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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\">About OICR</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">OICR is Ontario’s cancer research institute. We bring together people from across the province and around the world to improve the lives of everyone affected by cancer. We take on the biggest challenges in cancer research and deliver real-world solutions to find cancer earlier and treat it more effectively. We are committed to helping people living with cancer, as well as future generations, live longer and healthier lives.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Launched in December 2005, OICR is an independent institute funded by the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\">Position Details</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Position:  </span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Early Career to Mid-Career Principal Investigator</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Location:  </span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">MaRS Centre, Toronto</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Department:  </span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Computational Biology</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Reports To:   </span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Scientific Director, Computational Biology</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Hiring Range:  </span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Early Career $144,000 to $181,000 per annum</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">                        Mid-Career $177,000 to $221,000 per annum</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">                        Commensurate with experience; total compensation includes a competitive benefits plan, plus a defined                                  benefit pension plan (HOOPP) <br></span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Hours:  </span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">35 hours/week</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Job Type:  </span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Hybrid</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Status:  </span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Full-time, Permanent</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\">Position Summary</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) is looking to fill an existing vacancy for an Early Career or Mid-Career Principal Investigator (PI) in Computational Biology to undertake world-class cancer research. We welcome applications from individuals at all career stages, including those wishing to establish their first research lab. The Computational Biology Program develops and applies data analysis approaches to advance OICR’s strategic priority on early cancer detection and interception. We seek to strengthen and expand our existing expertise in cancer genomics, statistical genetics, next-generation sequence analysis, biological knowledge bases and pathway/network analysis. We are particularly interested in, but not limited to, research that complements these areas, including applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning (e.g. for digital histopathology, genomic variant effect prediction, drug target identification or the accurate prediction of genetic and chemical perturbations of biological pathways), and modelling and interpreting cancer evolution.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The PI will be expected to mentor trainees, to build collaborations both within and outside the OICR community, and to work with <a href=\"https://facit.ca/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FACIT</a>, OICR's commercialization partner, to translate research findings into real-world products and services. In addition to base funds provided by the Institute to support the PI's salary and core personnel, the PI is expected to raise additional research funds from external competitive granting agencies. OICR will assist the PI in obtaining a faculty appointment at the University of Toronto or another affiliated academic institution.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Housed within OICR's Adaptive Oncology theme, the Computational Biology Program provides a robust intellectual environment with multiple investigators working with technologies ranging from spatial 'omics to large language models of clinical records. An institutional cluster comprising ~9,000 CPU threads, and 18 GPU servers with a total of 36 NVIDIA CUDA cards as well as a large OpenStack virtualization environment, is available to support analysis by members of the Program. In addition, extensive compute resources, including large GPU clusters, are available to OICR faculty via Canada's Digital Research Alliance.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">OICR is a multi-disciplinary, team-science-driven translational research institute with PIs working in the areas of medical imaging instrumentation, robotics, drug design and development, biomarker discovery and assay development, spatial biology, and genomics. In addition to the facilities provided by the Computational Biology Program, the candidate will have access to a series of technology platforms for large-scale molecular data generation ranging from whole genome sequencing of challenging clinical specimens, to spatial transcriptomics and proteomics, cell-free DNA analysis, long-read sequencing, and digital histopathology. OICR develops and hosts multiple biobanks comprising hundreds of thousands of tissue and blood specimens, including the <a href=\"https://oicr.on.ca/programs/ontario-health-study/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ontario Health Study</a> and the <a href=\"https://ontariotumourbank.ca/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ontario Tumour Bank</a>. In addition, OICR develops and operates multiple data-rich biological databases including the international <a href=\"https://platform.icgc-argo.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ICGC-ARGO</a> Cancer Genome data platform, the <a href=\"https://ohcrn.ca/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ontario Hereditary Cancer Research Network</a>, and the Ontario node of the <a href=\"https://www.marathonofhopecancercentres.ca/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TFRI Marathon of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Centre Network</a>. We are the host institution for the <a href=\"https://www.ga4gh.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Alliance for Genomics in Health</a> and a co-developer of the <a href=\"https://genomelibrary.ca/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pan-Canadian Genome Library</a>. Finally, we believe in open-source and community development and are a signatory to the <a href=\"https://sfdora.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment</a> (DORA).</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Please visit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https://oicr.on.ca/research-portfolio/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https://oicr.on.ca/research-portfolio/</a></span> for details on our research portfolio.</span></p>\n<p><br><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">For more information about OICR, please visit the website at <a href=\"http://www.oicr.on.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oicr.on.ca</a>.</span><br><br><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">To learn more about working at OICR, visit our <a href=\"https://oicr.on.ca/careers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">career page</a>.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\">Position Requirements</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">A PhD or MD with a proven track record in computational biology, bioinformatics, or biostatistics</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">International recognition and a strong publication record of relevance, proven leadership and management experience including the building of strong research teams, as well as a strong record of grant-funding and mentorship</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Excellent communication and presentation skills</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Please attach the following to your application:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">A covering letter, including the names of three potential referees</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">A complete academic CV</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">A two to four page proposed research document, including a section highlighting relevance of the proposed studies to cancer</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\">POSTED DATE:         May 5, 2026</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">CLOSING DATE:       July 31, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.</span></span><br><br><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">OICR is committed to fostering a climate of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. This commitment is central to, and mutually supportive of, our research excellence mandate. We welcome and respect the diversity of all members of our community and we support an inclusive culture for all. We welcome all applicants, and encourage applications from racialized persons, Indigenous Peoples, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S persons, and others who may contribute to furthering a diversity of ideas within our community. OICR is committed to fair assessment of a candidate’s abilities, and consideration for diversity of thought, method, and experience. Providing an accessible workplace and recruitment process is important to us, as described in our Accessibility Plan (<a href=\"https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foicr.on.ca%2Faccessibility%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CLeanne.Baird%40oicr.on.ca%7C31fb848ef919476b87a108d9f235a262%7C9df949f8a6eb419d9caa1f8c83db674f%7C0%7C0%7C637807134425811606%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=mIUfXv5IIZRggaj7HY%2B9h4hDYfSCWnVbplwd%2BEPyPVc%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https://oicr.on.ca/accessibility/</a>).  Should you require accommodation during any stage in the recruitment process, please complete the form at the bottom of page <a href=\"https://oicr.on.ca/careers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https://oicr.on.ca/careers/</a>. Information received related to accommodation will be handled confidentially.  </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">OICR hiring managers may use approved Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist with an initial screening or assessment of applications, and selection of applicants in accordance with OICR’s privacy policies.  Personal information associated with any job application will not be shared with or retained by any third party for the purpose of training an AI model.  Hiring managers shall determine which applications proceed through the recruitment process.</span></p>\n<p><br><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Resume Format</span>: If you elect to apply, please click on the “Apply for this Job” button.  You will be required to enter contact details, and to attach your resume to your application. Please attach your resume as a .pdf or .doc file.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em> </em></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em>The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research thanks all applicants. 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