PhD: Longitudinal Health Consequences of Bariatric Surgery (REBORN Study)
Project summary:
The REsearch on Bariatric care for Obesity tReatmeNt (REBORN) study is an ongoing longitudinal of patients undergoing bariatric surgery being conducted at the CIUSSS-NIM, which has one of the largest outpatient bariatric surgery clinics in Canada. The study has a multi-disciplinary investigative team, which includes a variety of stakeholders (researchers, healthcare professionals, patients, and policy makers). A variety of clinical, psychological, behavioural, and medical variables are measured pre-surgery, 6-months post-surgery, and yearly thereafter. The ultimate goal of the study is to understand how bariatric surgery influences physical and mental health over time. The position will be based at the Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre, which is a collaborative centre between the CIUSSS-NIM Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montreal, Concordia University, and UQAM.
Position summary:
The individual who is selected for this position will be expected to help study PI’s, Drs. Kim Lavoie and Simon Bacon, with the conduct of the study and data analyses. They will also have the opportunity to work with the multidisciplinary investigative team on a variety of study related aspects including:
- Quantitative methods and analyses
- Epidemiological analyses
- Participating in stakeholder engagement activities
- Systematic reviews, meta-analyses and reporting
Required Qualifications
- A Master’s degree in a related discipline (e.g., Psychology, Physiology, Kinesiology/Exercise Science, Medicine) if applying to Concordia or a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology if applying to UQAM
- Demonstrated experience conducting research in at least one of the following areas
- Behavioural and/or psychological data manipulation
- Chronic disease management (primary, secondary, or tertiary)
- Longitudinal study analyses
- Integrated knowledge translation or patient-oriented research
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated research productivity (e.g., conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications, master’s thesis, honours thesis)
- Ability to work autonomously and take a lead role on projects under supervision of principal investigators
Preference will be given to candidates with:
- Experience with advanced statistical methods and ability to work with a variety of analytic software
- Experience with student mentoring and supervision
- Openness to learn new methods and techniques in an applied clinical setting
- Ability to communicate (orally) in both English and French
Provincial, national and international candidates are encouraged to apply
Start date, Duration, Stipend, and Location
The PhD will start in September 2024 (though there is also the possibility of starting during the summer of 2024); funding has already been received.
The funding package consists of a minimum 3-year stipend (consistent with Fonds de Recherche du Quebec funding levels) plus conference / training funding. For out of province and international candidates there are also tuition waivers potentially available.
The successful candidate will be registered either at Concordia University in the Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology (www.concordia.ca) or at UQAM (www.uqam.ca) in the Department of Psychology; the actual work would be conducted at the CIUSSS-NIM, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montreal (https://rechercheciusssnim.ca/). Please note that the language of instruction at Concordia is English and French at UQAM.
To apply, please forward the following:
- A complete curriculum vitae, including summary of GPA’s, a full publication list (including hyperlinks where possible) and email contact details for two referees
- A letter of motivation and statement of research accomplishments and future research goals
How to apply:
- The complete application package must be emailed to: apply@mbmc-cmcm.ca.
- Please include “PhD REBORN” in the subject line.
- Queries about the application should be sent to either Dr. Lavoie (lavoie.kim@uqam.ca) or Dr. Bacon (simon.bacon@concordia.ca).
- The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday December 1, 2023, 5 pm ET. Interviews will be conducted in January 2024 and the successful candidate will need to apply to the University by the official application deadline.