Opportunities
Find Your Path
Fredericks Research offers opportunities for students, trainees, clinicians, and professionals to engage in innovative research, build research capacity, and contribute to initiatives that address complex health and community priorities. Through collaborative and mentorship-oriented experiences, participants develop scholarly skills while contributing to evidence generation and knowledge translation that informs practice, policy, and health outcomes.
Develop research skills and gain experience.
Build research expertise and explore future opportunities.
Collaborate across disciplines and contribute expertise.
Who Can Get Involved?
Pursue graduate research through PhD dissertation and Master’s thesis opportunities aligned with the research program.
Fredericks Research welcomes graduate students interested in pursuing research that addresses important health and community priorities. Opportunities may include PhD dissertation and Master’s thesis supervision, with students supported in developing research questions, conducting studies, and disseminating their findings. Graduate students gain experience in research design, methodology, analysis, and knowledge translation while contributing to meaningful research.
Who should apply: Graduate students with an interest in health research and a proposed or developing research area aligned with the research program.
Develop your research expertise, build an independent research profile, and contribute to collaborative health research
Postdoctoral opportunities provide researchers with the opportunity to deepen their expertise, develop an independent research profile, and contribute to ongoing research initiatives. Fellows may engage in research design, data analysis, publications, knowledge translation, collaboration, and other activities aligned with their area of expertise and the priorities of the research program.
Who should apply: Researchers with a completed doctoral degree and an interest in advancing their research expertise and contributing to collaborative health research.
Current Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Gain hands-on research experience while contributing to ongoing projects and developing practical research skills.
Fredericks Research welcomes motivated students and trainees interested in gaining hands-on experience in health research. Volunteer Research Assistants may support literature reviews, data collection and analysis, research administration, knowledge translation, and dissemination of research findings.
This opportunity provides practical research experience while allowing students and trainees to develop valuable skills, work collaboratively with a research team, and contribute to meaningful research.
Who should apply: Students and trainees with an interest in health research, strong organizational and communication skills, and a willingness to learn.
Develop new skills, gain practical experience, and explore potential research and professional career pathways.
Internship opportunities provide students and early-career individuals with practical experience in research, knowledge translation, communications, and related areas. Interns may contribute to specific research projects or initiatives while developing professional skills and gaining insight into potential research and academic career pathways.
Who should apply: Undergraduate and graduate students or early-career individuals interested in gaining practical experience and exploring careers related to research and health.
Connect clinical practice with research and gain experience in clinical research, evidence-informed practice, and research translation.
Clinical placement opportunities provide learners with opportunities to connect clinical practice with research. Depending on the placement and project, students may gain experience in clinical research, research processes, data collection, evidence-informed practice, and the translation of research findings into clinical and community settings.
Who should apply: Students and trainees seeking to develop their understanding of clinical research and the relationship between research, clinical practice, and health outcomes.
Bring lived and professional expertise to research by helping shape priorities, inform research activities, and contribute to knowledge translation.
Fredericks Research values the knowledge and perspectives that patients and community members bring to research. Opportunities may include contributing lived experience, helping shape research priorities, providing feedback on research activities and materials, and participating in knowledge translation and dissemination.
Who should apply: Patients, caregivers, community members, and others interested in contributing their lived or professional expertise to meaningful and impactful research.
Connect clinical practice with research.
Bring lived experience and patient perspectives.
Contribute knowledge, experience, and community perspectives.
Different Perspectives. Stronger Research.
Interested in Getting Involved?
Whether you are looking to develop your research skills, complete an academic research project, gain hands-on experience, explore a potential research career, or contribute your lived and professional expertise, we welcome your interest.
Have questions or want to explore future opportunities?
CONTACT US → sfrederi@torontomu.ca
A Research Community Built on Learning, Collaboration & Impact