Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader in Translational Quantitative Biomedical Imaging

Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader in Translational Quantitative Biomedical Imaging Department Faculty and Leadership | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Lalitha Raman-Wilms) Posting End Date October 31, 2026 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Job End Date Ongoing The expected salary range for this position is $145,000 - $175,000 CAD per annum. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at The University of British Columbia (UBC) invites applications for a Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader in Health and Biotechnology with focus on Translational Quantitative Biomedical Imaging: an early-career researcher who will build an independent program developing and applying quantitative biomedical imaging methods and/or probes to address clinically important questions of diagnosis, prognosis, drug development, and/or treatment response, as well as disease mechanisms. The appointment will be a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2027. The successful applicant will also be required to teach appropriate topics in the BPSc, PharmD and MSc/PhD programs, as well as new programs under development.   Research may span from preclinical investigation to early-stage clinical trials, providing opportunities for future partnerships, knowledge translation, and commercialization. The successful candidate will lead research in advanced imaging and molecular imaging, including MRI, PET, CT, employing multimodal and multiparametric image analyses to non-invasively quantify key aspects of pathobiology and pathophysiology. Areas of focus may include the development and use of imaging biomarkers of processes such as inflammation, fibrogenesis, and fibrosis in cancer, neurodegeneration, and other diseases, as well as noninvasive imaging to assess drug action at a systems level.   This appointment advances UBC’s Impact+ priority in Health and Biotechnology and will independently complement the Eddie Goldenberg Distinguished Research Chair in Translational Molecular Imaging and Therapy. The successful appointee will benefit from opportunities for strategic collaboration; the recruit will join Vancouver’s exceptional research ecosystem, with access to world-class researchers and facilities at UBC, TRIUMF, BC Cancer, and affiliated hospital research institutes as well as  a new Centre being established at UBC in this research area Formal interdisciplinary links with other UBC Faculties and Departments, including the Faculties of Medicine and Science, School of Biomedical Engineering, and Departments of Physics and Chemistry, are anticipated. Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders are six-year positions valued at $100,000 annually, renewable once for an additional six years, intended for exceptional emerging scholars who have the potential to lead in their fields.   About the Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders…