Environmental Epidemiology

Training opportunities

Our research group includes faculty members with expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics and exposure assessment. In addition to our efforts at research excellence, we are strongly committed to training future researchers at both the graduate (MSc, PhD) and postdoctoral levels. We aim to provide students and postdoctoral fellows with mentorship, advice and a rich research environment, in addition to space, computer equipment, and funding whenever possible.

On this page, we will list current opportunities for MSc, PhD and postdoctoral projects - please visit our page often to see any new and upcoming opportunities. Even if there are no opportunities listed, we may be able to work out possible projects with our existing data and/or with any ideas that you may have. Listed below are our faculty members that can supervise and/or co-supervise students at the Université de Montréal and/or McGill University. We invite you to visit each faculty member's personal page to learn about their research areas and interests.

We are looking for bright and motivated students and fellows that are interested in studying environmental, occupational and lifestyle factors in relation to chronic diseases. If you are interested in working with any of our faculty members, please email them directly, briefly stating the program you're interested in, your research goals and how it ties in with the faculty member's research area. We'd also appreciate if you could include your grades and CV.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Post-doctoral fellowship in cancer epidemiology

Three post-doctoral fellowship positions are available in a dynamic, rapidly expanding university-based research environment with a team of epidemiologists, biostatisticians and exposure experts.

These projects focus on various aspects of lung cancer and are based on a case-control study that has been carried out by our team. We currently have funding specific to substantive projects on physical activity (PI: Anita Koushik, PhD) and occupational and environmental risk factors (PI: Jack Siemiatycki, PhD) as well as a methodological project on modeling incidence and prevalence (PI: Igor Karp, PhD). The fellow will collaborate with research staff in the development of necessary databases, lead statistical analyses and prepare manuscripts for publication. There are also opportunities to collaborate on other research projects at various stages including study design, grant preparation, data analysis and manuscript writing.

These positions are open until a qualified candidate is found. The salary will be based on experience with a minimum of $40,000/year, which is partially tax-exempt.

Candidates should have a doctorate in epidemiology or related field. Strong analytic skills are required as is an ability to write clearly in English.

We invite interested candidates to send a cover letter and CV to any of us directly or to all of us:

Anita Koushik: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Jack Siemiatycki: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Igor Karp: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it