Research Assistant (SRI) - Evaluative Clinical Sciences - Regular Full-time 2025-13021

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.

Dr. Mitchell, as part of the Suicide Research Prevention Collaborative, is seeking a knowledgeable, enthusiastic and hardworking individual to fill the role of Research Assistant. The successful applicant will collaborate with members of the research team to work on various research projects on adolescent mood disorders, self-harm and suicide prevention. This is a hybrid position, with the successful candidate expected to work both on-site at Sunnybrook’s Bayview campus and remotely from home on designated days.

This role is full-time (37.5 hours per week); Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm, some flexibility required. Preference will be given to candidates who can commit to approximately two years in the lab.

Summary of Duties:

• Assist in the coordination of multiple studies with guidance from the principal investigator.
• Meet regularly with study leads to track progress, maintain timelines, and troubleshoot challenges.
• Conduct literature reviews and contribute to the development of new research projects.
• Collaborate with internal research teams, broader research collectives, and individuals with lived experience to inform study design and implementation.
• Assist with both qualitative and quantitative data collection across several projects, while simultaneously ensuring adherence to study protocols.
• Support both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, in adherence to study protocols.
• Manage data entry, cleaning, organization, and analysis.
• Contribute to knowledge translation efforts, including writing scientific reports, abstracts, manuscripts, and presentations for conferences and journals.
• Prepare and submit research ethics board applications and amendments; ensure ongoing compliance.
• Assist with grant writing and preparation of funding applications.
• Complete administrative tasks as needed, such as tracking expenses, supporting grant reporting, and assisting with onboarding of research staff or students.
• Assist with interpreting results and preparing dissemination materials.
• Support daily operations of ongoing research studies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in a health- or psychology-related field or equivalent.
• At least 1–2 years of clinical research experience and/or experience in psychology or psychiatry-related research.
• Training in TCPS/GCP guidelines.
• Knowledge or experience in biostatistics, epidemiology, research methods, grant and manuscript writing is strongly preferred
• Knowledge or experience in using quantitative and qualitative research methods is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.), SPSS, and NVivo.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Attention to detail, strong time management skills and ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Experience with database design and maintenance (e.g., REDCap) is desired.
• Experience working with administrative health data is an asset.