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The McGill University Department of Family Medicine (DFM) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Associate Professor, based at the St. Mary’s Research Centre (SMRC). Strong applicants currently at the Assistant Professor rank will also be considered. The Department and Faculty will support the successful candidate’s appointment to the McGill Research Chair in Family and Community Medicine at SMRC.
We seek an outstanding investigator with a growing international reputation to lead a research program that strengthens and advances comprehensive family medicine and primary care as an academic discipline through innovative and impactful research. The position builds on St. Mary’s and the Department of Family Medicine’s strengths in primary health care research, as these evolve from understanding and measuring primary-care performance to designing and rigorously evaluating better ways of delivering care and improving health outcomes.
Research Environment:
The McGill Department of Family Medicine has established strengths in primary health care and health services research, implementation science, health policy, epidemiology and biostatistics, aging and multimorbidity, equity and community-engaged research, and qualitative and mixed methods. Its twelve urban and rural university family medicine groups (U-FMGs), serving more than 140,000 registered patients, provide opportunities to connect research, education and clinical practice.
SMRC is part of St. Mary’s Hospital Centre within the Santé Québec Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal Universitaire. St. Mary’s serves a culturally, linguistically and socioeconomically diverse Montreal population and has been a pioneer in primary care research for more than three decades. Family medicine is central to its clinical and academic environment, spanning ambulatory primary care, emergency and hospital care, and medical education. The St. Mary’s U-FMG is the largest site for family medicine residency training in Canada, a primary care home for more than 35,000 patients and its close relationships with hospital and specialty services provide a distinctive setting for embedded, practice-based research and quality improvement activities.
Research Focus:
The successful candidate will develop an internationally recognized program aimed at understanding and improving comprehensive family medicine and primary care. We are particularly interested in scholarship addressing fundamental attributes of high performing family medicine and primary care, such as access, continuity, comprehensiveness, coordination, patient experience, health outcomes and equity. Development and rigorous evaluation of new approaches to delivering and optimizing care, including integration of digital solutions, are also of interest. Relevant methodological expertise may span qualitative and mixed-methods research, epidemiologic and clinical research, observational and experimental study designs, implementation science, and participatory research approaches.
As examples, research might address how family medicine and primary care can improve access while preserving relational continuity; maintain comprehensiveness as patient needs become more complex; organize teams and services around patient needs; improve coordination and efficiency across primary, specialty, hospital and community settings; the improvement of care and health outcomes for specific health conditions pertinent to family medicine, or to test specific interventions to improve patient experience, quality, equity, health outcomes or appropriate healthcare utilization. Research addressing the needs of vulnerable or underserved populations that St. Mary’s Hospital cares for is of particular interest.
Teaching and collaboration expectations:
A defining feature of the position is the opportunity to conduct research in partnership with the clinical environment. The Chair will use the St. Mary’s U-FMG and broader hospital and community environment to develop, implement and evaluate innovations in healthcare delivery with family physicians, other healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers and health-system partners.
The successful candidate will be expected to lead an independent research program and contribute to research capacity building through teaching and mentorship of trainees, clinicians, and junior researchers within the McGill Department of Family Medicine and St. Mary’s Research Centre. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to graduate education within the McGill Department of Family Medicine and to support the scholarly activities of residents at St. Mary’s U-FMG. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to collaborate on local research and quality improvement initiatives within St. Mary’s.
Job Duties:
- Establish and lead a program of primary health care research that addresses priorities relevant to family medicine in Quebec and has the potential to achieve national and international impact and recognition;
- Develop embedded and practice-based research at St. Mary’s and effective partnerships with the St. Mary’s U-FMG and other McGill U-FMGs;
- Build collaborations across St. Mary’s, McGill and the Quebec healthcare system;
- Obtain competitive peer-reviewed research funding and disseminate high-impact scholarship;
- Supervise graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and contribute to teaching;
- Mentor junior investigators, clinician-scientists and family physicians developing research careers; and
- Provide intellectual leadership to the research missions of the Department of Family Medicine and SMRC.
Qualifications:Candidates must:
- Hold a PhD, medical degree or equivalent doctoral qualification, with advanced research training relevant to primary health care;
- Have an established record of original research appropriate to appointment at the rank of Associate Professor upon hiring, with a trajectory toward international leadership;
- Have a strong record of peer-reviewed publications and competitive external research funding;
- Demonstrate advanced methodological expertise;
- Demonstrate success in interdisciplinary research and partnerships with diverse clinicians, patients, healthcare organizations and/or decision-makers;
- Have a strong record of teaching, mentorship and graduate supervision; and
- Be able to communicate effectively in both French and English.
- Experience conducting research embedded in primary care or other real-world healthcare environments will be considered an important asset, preference will be given to candidate with experience working directly with family physicians.
Appointment and Application
The successful candidate will hold a full-time tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, and will be based at the St. Mary’s Research Centre. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Applicants should submit a cover letter and curriculum vitae; a statement describing their current research program and vision for the Chair at St. Mary’s; a statement of teaching and mentorship; materials required under McGill University’s current equity, diversity and inclusion procedures; and the names and contact information of three referees.
Commitment to Equity and Diversity
McGill University is committed to equity and diversity within its community and values academic rigour and excellence. We welcome and encourage applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities.
At McGill, research that reflects diverse intellectual traditions, methodologies, and modes of dissemination and translation is valued and encouraged. Candidates are invited to demonstrate their research impact both within and across academic disciplines and in other sectors, such as government, communities, or industry.
McGill further recognizes and fairly considers the impact of leaves (e.g., family care or health-related) that may contribute to career interruptions or slowdowns. Candidates are encouraged to signal any leave that affected productivity, or that may have had an effect on their career path. This information will be considered to ensure the equitable assessment of the candidate’s record. McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated equity groups to self-identify. It further seeks to ensure the equitable treatment and full inclusion of persons with disabilities by striving for the implementation of universal design principles transversally, across all facets of the University community, and through accommodation policies and procedures. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, this email or phone at 514-398-2477.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The target hire date is July 1, 2027.
Adhésion aux principes d’équité et de diversité
L’Université McGill s’engage fermement à respecter les principes d’équité et de diversité au sein de sa communauté, tout en valorisant la rigueur et l’excellence académiques. Elle accueille favorablement les demandes d’emploi des personnes racisées et des minorités visibles, des femmes, des personnes autochtones, des personnes en situation de handicap, des minorités ethniques, des personnes de toute orientation sexuelle et identité de genre, ainsi que toute personne possédant les aptitudes et les connaissances nécessaires pour interagir au sein de groupes diversifiés.
McGill valorise et encourage la recherche qui reflète des traditions intellectuelles, des méthodologies ainsi que des modes de dissémination et de traduction diversifiés. Les candidats sont invités à démontrer la portée de leur recherche, aussi bien au sein de leur champ universitaire que dans un contexte interdisciplinaire, notamment dans les secteurs gouvernementaux, communautaire et industriel.
En outre, McGill reconnaît et prend équitablement en considération l’incidence des congés (p. ex., obligations familiales ou congés pour raisons de santé), qui peuvent entraîner des interruptions ou des ralentissements de carrière. Les candidats sont encouragés à signaler tout congé ayant eu une incidence sur leur rendement et pouvant avoir modifié leur parcours de carrière. Ces renseignements seront pris en compte aux fins d’évaluation équitable de leur dossier.
L’Université McGill dispose d’un programme d’équité en matière d’emploi et invite les membres des groupes visés à indiquer leur appartenance à ces derniers dans leur dossier de candidature. Elle tient également à s’assurer que les personnes en situation de handicap reçoivent un traitement équitable et puissent pleinement s’intégrer à la vie universitaire en ayant à cœur de mettre en œuvre les principes de conception universelle dans toutes les sphères d’activité de l’Université, conformément aux politiques et procédures relatives aux aménagements. Les personnes en situation de handicap qui pourraient avoir besoin de certains aménagements pour soumettre leur candidature sont invitées à communiquer en toute confidentialité par courriel ou par téléphone, au 514 398-2477.
On encourage tous les candidats qualifiés à postuler; veuillez noter que conformément aux exigences de l'immigration canadienne, la priorité sera toutefois accordée aux Canadiens ainsi qu'aux résidents permanents.
McGill University is committed to equity and diversity within its community and values academic rigour and excellence. We welcome and encourage applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities.
At McGill, research that reflects diverse intellectual traditions, methodologies, and modes of dissemination and translation is valued and encouraged. Candidates are invited to demonstrate their research impact both within and across academic disciplines and in other sectors, such as government, communities, or industry.
McGill further recognizes and fairly considers the impact of leaves (e.g., family care or health-related) that may contribute to career interruptions or slowdowns. Candidates are encouraged to signal any leave that affected productivity, or that may have had an effect on their career path. This information will be considered to ensure the equitable assessment of the candidate’s record.
McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated equity groups to self-identify. It further seeks to ensure the equitable treatment and full inclusion of persons with disabilities by striving for the implementation of universal design principles transversally, across all facets of the University community, and through accommodation policies and procedures. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, accessibilityrequest.hr@mcgill.ca.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
