Staff - Non Union### ## **Job Category**M&P - AAPS## **Job Profile**AAPS Salaried - Research and Facilitation, Level C### ## **Job Title**Research Lead, Planetary Healthcare Lab### ## **Department**Macneill Research Lab General Surgery | Department of Surgery | Faculty of Medicine### ## **Compensation Range**$7,622.83 - $11,886.67 CAD MonthlyThe Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.### ## **Posting End Date**February 16, 2026**Note:** Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.**Job End Date**February 29, 2028This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.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.**Job Summary** The Research Lead for the Planetary Healthcare Lab (PHcL) ensures the seamless overall administration of the research and education aspects of the PHcL, to enable it to achieve its long-term strategic goals and short-term objectives. The incumbent oversees two of the PHcL's three organizational pillars (Research, Education, and Implementation).The incumbent is responsible for the overall planning, management, and facilitation of both the Research and Education pillars. This includes leading all aspects of medical trainee supervision and mentorship, research project management, partnership development, funding procurement, and knowledge mobilization activities including but not limited to peer-reviewed publications. Within the Education pillar, the Research Lead prepares, plans, and delivers seminars, tutorials, and workshops to surgical trainees to help operationalize planetary health principles within their specialty areas, and provides individual mentorship as appropriate. The Research Lead provides subject matter expertise in the field of sustainable healthcare to the PHcL team, collaborators, and trainees.



A continuous review of scientific literature is required to stay current with new developments and practices in the area of planetary health and sustainable healthcare.The Research Lead advances strategic priorities around planetary health for the Department of Surgery and other Surgical Departments, with an initial focus on the Department of Orthopaedics.. These efforts are undertaken with a view to eventual expansion to other Departments within the Faculty of Medicine. The incumbent represents the PHcL within the global sustainable healthcare community, including via existing partnerships with the Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare, the World Health Organization's Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health, CASCADES Canada and the associated pan-Canadian Practice Network, and the BC Provincial Sustainable Clinical Services Working Group. In addition to these existing partnerships, the incumbent seeks out, develops, and nurtures new and effective partnerships with relevant stakeholders in B.C., Canada, and internationally. **Organizational Status** The UBC Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery educates students at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels, and pursues research to make innovative advancements in knowledge and practice to improve health. The Department consists of more than 600 physicians, surgeons, scientists, and educators and over 70 administrative, research, and technical staff in nine divisions distributed across British Columbia. Specialty training programs are offered in Cardiac Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Radiation Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Surgery, and Vascular Surgery. The Department is also home to the Branch for Global Surgical Care (BGSC).The UBC Planetary Healthcare Lab is an interdisciplinary research cooperative within the Department of Surgery that brings together experts from environmental engineering, health economics, public health, and behavioural psychology with clinical and operational leaders to define data-driven best practices in sustainable healthcare and to inform policy and behavioural solutions.The Research Lead reports to the Director of the PHcL. The incumbent collaborates and works with medical trainees, healthcare workers, hospital staff, UBC Department of Surgery staff, and other staff and faculty at UBC. Additionally, they work with provincial, national, and international collaborators and clinicians as well as partners in government, industry, and regulatory agencies.



**Work Performed*** Lead the development of a PHcL strategic plan for 2026-2031, working with relevant stakeholders to optimize alignment with related local, provincial, national, and international initiatives.* Develop a workplan to ensure achievement of deliverables to the Department of Surgery for 2026-2029.* Develop educational content for surgical trainees to advance familiarity with planetary healthcare principles and guide their application to surgical specialties.* Mentor surgical trainees in research and quality improvement initiatives applying planetary healthcare principles to clinical processes. This includes creating and managing research project plans and deadlines, and monitoring processes towards completion.* Provide oversight to medical students and medical/surgical residents and fellows on a project-to-project basis.* Provide expert guidance to medical trainees on all phases of research projects including concept development, study design, protocol creation, ethics submissions, data collection and analysis plans, and manuscript preparation.* Provide expertise in the preparation of grant proposals, including concept refinement, methodological support, budget development, and submission coordination.* Develop and deliver workshops, seminars, and one‐on‐one coaching focused on research skills, scholarly productivity, and academic writing.* Advise residents in navigating UBC and health authority research processes, including REB applications, operational approvals, and grant submissions.* Oversee progress tracking for resident research projects to ensure timely completion of scholarly requirements.* Manage multiple concurrent research projects, setting priorities, establishing timelines, and resolving methodological or operational challenges.* Manage the development, amendment, maintenance, and completion of ethics approvals and study protocols as appropriate.* Oversee the development of research tools, protocols, and documentation to support consistent, high-quality project execution.* Support knowledge translation efforts, including preparation of abstracts, presentations, and peer‐reviewed manuscripts.* Advise faculty on integrating planetary health and sustainable healthcare frameworks into research programs, proposals, curricula, and clinical innovation projects.* Lead, create, monitor, and evaluate policies, processes, and activities of the PHcL, making amendments as necessary, to optimize overall PHcL function and impact, and alignment with the Department of Surgery strategic plan.* Critically review current literature and conduct environmental scans.* Create, implement, and refine policies and guidelines for research data requests, collection, storage and use. Manage#J-18808-Ljbffr

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