Research Manager (SRI) - Biological Sciences - Regular Full-Time 2026-19220

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Toronto; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, through the Sunnybrook Research Institute, seeks a neuroscience researcher with a PhD and postdoctoral experience to advance preclinical studies in neuromodulation. The role emphasizes wet lab work, protocol design, and rigorous ethical oversight within a Canadian research setting.

The candidate will contribute to stereotactic procedures, brain stimulation, focused ultrasound, and neurochemical/histochemical analyses, collaborating across teams to publish

Qualifications

• PhD required in Neuroscience or a related field.
• Postdoctoral experience preferred in Neuroscience or related field.
• Experience with wet lab activities, administration duties, statistical analyses, writing and designing protocols, ethics board submission, writing manuscripts and projects.

Responsibilities

• Successful completion of PhD, preferable postdoc in Neuroscience or a related field.
• Over 5 years’ experience in Neuroscience or a related field.
• Experience with wet lab activities, administration duties, statistical analyses, writing and designing protocols, ethics board submission, writing manuscripts and projects.
• Strong interpersonal, time management and organizational skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated proficiency in stereotactic procedures in preclinical models, brain stimulation, focused ultrasound, animal behavior, neurochemical and histochemical techniques.
• Demonstrated knowledge of research regulations and guidelines, including those related to preclinical work and animal research in a Canadian institution.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Written communication

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Wet lab experience

Statistical analyses

Protocol design

Education

PhD in Neuroscience

Postdoc experience

Tools

Stereotactic procedures

Preclinical animal handling

Ultrasound techniques

Brain stimulation

Histochemical techniques

Neurochemical assays

Job description

One of Canada's Top 10 Research Hospitals, Sunnybrook Research Institute is developing innovations in care for the more than 1.3 million patients the hospital cares for annually.

Sunnybrook Research Institute is the research enterprise of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Research spans three Toronto-based campuses, eight programs and three scientific platforms. Our main aims are to understand and prevent disease, and to develop treatments that enhance and extend life. Our vision is to invent the future of health care. Each year, we conduct about $100 million in research across 500,000 square feet, including in the world’s first Centre for Research in Image-Guided Therapeutics.

Research in the biological sciences platform encompasses fundamental, translational, and clinical science. Our scientists and trainees use a range of experimental approaches and techniques to understand the mechanisms of healthy and diseased physiology to understand the functions and interconnections of molecules, cells, organs and systems.

The mains lines of research of the Hamani laboratory includes the study of neuromodulation techniques, such as brain stimulation and ultrasound, in models of neuropsychiatric disorders.

Summary of Duties:

• Successful completion of PhD, preferable postdoc in Neuroscience or a related field.
• Over 5 years’ experience in Neuroscience or a related field.
• Experience with wet lab activities, administration duties, statistical analyses, writing and designing protocols, ethics board submission, writing manuscripts and projects.
• Strong interpersonal, time management and organizational skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated proficiency in stereotactic procedures in preclinical models, brain stimulation, focused ultrasound, animal behavior, neurochemical and histochemical techniques.
• Demonstrated knowledge of research regulations and guidelines, including those related to related to preclinical work and animal research in a Canadian institution.