Canada Research Chairs
Concordia University: Canada Research Chair Tier II
This tenure-track position is for a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Canada Research Chair Tier II in Connected Digital Health to Transform Health-Equity among Marginalized Populations. The area of connected digital health is an emerging strength at Concordia and a key component to precision health by providing reliable, efficient, and accessible approaches to measure health-related psychophysiological processes and outcomes and to deliver services. This position is at the intersection of three domains: (i) digital health, (ii) marginalized populations, and (iii) psychophysiology.
Candidates who innovatively create and implement empirical, state-of-the-art digital health applications with marginalized populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Digital health applications using wearables (commercially available or user-developed), smartphones, remote sensing, or mobile apps should pertain to a quantifiable psychophysiological signal (e.g., brain activity EEG, heart activity EKG, muscle activity EMG, eye tracking, movement (accelerometry), facial expression (emotion), social interactions (proximity), or built environment interactions (GPS), among others). Research involving any marginalized community(ies) or individual(s) will be considered. This could include, but is not limited to, homeless individuals, Indigenous peoples, immigrants and refugees, ethnoracial minorities, sexual and gender minorities, people living in poverty, or those living with mental illnesses, chronic diseases, or disabling conditions. Health applications are broadly defined and may target assessment, intervention, or prevention (primary to tertiary) at the individual or population level.
Possible wide-ranging health research areas could include: access to mental health services; substance abuse; adolescent suicide prevention; concussion; PTSD; migraine and tension headaches; sleep disorders, employee workplace stress and well-being; autism; stress disorders; obesity; communication; vision impairments; driver road aggression, among many others.
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