Temporary ) Senior Clinical Research Associate - Research And Academics

Job Category
:
Research & Academics/Fellowships

Requisition Number
: SENIO
003863

• Posted :
  October 6, 2026
• Full-Time

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Whitby, ON , CAN

Position Summary
:

The Applied Mental Health Research Group at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences is currently seeking a Senior Research Associate (SRA) to assist in managing exciting care-oriented, pragmatic clinical studies in the field of dementia and complex psychiatric disorders. Reporting to the Endowed Chair, Applied Mental Health Research, the Senior Research Associate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing the research operations in the Applied Mental Health Research Group.

S/he will be responsible for monitoring participant recruitment processes, human resource management, training new staff (including graduate students, research analysts, assistants, and coordinators) on all clinical, symptom and cognitive measures used for research projects as well as research regulatory processes, conduct observation of staff assessment skills and determine readiness for patient contact, and providing coordination and leadership to the team.

In addition, the candidate will provide assistance and management of important components such as communicating with national and international collaborators, and liaising with the local research ethics board to ensure compliance of all scientific activities, including research, scientific, clinical, and research ethics board protocols. You will be required to support the Endowed Chair in completion of grant submissions and extensions, provide progress reports to granting agencies, and prepare and review academic manuscripts for publication.

You will support a workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork, and complies with all applicable and regulatory requirements.

This position reports to the Director, Research and Academics with academic supervision provided by the Endowed Chair, Applied Mental Health Research.

Key

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Ontario Shores Endowed Chair, Applied Mental Health Research, internal and external partners, develop new ideas for research that lead to an independent program of research congruent with the Ontario Shores’ Academic Plan;
• Prepare and submit research funding proposals;
• Identify upcoming funding opportunities and venues for disseminating research findings;
• Develop leadership skills through professional development, training courses and other internal and external opportunities;
• Provide scientific leadership to ensure efficiency of lab functions and outputs;
• Promote the work of the lab in developing interventions for people living with mental health challenges;
• Collaborate with Ontario Shores Research and Academics Department recruit, supervise, train and mentor students, research assistants, and volunteers in the lab;
• Ensure appropriate deployment of project resources with consideration of skill mix of students, research assistants, and volunteers in the site;
• Assign and review tasks given to students, research assistants, and volunteers in the site;
• Ensure coordination of internal and external data collection including, but not limited to face to face patient/staff interviews, video-recording, printed and electronic surveys, and focus groups;
• Coordinate lab members in editing and validating surveys, scanning completed surveys, coding and entering responses;
• Overseeing data entry, quality checking and analysis (NVivo/SPSS) by students, research assistants and volunteers in the site;
• Undertake proofreading and editing of spreadsheets, manuscripts and reports;
• Provide guidance to site team in the conduct literature…