The successful candidate will hold an independent Scientific appointment within OHRI’s Regenerative Medicine Program, and a non-tenure-track position with the Faculty of Medicine, and will be a Core Academic Member of the Brain-Heart Interconnectome (BHI).

We are interested in attracting an early-career researcher with demonstrated strength in one or several of the following domains: Postnatal neurovascular maturation and links to neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), Neuro-vascular interactions within stem cell niches, Vascular senescence in neurodevelopment and aging, Links between congenital heart disease, metabolic disorders and NDDs, Early neurodevelopmental deficits and links to aging and neurodegeneration.

Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field.

Skills requirements: Education: Ph.D. (or equivalent) in a field related to the position. Required Qualifications: Superior research achievements in the call’s identified area(s) and proof of interdisciplinary collaborations, a solid record with respect to publications, teaching and training of students at the graduate level, and the ability to obtain external research funding. Excellent communication skills in either English or French.

Duties: Academic staff functions include, in varying proportions: Scholarly activities such as research, artistic or literary creation, or professional work; Academic service; Graduate and post-graduate trainee supervision.

Rank and salary: New Scientist appointment within the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Salary scale for a Scientist is $105,981 - $142,200. An additional non-tenure track academic appointment in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine. Academic rank will be at the Assistant or Associate level.

Location of work: The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6

Deadline: September 3, 2026.

The successful candidate will hold an independent Scientific appointment within OHRI’s Regenerative Medicine Program, and a non-tenure-track position with the Faculty of Medicine, and will be a Core Academic Member of the Brain-Heart Interconnectome (BHI).

We are interested in attracting an early-career researcher with demonstrated strength in one or several of the following domains: Postnatal neurovascular maturation and links to neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), Neuro-vascular interactions within stem cell niches, Vascular senescence in neurodevelopment and aging, Links between congenital heart disease, metabolic disorders and NDDs, Early neurodevelopmental deficits and links to aging and neurodegeneration.

Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field.

Skills requirements: Education: Ph.D. (or equivalent) in a field related to the position. Required Qualifications: Superior research achievements in the call’s identified area(s) and proof of interdisciplinary collaborations, a solid record with respect to publications, teaching and training of students at the graduate level, and the ability to obtain external research funding. Excellent communication skills in either English or French.

Duties: Academic staff functions include, in varying proportions: Scholarly activities such as research, artistic or literary creation, or professional work; Academic service; Graduate and post-graduate trainee supervision.

Rank and salary: New Scientist appointment within the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Salary scale for a Scientist is $105,981 - $142,200. An additional non-tenure track academic appointment in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine. Academic rank will be at the Assistant or Associate level.

Location of work: The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6

Deadline: September 3, 2026.