Pediatric Respirologist - 24-STO-PED-RESP-41

Responsibilities

This position is a full time (1.0 FTE) tenure track (contingent) position, comprising of approximately 50% time for clinical service and 50% time for academic pursuits divided between research, teaching, and administrative duties (negotiable).

The successful applicant will join seven academic pediatric respirologists providing a full spectrum of clinical respiratory medicine services. In addition to clinical care, the division is active in teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has a fully accredited Pediatric Respirology subspecialty-training program through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a pediatric sleep subspecialty-training program. There are numerous trainees (undergraduate and postgraduate students, residents and clinical/research fellows) that rotate through the Division each academic year. The division also has an active basic and clinical science research program, collaborating locally, nationally, and internationally.

This position consists of a clinical and academic focus providing a full spectrum of clinical respiratory medicine services including complex asthma, cystic fibrosis, environmental respiratory health, sleep medicine, home ventilation, and lung transplantation. The division participates in multiple multidisciplinary clinics serving children with neuromuscular, aerodigestive, sickle cell and other complex diseases, as well as multidisciplinary team approach to children receiving complex therapies such tracheostomies or bone marrow transplants.

The successful candidate is expected to actively engage in academic activities including research, medical education and leadership opportunities to contribute to the academic mission of the Department of Pediatrics and the University of Alberta. As we build our team, the Department of Pediatrics recognizes that our people are and will continue to be our greatest strength. We celebrate creativity, diversity, perseverance and a collaborative spirit.

Academic members of the department of Pediatrics are eligible to become members of the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI) which supports research excellence dedicated to improving the health of children and women. WCHRI is a partnership between the University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, with core funding support from the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Alberta Women's Health Foundation. WCHRI is the only research institute in Canada and one of the few in the world to focus on women’s, children’s and perinatal health. Thanks to our funders’ generosity, WCHRI is able to provide a broad range of support to research programs, including access to funding opportunities and research support services (e.g. biostatistics, qualitative design, KT, data management, clinical trials support, grant application development). WCHRI also invests in the next generation of researchers through graduate and summer studentships, postdoctoral fellowships and funding for trainee travel /presentation of research outcomes.