Research Assistant – Cancer Epidemiology (Full‑time)

About the role

The Division of Cancer Epidemiology at McGill University seeks a full‑time Research Assistant to support a new study launching in September 2025. You will contribute to participant recruitment, data acquisition, and day‑to‑day study operations while gaining experience in epidemiologic research.

Key responsibilities

• Recruit participants and acquire study data.
• Manage and clean datasets using Stata, SAS, or R.
• Conduct statistical analyses for cancer epidemiology projects.
• Prepare written, tabular, and visual materials for reports, manuscripts, and presentations.
• Assist with systematic reviews, meta‑analyses, and routine administrative duties (website, social media, biobank storage, fundraising).
• Support study initiation activities such as ethics submissions, consent forms, questionnaires, and study manuals.
• Participate in and present at team meetings and seminars.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in epidemiology.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of epidemiologic and clinical study designs (RCTs, cohort, case‑control, cross‑sectional).
• Experience in cancer research is preferred.

Required skills

• Advanced statistical analysis of epidemiologic data.
• Proficiency with Stata, SAS, and/or R.

What we offer

• Hourly salary of $31.44 (CAD).
• Fixed‑term contract (12 months) with full‑time hours (40 h/week).
• Opportunity to work in a leading research environment at McGill University.