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However, there is a possibility of extension. The expected pay range for this position is $60,000 - $75,000 per year.\nAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.\nThe full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow will work under Dr. Evan Wood’s supervision. Dr. Wood is a Principal Investigator with the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM) (https://www.bccsu.ca/about-crism-bc/). CRISM is a national research network dedicated to generating, translating, and mobilizing evidence to improve the health and well-being of people who use substances and to strengthen substance use policy, prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and health systems in Canada.\nOne to two positions are available depending on the calibre of applicants. The successful candidate(s) will join a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment involving researchers, clinicians, health-system partners, community organizations, policymakers, and people with lived and living experience of substance use. The Fellow(s) will contribute to research that addresses priority questions in substance use and substance use-related health, with a particular focus on evaluating clinical and community-based interventions and translating research evidence into clinical practice, guidelines, and guidance documents.\nThe research program encompasses both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Depending on the Fellow's expertise and the needs of the research program, projects may involve epidemiological and population health research, clinical research, health services and health systems research, intervention evaluation, implementation science, qualitative and mixed-methods research, evidence synthesis, and knowledge translation. Experience with systematic review activities and/or guideline activities is an asset.\nThe Fellow will have opportunities to contribute to the development, implementation, evaluation, and interpretation of research designed to understand what interventions work, for whom, under what circumstances, and how interventions can be effectively implemented in real-world clinical and community settings. Research findings will be used to inform evidence-based clinical practice, policy, clinical guidelines, practice recommendations, and guidance documents for health professionals, health systems, community organizations, and people with lived and living experience of substance use.\nThe Postdoctoral Research Fellow will support critical research objectives, including:\nDesigning, conducting, and analyzing quantitative, qualitative, and/or mixed-methods research addressing priority questions in substance use and substance use-related health\nEvaluating the effectiveness, implementation, acceptability, feasibility, equity, and sustainability of clinical and community-based interventions\nIntegrating findings from quantitative and qualitative research to develop a comprehensive understanding of intervention outcomes and implementation\nTranslating research findings into evidence summaries, clinical recommendations, guidelines, guidance documents, policy products, and other knowledge translation outputs\nDeveloping and leading peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, reports, and other research products\nContributing to evidence reviews, evidence syntheses, and the development and updating of clinical guidance\nSupporting the development of research proposals, grant applications, and funding strategies\nWorking collaboratively with clinicians, researchers, health-system partners, community organizations, policymakers, and people with lived and living experience of substance use\n\nPosition Responsibilities\nThe Postdoctoral Research Fellow will contribute to a portfolio of interdisciplinary research projects and may be responsible for:\nDeveloping research questions and study protocols related to substance use, clinical care, harm reduction, treatment, prevention, and health services\nDesigning and conducting quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research\nDeveloping and applying appropriate quantitative analytical approaches, including epidemiological, biostatistical, longitudinal, and/or causal methods\nDesigning, conducting, and analyzing qualitative research, including interviews, focus groups, observations, document analysis, and other qualitative approaches, as appropriate\nIntegrating quantitative and qualitative findings to evaluate interventions and inform clinical and health-system decision-making\nEvaluating clinical and community-based interventions, including their effectiveness, safety, acceptability, feasibility, reach, equity, implementation, and sustainability\nWorking with clinical and health-system partners to identify research questions and ensure that research findings address important real-world clinical and service-delivery needs\nConducting literature reviews, systematic reviews, rapid reviews, evidence syntheses, and other forms of evidence assessment as appropriate\nAssessing the quality, strength, applicability, and limitations of available evidence to support clinical and policy recommendations\nContributing to the development, review, and updating of clinical guidelines, practice recommendations, and guidance documents\nTranslating complex research findings into accessible and actionable recommendations for clinicians, health-system leaders, policymakers, community organizations, and people with lived and living experience\nLeading or co-leading peer-reviewed manuscripts and conference presentations\nPreparing research reports, evidence summaries, policy briefs, clinical guidance materials, and knowledge translation products\nContributing to grant applications and research funding proposals\nParticipating in research team meetings, seminars, conferences, working groups, and other scholarly activities\nDeveloping and maintaining collaborative relationships with researchers, clinicians, community organizations, health-system partners, policymakers, and people with lived and living experience\nMentoring and supervising research assistants, graduate students, and other trainees, as appropriate\nSupporting knowledge mobilization activities and dissemination of research findings to academic and non-academic audiences\nContributing to the development and maintenance of CRISM's national and regional research collaborations\nSupporting other research activities required by the program\n\nResearch Environment\nCRISM provides a unique interdisciplinary and collaborative environment for conducting research that bridges research, clinical practice, community-based care, health systems, and policy. The successful candidate will have opportunities to work across disciplines and settings and to engage with investigators and partners working in areas such as substance use treatment, harm reduction, mental health, infectious diseases, pain, overdose prevention, health services, public health, Indigenous health, implementation science, and health policy.\nA particular strength of the research environment is the opportunity to move research findings beyond academic publication and into clinical and health-system practice. Fellows will have opportunities to contribute to projects in which evidence is generated through clinical and population research, synthesized and critically appraised, and ultimately translated into recommendations intended to support clinical decision-making and improve care.\nThe position therefore provides an opportunity for a researcher interested not only in generating evidence, but also in understanding how evidence can be evaluated, synthesized, interpreted, and translated into meaningful changes in clinical practice and health-system delivery.\nThe Fellow will be supervised by Evan Wood and will be based within the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use in Vancouver, BC, on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples.\nThe successful candidate will work closely with CRISM investigators and collaborators across Canada and will have opportunities to contribute to multidisciplinary research projects, develop an independent research program, publish in peer-reviewed journals, present findings at scientific and community forums, contribute to clinical guidance and guideline development, and develop skills in research leadership, knowledge mobilization, and research funding.\n\nRequired Qualifications\nA PhD in epidemiology, public health, health services research, medicine, nursing, psychology, social sciences, population health, or a related discipline\nDemonstrated research experience in substance use, mental health, public health, clinical research, health services, health policy, or a related field\nDemonstrated experience designing, conducting, and analyzing research studies\nDemonstrated experience with quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods research\nExperience conducting or contributing to clinical research and/or evaluation of clinical interventions\nDemonstrated ability to independently develop research questions, conduct analyses, interpret research findings, and communicate results\nA strong record 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