Location where work is to be performed:

Smyth, Alta Vista, General Hospital, CHEO Campuses

Session:

2025 Fall Semester | Trimestre d'automne

Faculty:

Faculté de médecine/ Faculty of Medicine

Unit:

Faculty Payroll - Students and Casuals

Job Classification:

Teaching Assistant/Demonstrator/Lab Monitor (CUPE)

Posting Type:

Cours précis / Specific course

Course Title:

Health Intervention Designs I

Course Code:

EPI6178

Section:

Supervisor name (if known):

Jennifer Reed / George Wells

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2025/08/18

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2025/08/29

Description of tasks (hours):

Unless specified below, specific allocation of hours to various tasks should be articulated in a description of work negotiated and signed by you and the supervising professor prior to the commencement of work.

Recherche / Research:0

Préparation / Preparation:0

Contact avec étudiants / Contact with Students:0

Correction - Notation / Grading:0

Surveillance / Proctoring:0

Formation / Training:0

Autre / Other:0

Number of positions:

1

Expected Enrolment:

20

Work Start Date:

September 03, 2025

Work End Date:

January 31, 2026

Total Work Hours:

40

Language of Work:

Anglais | English

Graduate Hourly Rate:

53.56

Undergraduate Hourly Rate:

33.99

Requirements and Nature of Work:

Requirements:

• PhD candidate in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health (University of Ottawa) OR PhD candidate in the School of Human Kinetics or the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences (University of Ottawa).

• Demonstrated experience with:

  • Intervention studies in the health field, including experimental and quasi-experimental studies, clinical and community trials.

  • Question formulation and literature review.

  • Research design issues (choice of design and study population, implications for validity of results).

  • Ethical considerations in research.

  • Instrument development, data collection, and data management.

  • Approaches to data analysis.

  • Report writing and presentation.

  • Examples drawn from both population-based and clinical research.

  • Development and presentation of proposals for intervention studies.

Nature of Work:

• Preparation (15 hours): Uploading to Brightspace, downloading and organizing student assignments from Brightspace.

• Student Contact (25 hours): Responding to student questions; marking assignments and presentations.

• Marking/Grading: Partial grading of assignments and presentations.

• Class Preparation: Supporting class preparation and participating in responses to student questions.

Additional Information and/or Comments:

All University of Ottawa employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training offered by the University. The list of training requirements may be modified by provincial law. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any particular adaptive measures you might require. We may consult with the Health and Wellness sector of Human Resources, if needed. Any information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence.

The hiring process will be governed by the current CUPE 2626 collective agreement; you can click here to find out more.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact the academic unit to communicate the accommodation need.

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