Whether you are a prospective PDF looking for a position at UBC or a current UBC PDF seeking the next step in your career, this section provides valuable information to help you advance.
Becoming a PDF at UBC
Eligibility
Postdoctoral research fellowship eligibility can be found in UBC Policy AP10, Postdoctoral Fellows. In order to be eligible for a postdoctoral fellowship, a postdoctoral fellow generally must be within 5 years of being awarded a PhD or within 10 years of being awarded a M.D. or D.D.S. degree.
First Steps
The first step in finding a PDF position at UBC is to search the research interests of individual faculty members to locate a potential supervisor. Faculty members can be contacted directly to discuss potential PDF appointment opportunities, and applications can be made directly to faculty members.
Postdoctoral appointments at UBC are managed through individual faculties and departments. The Postdoctoral Fellows Office does not accept applications nor are we involved in the hiring process.
Post a Position
If you are a UBC faculty, department/unit, or laboratory and are interested in posting a position, please refer to the Job Ads page on the G+PS Faculty & Staff portal. Positions can be cross-posted to a number of job search websites, including EurAxess and LinkedIn. For additional information, contact the PDFO.
UBC Postdoc Opportunities
UBC PDF Postings
While most PDF positions at UBC can by found by contacting a faculty member directly, some positions may be posted on individual faculty websites. Please visit Faculty Career Opportunities for a comprehensive list of links to UBC's faculties. Postdoctoral Fellowship positions may also be posted on UBC's Faculty Careers Workday portal.
The following faculty members have indicated to us that they are actively looking to attract Postdocs.
Show Faculty Interested in Postdocs
Research Interests: Nanotechnologies, Structural Tissue Engineering / Biomaterials, Inflammatory Respiratory Diseases, Skin, New Biomedical Approaches - Alternatives to Animal Testing, Novel Therapies for Inflammatory and Genetic Diseases of Human Epithelia, Tissue Regeneration and Wound Healing, Topical Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine
Potential project areas:
1. Development and characterization of complex, human-based tissue models incl. organ-on-chip cultures
2. Development of gene therapies for genetic diseases of the skin and lungs
Research Interests: Cellular virology, Emerging human viruses, COVID-19, Host-virus interactions, Broad-based antiviral agents, Antiviral agents, Natural products as antiviral agents, Lipid-modulating drugs, Cellular protease inhibitors, Viral protease inhibitors, Human coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2, Human flaviviruses, Dengue virus, Zika virus, West Nile virus, Influenza A virus, Human microRNAs, Therapeutic microRNA, Viral and cellular biomarkers, Molecular diagnostics for detecting viral infection, Circulating exosomes, Exosomal microRNAs, Proteomics-based technologies, Multiplexed and Mass Spectrometric quantitation assays
Potential project areas:
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Antiviral strategies and antiviral therapeutics for WHO-priority viruses
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Comparative phenotypic profiling and genomic analysis of emerging and re-emerging human enveloped pathogenic viruses
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Discovering broad-spectrum therapeutics for human viral diseases
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Discovering novel broad-spectrum antiviral agents from natural product libraries
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Unraveling the molecular mechanism of actions of newly discovered broad-spectrum antiviral molecules against human viruses using 2D and 3D organoids
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Discovery of human host factors required for human virus infection using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology
- Identifying repurposable drug candidates for viral infection either tested alone or in combination using human organoid-based screening platforms with the goal of identifying synergistic drug combinations.
Research Interests: Mechanisms of memory in the brain, Anxiety, Big data, Bioinformatics, Cell types, Computation, Fear, Genetics, Modeling, Neural circuits, Neuroscience, Neuroscience of memory, PTSD, RNAseq
Research Interests: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Immunology of Infectious Diseases, HIV & Hepatitic C care, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, Tuberculosis, Pharmacology, HIV Prevention, Health services , Hepatitis C, Tropical Diseases, Vulnerable populations, Gender/sexual minorities, Sex workers, Opioid use disorder, substance use disorders, alcohol use disorders, addiction medicine
Research Interests: Electrochemical engineering, Electrochemical synthesis, Continuum modelling, Reactor design, Transport phenomena, Electrochemical separations, CO2 capture and conversion, Continuum and techno-economic/life cycle assessment modelling, Electrochemical reactions and separations, Atmospheric water harvesting
Research Interests: Corporate Reporting, Disclosures and Governance, Sustainability and Climate Finance, Digital Economy and Value of Data & AI, Financial Intermediaries, Firm Information Environment, Innovation and Product Market
Research Interests: Implementation science, Rural health , Virtual health innovation, Research partnerships
Potential project areas:
My implementation science research program focuses on improving (virtual) health services and care for equity-deserving groups in rural, remote, and other isolated communities. My research involves studying the implementation processes of health innovations in real-world settings from different perspectives. To maximize the quality and impact of my work, I meaningfully engage research users as partners throughout the research process. My research involves various types of health innovation. Example research project areas include, but are not limited to:
- Drone Transport Initiative: exploring the implementation of drones for transporting medical supplies to rural and Indigenous communities.
- Improving healthcare for people with spinal cord injury living in rural and remote communities via educational workshops for rural clinicians.
- Implementation of smoking cessation services in urban and rural areas in B.C. (partnership with Legacy for Airway Health).
- Improving guidance for virtual health innovation partnerships with rural and remote communities.
- Canadian Disability Participation Project 2.0.
Research Interests: Liquid metal processing, Casting processes, Additive Manufacturing, Directed Energy Deposition, Powder Bed Fusion, Light Metals Processing, Aluminum Alloys, Titanium Alloys, Mathematical Process Modeling: Heat Transfer, Fluid Flow, Mechanical Deformation
Online Career Resources
After your first position at UBC, you may move to a PDF or faculty position at another university. Postings external to UBC may be found at the following websites:
- Euraxess
- FindAPostdoc.com
- jobRxiv
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- National Institutes of Health
- Nature Careers Canada
- New Scientist Jobs
- Pathways to Science
- ResearchGate
- Science Careers
- TipTop Jobs On-Line - Postdoc Openings
The UBC Postdoctoral Association also maintains a Jobs page on their website.
UBC Faculty Careers
For current PDFs looking to embark on the next phase of their academic career, please visit Faculty Career Opportunities for a list of current UBC faculty opportunities. Please also visit UBC faculty websites for available positions within each specific faculty.