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: Administrative law and regulatory governance, Asian legal studies, Banking and finance law, Business, corporate and commercial law, Civil law, Comparative law, Law and social justice, Law and society, Legal history, Property and real estate, Tax law and policy, Trusts and equity, Urban and municipal law
Research Interests: substance use , person-centered care in addiction, injectable opioid agonist treatment, harm reduction
Potential project areas:
Under the supervision of Dr. Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, the student will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of researchers and health care providers conducting mixed methods studies on person-centered care in addiction and public health; specifically, injectable opioid agonist treatment. This work is situated under the Program of Outcomes Research on Treatment with Injectables for Addiction (PORTIA) and the Person-Centered Care in Addiction and Public Health research program, an exciting and growing body of work that seeks to develop evidence -based approaches to shift drug policy in Canada.
Research Interests: Bacterial catabolism of steroids and lignin, Biocatalyst development, Enzymes and Proteins, Metabolism (Living Organisms), Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Potential project areas:
Understanding the degradation of cholesterol catabolism by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its role in pathogenesis. Developing new therapeutics that target cholesterol catabolism. Understanding the bacterial degradation of lignin and developing biocatalysts to upgrade lignin.
Research Interests: international relations, global environmental politics, sustainability governance, global South, developing countries, transnational corporations, technology, consumption, plastic pollution, social movements, environmentalism, activism, deforestation
Research Interests: Biometeorology, Microclimate modification, Soil physics
Potential project areas:
Measurement of greenhouse gas fluxes in agricultural systems
Research Interests: Epigenomics, Single-cell analysis, Statistical genomics
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: Oncology , Older adults , Geriatric oncology, Health systems research, Mixed methods research , Qualitative research , Self-management , e-health
Potential project areas:
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: Psychological well-being, Purpose in life / Meaning in life, Resilience, Optimism / Hope, Health Psychology, Social Epidemiology, Aging
Research Interests: Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Foundations of Ethics, Social Organization and Political Systems, Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice, Epistemology, Ethics, Metaethics, Philosophy of law, Political philosophy
Potential project areas:
The nature of normativity, expressivism, moral epistemology, moralism
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.