Associate Vice-President Research (AVPR), Medical and Health Science

The University of Saskatchewan (USask) invites applications for the position of Associate Vice-President Research (AVPR), Medical and Health Science, a senior academic leadership role responsible for advancing world-class research, scholarly, and artistic work (RSAW) across the institution, with a primary focus on medical, health, and related interdisciplinary research.

Reporting to the Vice-President Research, the AVPR is a senior member of the Office of the Vice-President Research executive team and USask’s Senior Leadership Forum. The AVPR provides institution-wide, visionary leadership to set strategic direction, foster innovation, and enable success across USask’s medical, health, and related interdisciplinary sciences research portfolio. The AVPR also serves as USask’s Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Tri-Agency Leader, working closely with other Tri-Agency Leaders, Associate and Vice Deans Research, academic leaders, research centres and institutes, health partners, Indigenous communities, funding agencies, and other internal and external partners to advance USask’s innovation agenda across academic units.

This is an opportunity for an accomplished researcher and academic leader to help shape the next stage of health research at one of Canada’s leading research-intensive universities.