PhD Opportunities in Medical Science in Canada

Bernhard Payer’s laboratory at CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal is recruiting motivated postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and MSc students in Montreal, Canada. The team investigates the intersection of epigenetics and reproduction, with research topics including X-chromosome inactivation, pluripotency, stem cell biology, oogenesis, and stem cell-derived in vitro gametogenesis. These projects are relevant to developmental biology, reproductive biology, and maternal and child he...

PhD opportunity at the Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (MBMC) for a prospective doctoral student contributing to the MOTIVATOR Program, a pan-Canadian study of behaviour change communication training for physicians, nurses, and allied healthcare providers involved in chronic disease management. The PhD research may include behavioural intervention development and design; delivery and assessment of behaviour change communication skills and training programs; behavioural trial methods and rep...

Université Laval in Québec City, Canada, is offering a fully funded PhD position in Anthropology focused on living with cochlear implants , sensory experience, neurotechnologies, and evidence. The project is part of the CIHR-funded Deafnesses project and is supervised by Professor Stephanie Lloyd in the Department of Anthropology. The research examines how people experience and live with cochlear implants, with attention to sensory experience, deafness, clinical contexts, and the broader implica...

Funded Master’s and PhD positions are available in Dr. Rony Chidiac’s Group (Chidiac Lab) within the Department of Pharmacology-Physiology at the Centre de recherche du CHUS (CRCHUS), Université de Sherbrooke, Canada. The research focuses on human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived choroidal endothelial cells for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) disease modeling. The project is suited to students interested in stem cell biology, vascular biology, ocular diseases, pharmacology, and cell b...

Funded Master's or PhD Positions in Immunity Against Hepatitis C Virus and Liver Immunology Dr. Naglaa Shoukry's Lab at the Centre de Recherche du CHUM (CRCHUM), Université de Montréal, Canada, is recruiting Master's and PhD students for research on immunity against hepatitis C virus and liver immunology. Applicants should have a BSc or MSc in biological sciences or immunology, a GPA of at least 3.5, and working knowledge of French, as courses are taught in French. The positions are funded, alth...

PhD opportunity in human-centered AI for healthcare at Polytechnique Montréal with McGill University , working on MARVIN , a conversational AI co-designed with patients and clinicians to support HIV self-management . The project focuses on building and evaluating new AI methods that work beyond the lab in real-world care settings. Research directions include LLMs and conversational AI, context-aware and adaptive AI, emotion and stigma in care, and AI reliability, safety, and human-centered evalu...

Fully funded MSc and PhD positions are available for a Fall 2027 start in CRISPR-based functional genomics and precision genome editing at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. The opportunity is in the Cuella-Martin Lab within the CERC in Genomic Medicine , Department of Human Genetics. The research focus is highly relevant to genomics , molecular biology , genetics , and medical science , with an emphasis on genome editing technologies and functional genomic approaches. Applicants should have...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Parkinson's disease and bone health at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) , Canada. The project is associated with the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in the Faculty of Medicine and is supervised by Dr. Sarah Purcell and Dr. Daryl Wile . Relevant academic areas include medical science , neuroscience , nutrition , kinesiology , exercise science , public health , and chronic disease prevention. The post specifically highlights ...

PhD opportunity at the Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (MBMC) in AI-driven digital health behaviour change (EVO+) . The project aims to develop an AI-enabled digital health behaviour change program to improve behavioural risk factors linked to non-communicable chronic diseases. The selected PhD student will contribute to project planning and setup, intervention development, data capture and analysis, machine learning and deep learning algorithm development, user experience improvements, and...