well as wearable device data and clinical/social and non-social cognitive measures. Current research topics include brain-behaviour relationships and neuroimaging and digital biomarkers of mental illness, social cognition, and treatment outcomes. The candidate will also have access to numerous publicly available data sets, as well as a large set of locally available neuroimaging scans on disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, psychotic depression, and bipolar disorder.

The ideal candidate will have or be completing a PhD in psychology, neuroscience, or a related field, and have research experience in neuroscience, functional MRI, wearable technologies, and/or computational approaches and coding (e.g., R, Python, Matlab). Individuals must be no more than 5 years post-PhD to be eligible (however, consideration will be given to candidates with career interruptions related to documented leaves of absence or formal clinical training).

Application deadline: Applications are now being accepted.

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One or more postdoctoral fellow positions in Actuarial Science, Statistics, or Quantitative Finance are currently available in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo. The postdoctoral fellow is expected to join the group of Professor Ruodu Wang on one (or more) of the following areas:

1. Quantitative risk management
2. Selective inference and e-values
3. Decision theory, insurance, and financial economics
4. Optimal transport theory

A postdoc appointment is typically either one or two years. Teaching is not mandatory for this position, but the postdoctoral fellow may have the opportunity to teach (with compensation) no more than one course in Actuarial Science or Statistics per academic year based on teaching qualifications and department needs.

The starting date of the positions is flexible, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Applicants are expected to hold a PhD degree in Actuarial Science, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Mathematical Economics, or a related area.

Application deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis

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Mitacs offers various opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

Location: Canada
Deadline: Multiple

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