Research Supervisors
On this page, prospective students can find research positions and opportunities at the MSc, PhD, and postdoctoral levels. Those interested are encouraged to contact faculty members directly about openings in their research programs.
Other opportunities may be available from time to time and prospective trainees are encouraged to visit Our Members page and reach out to faculty directly to inquire.
If you are a faculty member searching for trainees and would like to have your lab's opportunity listed below, please contact us at charbonneau@ucalgary.ca.
Faculty members recruiting trainees
| Faculty Member Name | Department | Research Areas | Searching for | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicole Culos-Reed | Faculty of Kinesiology | The Health and Wellness Lab conducts research and delivers programming in exercise oncology and supporting health behaviour change. |
MSc Student PhD Student Postdoctoral Fellow |
Contact |
| Colleen Cuthbert | Faculty of Nursing | Health services research, cancer survivorship, models of cancer care delivery |
MSc Student PhD Student Postdoctoral Fellow |
Contact |
| Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia | Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine | Childhood, adolescent, and young adult oncology; survivorship outcomes; MAiD; intergenerational trauma due to cancer |
PhD Student Postdoctoral Fellow |
Contact |
| Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine | DNA damage repair in complex chromatin; cellular oxidative stress responses; wide-scale radon gas exposure testing and population health analyses | PhD Student | Contact | |
| Jongbok Lee | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine | Developing treatment against cancer using our immune cells |
MSc Student PhD Student Postdoctoral Fellow |
Contact |
| Ralf Paschke | Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine | Investigation of the molecular etiology of thyroid cancer to enable targeted therapy. Molecular diagnostics of thyroid cancer for indeterminate thyroid nodule biopses. |
MSc Student PhD Student Postdoctoral Fellow |
Contact |
| Karl Riabowol | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine | We study the links between cell aging and cancer incidence by examining the telomere biology and epigenetic mechanisms, particularly those associated with the ING family of epigenetic readers discovered by our group. | PhD Student | Contact |
