Clinician Scientist, Infectious Diseases - Ottawa, Canada - Department of Medicine

Department of Medicine

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Ottawa, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Clinician Scientist, Infectious Diseases

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The Department of Medicine and the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital is seeking to recruit a Clinician Scientist with focused research in molecular diagnostics of resistant gram-negative organisms.

The Ottawa Hospital is a 1150 bed tertiary-care hospital serving Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec at four inpatient sites (Civic, General, Heart Institute, and the Rehabilitation Centre) and one ambulatory centre (Riverside).

There are approximately 50,000 inpatient admissions, 160,000 emergency visits and over one million outpatient visits annually.

The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) is TOH's research arm.

It ranks fourth out of more than 600 Canadian hospitals for competitive, peer-reviewed grants from the prestigious Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

OHRI houses over 2,200 researchers, publishing more than 2,000 studies yearly, with hundreds being high impact publications (top 10% or citations) and places 5th overall in Canada for research funding.

The Department of Medicine is a research-intensive Department. Members currently hold 28 University Research Chairs.

The Department receives approximately $60 million per year in external research funding and members publish approximately 1200 peer-reviewed publications annually.

The Faculty of Medicine is a nationally recognized leader, ranked among Canada's top-tier medical faculties.

The Faculty ranks 3rd in Canada for research intensity in Medicine/Science (Maclean's) and 4th in Canada for citations (2022 THE rankings).

The University of Ottawa is the largest bilingual (English-French) university in the world and the first and largest bilingual medical school in Canada.

The Faculty of Medicine has a long history of conducting the highest quality basic and clinical research, in close partnership with affiliated hospitals and research institutes.

The Web of Science recently published a list of the most highly cited researchers in the world, where seven out of eight researchers identified from the uOttawa are from the Faculty of Medicine.

Together, these remarkable achievements are a strong testament to the competitiveness and excellence of our Faculty.

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The income for this position is derived from a variety of sources including but not limited to clinical billings (fee-for-service), salary support (AFP) as well as honorariums/stipends.

Health and welfare benefits including extended health, dental and disability insurance as well as life insurance are offered to full-time physicians.

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Please note Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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