Research Associate (SRI) - Physical Sciences - Regular Full-time 2025-14973 (2025-14973)
About the role
Description Of Team/Department One of Canada's Top 10 Research Hospitals, Sunnybrook Research Institute is developing innovations in care for the more than 1.3 million patients the hospital cares for annually.
Sunnybrook Research Institute is the research enterprise of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Research spans three Toronto-based campuses, eight programs and three scientific platforms. Our main aims are to understand and prevent disease, and to develop treatments that enhance and extend life. Our vision is to invent the future of health care. Each year, we conduct about $100 million in research across 500,000 square feet, including in the world’s first Centre for Research in Image-Guided Therapeutics.
The MacIntosh and Whyne Lab s are seeking a Research Associate to join our neuroimaging team. The successful candidate will contribute to the evaluation and deployment of image analysis tools for research in stroke, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegeneration.
Under the supervision of Dr. Bradley MacIntosh and Cari Whyne, you will work on deep learning AI tools developed within the lab and through collaborations. This includes testing tools like VIOLA-AI and VB-AI for their use in neuro-navigation and neurosurgical planning research.
You must be a self-starter capable of working independently. You will also be expected to support and contribute to a healthy work environment that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We encourage applications from all individuals, including but not limited to visible minorities, all religions and ethnicities, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ+ persons, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas within our team.
Summary Of Duties
- Assess retrospective or prospective from stroke and traumatic brain injury cases using Sunnybrook’s archival request process.
- Run, evaluate, and improve upon the in-house software tools by analyzing imaging cases.
- Work towards writing abstracts and manuscripts for peer-review of image analysis findings.
- Support the lab through preparation of grant materials.
- Support collaboration with other laboratories to enable validation and new research projects with external colleagues.
Qualifications
- Successful completion of a PhD in medical imaging, bioengineering, or equivalent is a requirement.
- Experience with medical imaging, PACS, and medical software is highly desirable.
- Experience with R, Python, or Matlab is highly desirable.
- Strong interpersonal, time management and organizational skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills and attention to detail.
- Demonstrated proficiency in scientific writing through peer-reviewed publication is highly desirable
About Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
From our beginnings as a hospital for Canadian veterans, Sunnybrook has flourished into a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto, evolving to meet the needs of our growing community.
Today, with 1.3 million patient visits each year, Sunnybrook has established itself across three campuses and is home to Canada's largest trauma centre.
Sunnybrook's groundbreaking research changes the way patients are treated around the world. Our over 200 scientists and clinician-scientists conduct more than $100 million of breakthrough research each year. Tomorrow, we will discover ways to treat the untreatable.
Our mission is to care for our patients and their families when it matters most.
Our vision is to invent the future of health care.
Our values are: excellence, collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement.
See Sunnybrook's ambitious plan to invent the future of health care: sunnybrook.ca/strategicplan
Research Associate (SRI) - Physical Sciences - Regular Full-time 2025-14973 (2025-14973)
About the role
Description Of Team/Department One of Canada's Top 10 Research Hospitals, Sunnybrook Research Institute is developing innovations in care for the more than 1.3 million patients the hospital cares for annually.
Sunnybrook Research Institute is the research enterprise of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Research spans three Toronto-based campuses, eight programs and three scientific platforms. Our main aims are to understand and prevent disease, and to develop treatments that enhance and extend life. Our vision is to invent the future of health care. Each year, we conduct about $100 million in research across 500,000 square feet, including in the world’s first Centre for Research in Image-Guided Therapeutics.
The MacIntosh and Whyne Lab s are seeking a Research Associate to join our neuroimaging team. The successful candidate will contribute to the evaluation and deployment of image analysis tools for research in stroke, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegeneration.
Under the supervision of Dr. Bradley MacIntosh and Cari Whyne, you will work on deep learning AI tools developed within the lab and through collaborations. This includes testing tools like VIOLA-AI and VB-AI for their use in neuro-navigation and neurosurgical planning research.
You must be a self-starter capable of working independently. You will also be expected to support and contribute to a healthy work environment that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We encourage applications from all individuals, including but not limited to visible minorities, all religions and ethnicities, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ+ persons, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas within our team.
Summary Of Duties
- Assess retrospective or prospective from stroke and traumatic brain injury cases using Sunnybrook’s archival request process.
- Run, evaluate, and improve upon the in-house software tools by analyzing imaging cases.
- Work towards writing abstracts and manuscripts for peer-review of image analysis findings.
- Support the lab through preparation of grant materials.
- Support collaboration with other laboratories to enable validation and new research projects with external colleagues.
Qualifications
- Successful completion of a PhD in medical imaging, bioengineering, or equivalent is a requirement.
- Experience with medical imaging, PACS, and medical software is highly desirable.
- Experience with R, Python, or Matlab is highly desirable.
- Strong interpersonal, time management and organizational skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills and attention to detail.
- Demonstrated proficiency in scientific writing through peer-reviewed publication is highly desirable
About Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
From our beginnings as a hospital for Canadian veterans, Sunnybrook has flourished into a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto, evolving to meet the needs of our growing community.
Today, with 1.3 million patient visits each year, Sunnybrook has established itself across three campuses and is home to Canada's largest trauma centre.
Sunnybrook's groundbreaking research changes the way patients are treated around the world. Our over 200 scientists and clinician-scientists conduct more than $100 million of breakthrough research each year. Tomorrow, we will discover ways to treat the untreatable.
Our mission is to care for our patients and their families when it matters most.
Our vision is to invent the future of health care.
Our values are: excellence, collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement.
See Sunnybrook's ambitious plan to invent the future of health care: sunnybrook.ca/strategicplan