Postdoctoral Research Fellow

**Job Title** ------------- Postdoctoral Research Fellow **Job Category** ---------------- Faculty Non Bargaining **Job Family Group** -------------------- Academic **Department** -------------- Talhouk Laboratory | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Faculty of Medicine (Aline Talhouk) **Job End Date** December 31, 2027 **Posting End Date** -------------------- December 14, 2026 **Note:** Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. Starting salary will be commensurate with experience, in the range of $70,000 - $80,000 per year plus benefits. 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. The Uterine Health Research Lab at UBC, led by Dr. Aline Talhouk, is a data-driven research group working at the intersection of uterine health, gynecologic oncology, computational biology, clinical informatics, and artificial intelligence. The lab develops and applies innovative data science and AI approaches to improve cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment decision-making, and patient outcomes, with a growing focus on personalized medicine and AI-assisted clinical decision support. Our research integrates clinical, molecular, and real-world data with emerging computational approaches, including large language models, predictive modelling, and multi-omics data integration. The lab coordinates and contributes to large-scale national and international research initiatives and works closely with clinicians, computational scientists, and patient partners to translate research findings into clinically meaningful tools. The research team is also part of BC's Gynecologic Cancer Initiative, a world-leading interdisciplinary team working together to drive innovative research that transforms how we prevent, diagnose, treat, and improve survivorship care for people with gynecologic cancer conditions for a rewarding career. **Position Overview** We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to support the development and validation of novel non-invasive biomarkers for endometrial cancer risk assessment and early detection. The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team integrating molecular biology, genomics, epigenomics, microbiome science, proteomics, and clinical research. The position will focus on the development and evaluation of multi-omics approaches using vaginal and cervicovaginal specimens to improve risk stratification and disease detection. This is an on-site position located at Vancouver Hospital Campus. **Key Responsibilities** * Coordinate and advance multi-omics biomarker development projects across multiple collaborating laboratories. * Support assay development and validation activi