Whether you are a prospective PDF looking for a position at UBC or a current UBC PDF seeking the next step in your career, this section provides valuable information to help you advance.
Becoming a PDF at UBC
Eligibility
Postdoctoral research fellowship eligibility can be found in UBC Policy AP10, Postdoctoral Fellows. In order to be eligible for a postdoctoral fellowship, a postdoctoral fellow generally must be within 5 years of being awarded a PhD or within 10 years of being awarded a M.D. or D.D.S. degree.
First Steps
The first step in finding a PDF position at UBC is to search the research interests of individual faculty members to locate a potential supervisor. Faculty members can be contacted directly to discuss potential PDF appointment opportunities, and applications can be made directly to faculty members.
Postdoctoral appointments at UBC are managed through individual faculties and departments. The Postdoctoral Fellows Office does not accept applications nor are we involved in the hiring process.
Post a Position
If you are a UBC faculty, department/unit, or laboratory and are interested in posting a position, please refer to the Job Ads page on the G+PS Faculty & Staff portal. Positions can be cross-posted to a number of job search websites, including EurAxess and LinkedIn. For additional information, contact the PDFO.
UBC Postdoc Opportunities
UBC PDF Postings
While most PDF positions at UBC can by found by contacting a faculty member directly, some positions may be posted on individual faculty websites. Please visit Faculty Career Opportunities for a comprehensive list of links to UBC's faculties. Postdoctoral Fellowship positions may also be posted on UBC's Faculty Careers Workday portal.
The following faculty members have indicated to us that they are actively looking to attract Postdocs.
Show Faculty Interested in Postdocs
Research Interests: Auto-Immune Diseases, Axons, Brain, Central Nervous System Inflammatory Diseases, Cerebral Atrophy, Histology, Image analysis, Imaging, Inflammation, Magnetic resonance imaging, Magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Multiple Sclerosis, Myelin, Nervous System Development, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurological Diseases, Neurological diseases, Neuronal Systems, Pain, Pathology, Schizophrenia, Spinal Cord Diseases, Spinal cord, Spinal cord injury
Research Interests: Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing, Applied Analysis, Multi-scale Modelling and Coarse-graining, Molecular Simulation, Scientific Machine-learning, in particular for applications in multi-scale modelling
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Research Interests: Development, Social protection, Care work, Gender equality
Potential project areas:
Gender and development; social protection; care economy
Research Interests: Oncology , Older adults , Geriatric oncology, Health systems research, Mixed methods research , Qualitative research , Self-management , e-health
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Currently my research focuses on supporting older adults and their caregivers as then engage in managing cancer treatment and survivorship. I am looking to develop patient-oriented research partnerships in BC.
Research Interests: Bone Diseases, Cerebral Palsy, Connective Tissue Diseases, Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip, Joints (Articulations), Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease, Locomotor Activity / Movement Disorders, Methodological Research, Muscle, Muscular Diseases, Musculoskeletal Deformation, Musculoskeletal Lesions and Repair, Neuromuscular Diseases, Orthopaedic Engineering, Patient Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance, Pediatric Hip Conditions, Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma, Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis, Trauma / Injuries
Research Interests: neuroscience, vision, cell and development , cell death pathways, innate immune response, eye disease, retinal degenerations, alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration
Research Interests: Computational biology, Bioinformatics, Machine learning, Cancer genomics, Single cell sequencing, Tumour evolution, Genomic technology development
Research Interests: Leukemia , Hematopoiesis, Genomics and epigenomics, Noncoding RNAs, Aging
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The major research focus of my lab revolves around acute myeloid leukemia, and preleukemias referred to as myelodysplastic syndromes. Within this context we are interested in various posttranscriptional mechanisms that drive these cancers, how aging increases the risk of developing leukemias, and how to potentially target genomic and epigenomic vulnerabilities.
Research Interests: Arts, Literature and Subjectivity, British and Irish Romanticism, History of feeling (affect, emotion, sensation), History of literary form, History of media and mediation, Poetics, Riparian and oceanic studies
Research Interests: Epidemiology, Community Health / Public Health, Artificial Intelligence, Drug Abuse, Health Policies, substance use, harm reduction, epidemiology, public health, health services, administrative data, artificial intelligence, data science
Online Career Resources
After your first position at UBC, you may move to a PDF or faculty position at another university. Postings external to UBC may be found at the following websites:
- Euraxess
- FindAPostdoc.com
- jobRxiv
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- National Institutes of Health
- Nature Careers Canada
- New Scientist Jobs
- Pathways to Science
- ResearchGate
- Science Careers
- TipTop Jobs On-Line - Postdoc Openings
The UBC Postdoctoral Association also maintains a Jobs page on their website.
UBC Faculty Careers
For current PDFs looking to embark on the next phase of their academic career, please visit Faculty Career Opportunities for a list of current UBC faculty opportunities. Please also visit UBC faculty websites for available positions within each specific faculty.