Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

The Child Health Evaluative Sciences research program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to develop methods for handling irregular observation times in longitudinal data. This is a full-time temporary one-year position.

Application deadline: April 13, 2025

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A research group at McMaster University is seeking a motivated and skilled postdoctoral fellow with a strong background in biostatistics methods development and innovative applications. The position offers an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of maternal-child health, health research methodology, and advanced statistical modelling.

The successful candidate will contribute to advancing novel biostatistical methods motivated by problems arising in the FLOURISH (Family-oriented and Service User Centered Research in Supporting Pregnancy Health) group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University.

This is a one-year, full-time, limited-term position.

Application deadline: March 30, 2025

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A team composed of Junling Ma (University of Victoria), Iain Moyles (York University), Sajjad Ghaemi (National Research Council), Juxin Liu (University of Saskatchewan), D. Joly (Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative), A. Signore (Canadian Food Inspection Agency), and Bouchra Nasri (Université de Montréal) is looking for a postdoctoral fellow (PDF) for a project involving infectious diseases modelling including H5N1 and Mpox. The project aims to develop stochastic and deterministic modelling approaches that can describe the dynamics of diseases such as Mpox and H5N1. The team is looking for a PDF with a background in applied mathematics, mathematical biology, or a related field.

Application deadline: Position available now.

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A team composed of Grace Y. Yi (Western University), J-F Quessy (Université du Québec à Trois Rivières), Yunhong Lyu (Trent University), Pavel Krupskii (University of Melbourne), and Bouchra Nasri (Université de Montréal) is looking for a postdoctoral fellow (PDF) for a project entitled “High-dimensional Hierarchical Data with Complex Dependence Structures.” The project aims to develop inference methods for copula-based regression models for hierarchical and high-dimensional data.

The project requires in-depth theoretical and computational skills in statistics/biostatistics. The team is looking for a PDF with a strong background in statistics or biostatistics with a focus on statistical theory.

Application deadline: Position available immediately.

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We are looking for a post-doctoral fellow (PDF) to join our research team in the University of Manitoba Department of Statistics. The project, titled Implementing the Zero-inflated ⍺-folded Normal Distribution for Microbiome Modelling, is led by Professor Kevin McGregor and Professor Saman Muthukumarana. The PDF will have (or will soon have) a PhD in statistics, biostatistics, or a closely related field.

In this project, our aim is to develop and test statistical methodologies for modelling microbiome data. The focus will be on extending existing Bayesian methods for modelling zero-inflated, count-based compositional data, which could include microbiome, mycobiome, or single-cell sequencing data. Additionally, the PDF will extend the methodology to measure cross-platform co-occurrences among these different data types. The PDF will implement techniques such as variational inference and linear response variational inference. This project will involve extensive use of computational tools such as R and possibly C/C++. The PDF will also have the opportunity to collaborate with microbiome researchers across Canada to run the newly developed methods on a wide array of real-world microbiome datasets.

The total salary for the position will be $55,000 per year plus. Anticipated start date is July 1, 2025, for a period of two years.

Application deadline: March 15, 2025

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Support is available for a postdoctoral (or PhD) position in the Ruzzante lab at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) for research on genomics and the estimation of population abundance in an exploited marine fish using the “Close Kin Mark Recapture” framework. The successful candidate will have a background in population genomics and statistics with demonstrated evidence of peer-reviewed publications, strong lab and field skills, and an interest in working collaboratively within a diverse research group. The position is part of a multidisciplinary project and will involve collaboration with colleagues in the Department of Statistics at Dalhousie, as well as at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), in the Marine Institute at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and in Biology at Université du Québec at Rimouski. The successful candidate will join the CANSSI Ontario STAGE program. The position is expected to start in the Spring or Fall of 2025 for the 2025/2026 academic year.

Application deadline: Now accepting applications

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A team led by Mahmoud Torabi, PhD, P.Stat. (Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, and Scientist, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)), is seeking a motivated and skilled postdoctoral researcher with a strong background in biostatistics and infectious disease modelling. The successful candidate will contribute to a groundbreaking project focused on HPAI H5N1 risk assessment through multi-scale spatiotemporal analysis and uncertainty quantification. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of OneHealth research and advanced statistical modelling.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct spatiotemporal analysis and modelling of HPAI H5N1
• Develop and implement uncertainty quantification methods
• Design and manage a dashboard to visualize and communicate project results
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of researchers
• Prepare and publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals

Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed as they are received; the search will continue until the position is filled.

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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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A newly established Collaborative Research Team supported by CANSSI will begin a three-year project to develop foundational methods in large-scale distributed Bayesian inference. The team is led by researchers based at the University of British Columbia, Université de Montréal, and Simon Fraser University, and has openings for MSc and PhD students interested in developing new, impactful inference methodologies. There will be opportunities to work on important and challenging problems, with mobility and co-supervision possible across top Canadian universities. The positions offer generous travel funding to attend international meetings and generous stipend and benefits.

Application deadline: Applications now open.

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One or more postdoctoral fellow positions in Probability or the Mathematics of Data Science are currently available in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo.

The postdoctoral fellow is expected to work with Professor Aukosh Jagannath. Potential topics include: the mathematics of deep learning, statistical-to-computational trade-offs in high-dimensional statistics and machine learning, and the statistical physics of disordered media.

Appointments are typically for 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 Statistics or Actuarial Science per academic year based on teaching qualifications.

The starting date of the positions is flexible, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The University of Waterloo has a large group of active researchers in Computer Science, Data Science and Statistics, Optimization, Mathematical Physics, and Free Probability who may offer postdocs opportunities.

Application deadline: November 25, 2024

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Mitacs offers various opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

Location: Canada
Deadline: Multiple

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