Student Recruitment Campaign in Maternal and Child Health 2027

October 1 to November 15, 2026

Major Graduate and Postdoctoral Recruitment Campaign in Maternal and Child Health!

The Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine, affiliated with the Université de Montréal, is launching a major recruitment campaign to attract talented students and trainees who wish to contribute to advancing mother and child health research.

This campaign is open to individuals at various stages of their academic journey:

  • Research internship (college or undergraduate)

  • Master’s research project (M.Sc.)

  • Doctoral research project (Ph.D.)

  • Postdoctoral research project

Scholarships of up to $2,500 may be awarded to selected candidates!

Many research projects are available, supervised by internationally renowned researchers, in a wide range of fields including:

  • 🧠Neurosciences and Mental Health: neurosciences, psychiatry, psychology, neuropsychology, addiction studies

  • 🦴Rehabilitation and Health: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, medicine, nursing sciences, social work

  • ⚕️Biomedical Sciences: cell and molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, immunology

  • 🧬Genomics and Advanced Biology: reproduction, stem cells, epigenetics, genomics

  • 🔢Methods and Data: statistics, biostatistics, mathematics, bioinformatics, translational research

  • 🏥Public Health and Social Sciences: public health, epidemiology, social sciences

  • 🧭Ethics: bioethics, clinical ethics

  • 🔬Health Technologies: biomedical engineering

  • And more!

Join one of Canada’s leading mother-and-child health research centres and contribute to innovative projects that make a meaningful difference in the health and well-being of mothers, children, and families.

Who we are

CHU Sainte-Justine is a leading university hospital and research center specializing in maternal and pediatric health, located in Montréal (Québec, Canada). Affiliated with the Université de Montréal, it is one of the largest pediatric hospitals in North America.

Its Centre de recherche Azrieli is internationally recognized and driven by the ambition to transform the lives of future generations through precision health. Organized around six research axes in maternal and child health, its teams contribute to advancing knowledge and improving patient care—from conception through to adulthood.

Calendar

  • Opening of the competition: October 1, 2026

  • Deadline for applications: November 15, 2026 at 11:59 pm EST

  • Confirmation of recruited candidates: December 18, 2026 (at the latest)1

  • Start of the research project: Winter 2028 (at the latest)


1 Applicants who have not received any offer by this date should consider that their application was not successful.

Information

  • For more details on the Azrieli Research Center at CHU Sainte-Justine: website
  • Welcome guide for students at the Center: website
  • Equivalence of programs in Canada and internationally: UdeM website UdeM website

Funded by

Fondation CHU Sainte-Justine

Location

Online event:

Dates

Registration period:

August 20, 2026 - 12:00 AM EDT - September 27, 2026 - 1:20 PM EDT

Submission period:

October 1, 2026 - 12:00 AM EDT - November 15, 2026 - 11:59 PM EST

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact affaires_academiques.crhsj.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

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