Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department Eddy Laboratory | Department of Radiology | Faculty of Medicine (Rachel Eddy) Posting End Date October 23, 2026 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. This position is subject to the satisfactory completion of required background checks Job End Date December 31, 2027 The expected pay range for this position is $5,416.67 – $6,666.67/month. At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. The Eddy Lab, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow to develop novel 129Xe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition techniques for pulmonary imaging. The project is funded through an NSERC Discovery Grant, and the PDF salary is supported through an approved Mitacs Accelerate internship with partner Siemens Healthcare Limited. This is an on-site position located at the UBC Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI), St. Paul’s Hospital. The UBC Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology is the home department for this Postdoctoral Fellow position. HLI is a UBC senate-approved Centre located within Providence Health Care’s St. Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver. HLI’s MRI Core was established in June 2021, with a focus on advanced imaging of patients with heart and lung disease. The facility houses a state-of-the-art 3.0T clinical MRI scanner and hyperpolarized 129Xe gas facility for functional imaging of the lungs. HLI is one of two centers in Vancouver and only five centers in Canada with hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI capabilities. To date, the MRI Core operates numerous ongoing clinical studies in pulmonary imaging and has amassed a pulmonary imaging registry including images from more than 500 research participants. The PDF will report directly to the Principal Investigator, Dr. Rachel Eddy. The successful candidate with liaise with Siemens Healthcare Limited partner personnel, as well as a multidisciplinary team of imaging scientists, engineers, MRI technologists, physicians, undergraduate and graduate trainees, and research technicians and coordinators. Responsibilities Reporting to the Principal Investigator, Dr. Rachel Eddy, the incumbent will be responsible for: Development and optimization of rapid pulse sequences for 129Xe MRI Development of image reconstruction techniques for novel 129Xe pulse sequences Supervising undergraduate and junior graduate students, and technicians in the lab Developing, writing, and editing funding proposals for operating grants and fellowships In collaboration with the…