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Research Coordinator - Dr. Angela Kaida  |  Date posted: August 27, 2026

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POSITION SUMMARY

SFU’s Global HIV Interdisciplinary Research Lab (GHIRL) lab brings together researchers and trainees dedicated to global HIV and gender equity research using community-based approaches grounded in feminist and critical theoretical frameworks and methodologies. GHIRL lab provides a space for collaboration and a network of support among graduate students and staff engaged in community-based research projects at SFU. GHIRL lab is led by Dr. Angela Kaida and includes projects based in Canada and in South Africa exploring the gendered impacts of HIV.

GHIRL lab is seeking a Research Coordinator that will support the lab’s Canadian based research teams focusing on HIV, gender equity, and sexual and reproductive health, specifically supporting the BC CARMA CHIWOS Collaboration (BCC3), the Canadian Calls to Action to Advance the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living with HIV, and the Relationship Equity and Intersectional Measurement Among Gender Inclusive YouNg people in BC (REIMAGYN BC) study. All studies use a community-based research approach and the role would include working closely with community members, including people living with HIV and trans and gender diverse communities. The Research Coordinator will support data collection and quantative data analysis for baseline evaluation for the calls to action. With the BCC3 team, the coordinator will provide support to the Research Manager in implementing community engagement activities, including organizing an annual community advisory board meeting and supporting community research associates. With the RE-IMAGYN BC team, the coordinator will support a project to co-create knowledge mobilization products with QMUNITY, BC’s queer and trans resource centre.

Job Description

Data collection and analysis:

• Organizing research information (databases, spreadsheets, written reports, etc.)
• Assisting with/performing data collection, sampling, identification and/or preparation
• Administering forms or questionnaires and recording and/or coding data or observations
• Maintaining research related records and databases, entering data according to established protocols
• Assisting in analyzing and interpreting research data
• Assisting with report writing and results presentation
• Developing knowledge mobilization products

Project administration + team support:

• Planning and coordinating research related meetings
• Acting as a liaison with research partners
• Prepare materials for research related meetings (slides, agendas)
• Managing research related social media presence
• Performing assigned information and web management tasks
• Administer expense claims, create and submit invoices, cash advances and participant honoraria
• Knowledge mobilization event planning support and product development
• Support community members engaged in research activities as needed with administrative or research related tasks

Qualifications

Completion of a Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Sciences, or other related discipline and a minimum 1 year of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience analyzing and interpreting quantitative data
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision and in a cooperative manner with a wide range of internal and external contacts as well as diverse community members.
• Strong problem-solving abilities, excellent organizational skills and ability to exercise good judgment and discretion while working with confidential information and vulnerable populations
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, management and organizational skills as well as the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Ability to plan, organize, manage, monitor, complete, and evaluate projects within allocated time and resources
• Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and priorities
• Ability to exercise sound judgment
• Sound knowledge of scientific terminology in the health sector
• Team/collaborative skills, especially within a research infrastructure
• Dedication to accuracy and attention to detail
• A sound knowledge and proficiency in computer applications (MS Word, Excel, Access); knowledge of REDCap is an asset.
• Community-based research experience is an asset
• Experience working with people living with HIV is an asset
• Experience working with queer and trans community is an asset
• Familiarity with quantitative data analysis and is an asset

APPLICATION DETAILS

This is a grant-funded position:

• Position Title: Research Coordinator
• Reports to: Dr. Angela Kaida
• Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
• Duration: 1-year term, with possibility of renewal
• Start Date: Oct 15, 2026
• Position Type: Full-time (40 hours per week), Research Assistant/Technician
• Salary Range: CAD $58,000-68,000 per year, commensurate with qualifications and experience, including benefits and statutory entitlements in accordance with SFU policies
• Location: Burnaby, Blusson Hall. This position allows for a hybrid (remote and in-person) working model.

How to Apply:

To apply for this position, please submit the following via email to Zoë Osborne at zoe_osborne@sfu.ca.

1. a cover letter, which includes a brief statement of relevant REDCap experience
2. a CV/resume

Please use the subject line to clearly state the position you are applying for (e.g., "GHIRL Lab Research Coordinator).

Application deadline is September 14th, 2026.

We thank all candidates for their interest. We will attempt to contact all applicants about a decision on their application.

SFU is an equity employer and strongly encourages applications from all qualified individuals including women, Indigenous Peoples, visible minorities, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of the university.

We are committed to ensuring that the application and interview process is accessible to all applicants. If you require any assistance or accommodations, please see contact info in How to Apply.

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Research Assistant, Qualitative Health Policy and Ethics - Dr. Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon & Dr. Pierre-Marie David  |  Date posted: September 16, 2026

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About the Project

This position sits within Understanding Drug Exceptional Access Programs (DEAPs) Across Canada: A Question of Equity, a five-year research program funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Its principal investigators are Dr. Pierre-Marie David of the School of Pharmacy at the Université de Montréal and Dr. Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon of SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences. The program examines how provinces and territories arbitrate access to drugs that fall outside standard public coverage, how those arrangements differ across the country, and what they do to equity.

Some of the most consequential decisions in Canadian health care are made by small expert committees, about a handful of patients at a time, using criteria most people never see. British Columbia’s Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases (EDRD) program is one of those settings. It determines who receives publicly funded access to treatments that can cost several hundred thousand dollars a year, on what conditions, and for how long.

The British Columbia case study, led from SFU by Dr. Bélisle-Pipon, asks how those decisions are made, justified, communicated, and lived with. We are interested in the reasoning that structures the process; in what happens when coverage is refused or discontinued; in how public attention and expert deliberation act on one another; and in what a publicly funded program of this kind implicitly promises citizens about fairness, evidence, and access.

This is a good fit for someone who wants substantive interview experience on a live policy file, close mentorship, and a named contribution to published work rather than a backstage role.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are hiring a part-time Research Assistant to support the British Columbia case study from mid-October 2026 for roughly four months. This is a hybrid position with an office on SFU’s Burnaby campus: we expect the RA on campus for part of each week, working alongside Dr. Bélisle-Pipon, and taking part remotely in the national team’s meetings with Dr. David’s group in Montreal. The RA will be involved across the full arc of the case study: building and analyzing the document corpus, recruiting participants, conducting interviews, coding data, and helping turn the findings into manuscripts and policy-facing outputs. The work is collaborative, the pace is brisk, and the questions are genuinely unsettled.

Duties and Responsibilities

Document and policy analysis

• Assemble and maintain a corpus of program documents: coverage criteria, committee terms of reference, review and appeal procedures, ministerial communications, and comparable materials from other provinces.
• Build and code a corpus of public and media discourse according to agreed inclusion criteria.
• Produce clear process maps of the request, review, renewal, and appeal pathways.

Interviews

• Support participant identification and recruitment, including outreach correspondence, follow-up, and scheduling.
• Co-conduct semi-structured interviews by videoconference and, with demonstrated experience, lead them; prepare interview notes and reflexive memos.
• Verify, correct, and de-identify transcripts generated with AI-assisted transcription.

Analysis and writing

• Code interview and document data thematically in NVivo; participate in codebook development and double coding.
• Draft analytic memos, summary tables, and figures that carry information prose carries badly.
• Contribute to manuscripts, conference abstracts, and policy briefs. Authorship is offered on outputs to which the RA contributes substantively.

Project support

• Prepare and track research ethics documentation and amendments with SFU’s Office of Research Ethics.
• Take part in national team meetings and contribute to the shared project documentation and reference library.

Qualifications

• Required
  • Completed or in-progress graduate degree (MSc, MA, MPH, or PhD) in health sciences, public health, bioethics, sociology, anthropology, political science, health policy, law, or a related field. Outstanding senior undergraduate students with substantial qualitative experience will be considered.
  • Demonstrated experience conducting semi-structured qualitative interviews. This is a firm requirement; please describe it concretely in your cover letter (which studies, which participants, how many interviews, and what you did with the data).
  • Working command of thematic or content analysis and of qualitative analysis software. NVivo is preferred; equivalent experience is welcome.
  • Strong academic writing in English, and the ability to turn dense institutional material into clear, accurate summaries.
  • Sound judgment and discretion. Some of the material concerns serious illness, bereavement, and contested public decisions.
  • TCPS 2: CORE certification, or willingness to complete it before the start date.
  • Ability to work independently, keep commitments, and flag problems early.
  • Availability to work on the Burnaby campus for part of each week.
• Assets
  • Good command of French. The research program is bilingual and part of the team and comparative material are francophone.
  • Familiarity with Canadian drug coverage, health technology assessment, rare disease policy, or pharmaceutical policy more broadly.
  • Experience with media analysis, grey literature review, or documentary methods.
  • Experience recruiting professional or hard-to-reach participants.
  • Interest in bioethics, science and technology studies, or the politics of health resource allocation.

APPLICATION DETAILS

This is a grant-funded position:

• Position Title: Research Assistant
• Reports to:Dr. Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
• Start Date: Mid-October 2026
• Duration of the appointment: Approximately four months, to late February 2027, with the possibility of extension subject to funding
• Status: Part-time, 15 hours per week
• Hourly Rate: $25.50 per hour, plus benefits and statutory entitlements in accordance with SFU policies
• Work Location: Hybrid, with an office on SFU’s Burnaby campus. We expect the RA on campus for part of each week and at regular in-person team meetings.

How to Apply:

Please send the following in a single PDF with the subject line “EDRD Research Assistant Application” to: Dr. Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon at jean-christophe_belisle-pipon@sfu.ca:

1. A cover letter of no more than one page, including a concrete account of your qualitative interviewing experience.
2. A CV or resume.
3. One writing sample that reports qualitative research you conducted yourself: a thesis chapter, a published or submitted paper, or a strong seminar paper. It should show your own analysis of qualitative material rather than a literature review.

Application deadline is October 3rd, 2026.

Applications will be reviewed as they arrive and the posting will close once the position is filled. We will respond to every applicant.

SFU is an equity employer and strongly encourages applications from all qualified individuals including women, Indigenous Peoples, visible minorities, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of the university.

We are committed to ensuring that the application and interview process is accessible to all applicants. If you require any assistance or accommodations, please see contact info in How to Apply.

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Research Assistant, Bridge Research Consortium (BRC)-Dr. Kelley Lee  |  Date posted: October 8, 2026

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POSITION DISCRIPTION

This Research Assistant position will support the development of an integrative review focused on health-related emergencies. We are seeking a highly motivated, conscientious, and independent Research Assistant to join a collaborative academic research team conducting an integrative review focused on prepositioning and distribution of critical drugs for health emergencies. The RA will work together with Professors and other researchers at Simon Fraser University and Toronto Metropolitan University to complete this review.

This is an exciting opportunity for a graduate-level researcher to gain hands-on experience contributing to a substantial evidence synthesis project focused on an important and timely public health issue. The successful candidate will work closely with members of the research team to identify, evaluate, organize, analyze, and synthesize scholarly literature.

The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in public health and pandemic preparedness, excellent research and academic writing skills, and demonstrated experience conducting comprehensive literature searches using major academic databases.

POSITION SUMMARY

While this position reports directly to Professor Kelley Lee (SFU), they will work closely with the lead researcher for this review, Dr. Sarah Ashfield (TMU). Work schedule and primary work location to be agreed with the successful candidate. Strong preference for candidates located in the vicinity of either SFU or TMU campuses, to allow for in-person meetings if/as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Completed undergraduate degree
• Graduate-level research and writing experience, including as a currently enrolled graduate highly desirable
• A strong understanding of the research enterprise
• Demonstrated interest in public health, health-related emergencies, and pandemic preparedness
• Knowledge of health sciences research methodologies, including literature reviews
• Experience applying qualitative and quantitative research methods including data collection, cleaning and analysis
• Demonstrated ability to plan and conduct literature reviews

• Excellent interpersonal and communication (written and oral) skills
• Proven ability to work independently and advance research outputs with limited day-to-day supervision
• Experience writing academic reports, grants, proposals, and manuscripts
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Legally eligible to work in Canada

APPLICATION DETAILS

This is a grant-funded position:

• Position Title: Research Assistant 
• Reports to: Dr. Kelley Lee
• Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
• Term: October 2026 (ASAP) to February 28, 2027
• Position Type: Part time, hourly up to maximum 30 hours per week
• Salary: $26-30 per hour
• Location: Flexible/Remote. Preference for candidates based in greater Vancouver OR Toronto areas.

How to Apply:

Applications should be submitted via email in one consolidated PDF document and must include the following:

1. A cover letter that outlines how you meet the qualifications for the position
2. Curriculum vitae

Please note that the names and contact information for references are not required to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and asked to provide references.

Please submit applications by email to: brc_directors@sfu.ca c/o Preeti Kaur, Executive Assistant and Operations Coordinator, Bridge Research Consortium.

Deadline: This posting will remain open until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, as received beginning October 23, 2026.

Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

SFU is an equity employer and strongly encourages applications from all qualified individuals including women, Indigenous Peoples, visible minorities, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of the university.

We are committed to ensuring that the application and interview process is accessible to all applicants. If you require any assistance or accommodations, please see contact info in How to Apply.