Research Coordinator, CEDRN & SPSN

ubc; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

UBC’s Hohl Laboratory in the Department of Emergency Medicine seeks a Research Coordinator to support national influenza surveillance, VE studies, and pandemic preparedness through CEDRN and SPSN collaborations with the BC Centre for Disease Control.

The role coordinates multi-site activities, develops protocols, conducts epidemiologic analyses, and prepares reports, liaising with healthcare, public health, and government partners while upholding ethical and data governance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop standard operating procedures for research activities across CEDRN sites in multiple provinces to capture and synthesize ED-specific information required for influenza surveillance and VE monitoring.
• Design the technique and system for conducting analysis of project data, implementation indicators, and operational outcomes, and communicate findings at network planning meetings and with relevant stakeholders to support technical decision-making, evaluation of scalability, and the development of frameworks for potential national deployment.
• Map qualitative findings around emergency department and laboratory workflow, barriers, and facilitators.
• Identify barriers or challenges in feasibility, impediments to progress in project implementation and data collection.

Job description

Job Category

Non Union Technicians and Research Assistants

Job Profile

Non Union Salaried - Research Assistant /Technician 4

Job Title

Research Coordinator, CEDRN & SPSN

Department

Hohl Laboratory | Department of Emergency Medicine | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$5,538.94 - $6,497.44 CAD Monthly

Posting End Date

October 2, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

October 4, 2027

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

This position supports a national evaluation program within the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine focused on influenza surveillance, vaccine effectiveness (VE), infectious disease epidemiology, and pandemic preparedness. Working within the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network (CEDRN) and in collaboration with the Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) with headquarters at the BC Centre for Disease Control, the incumbent coordinates multi-site activities, supports surveillance protocol implementation, conducts epidemiologic and health services evaluation analyses, prepares reports and scholarly outputs, and contributes to knowledge translation activities. The position involves collaboration with healthcare, public health, academic, and government partners and requires adherence to ethical, privacy, and data governance requirements.

Emergency Departments (EDs) are critical low-barrier access points to the healthcare system and often the first to encounter new viral outbreaks. CEDRN was established during the COVID-19 pandemic and has since developed into a national platform producing over 25 manuscripts, 38 protocols, and six government-solicited reports. In 2024, CEDRN executed new Membership and Data Sharing Agreements across urban, rural, and remote EDs, enabling large-scale analyses and new surveillance initiatives. Building on this foundation, the network is now exploring the incorporation of routine influenza surveillance as a test case to enhance virological and vaccine effectiveness monitoring and pandemic preparedness, emulating and expanding upon the success of the outpatient SPSN in achieving these objectives within primary care settings in BC and across Canada for the past two decades.

Organizational Status

The Department of Emergency Medicine discovers new and better ways to manage emergency patients and shares our knowledge of best practices with all emergency medicine practitioners and new learners. Our faculty have an impressive record of research and discovery. Academic Emergency Physicians have taught residents and medical students at UBC for over thirty years. Our Research Division conducts numerous internal and external projects that are recruiting participants from the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) Emergency Department. The Department of Emergency Medicine provides a leadership role in the development and implementation of an Emergency Medicine Network across the whole province, to support practitioners and integrate academics with clinician.

The incumbent will work under the supervision of Dr. Corinne Hohl, Emergency Physician and Professor in UBC's Department of Emergency Medicine and working closely with Dr. Danuta Skowronski, Principal Investigator of the Canadian SPSN at the BC Centre for Disease Control and Clinical Professor with the UBC School of Population and Public Health. The successful applicant will demonstrate the professionalism, independence and inter-personal skills required to navigate and bridge both national multi-site and multi-disciplinary networks in scoping feasibility and developing the solid foundation for enhanced respiratory virus and VE monitoring within EDs.

Work Performed

• Develop standard operating procedures for research activities across CEDRN sites in multiple provinces to capture and synthesize ED-specific information required for influenza surveillance and VE monitoring by potential study site such as testing volumes, assays, indications/restrictions to testing/participation, clinical and laboratory workflow, sub-typing and/or sequencing practices, and specimen testing location.
• Design the technique and system for conducting analysis of project data, implementation indicators, and operational outcomes, and communicate findings at network planning meetings and with relevant stakeholders to support technical decision-making, evaluation of scalability, and the development of frameworks for potential national deployment.
• Map qualitative findings around emergency department and laboratory workflow, barriers, and facilitators.
• Identify barriers or challenges in feasibility, imp