Vice President, Research and Innovation
Humber River Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America’s first fully digital hospital, we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders.
Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team.
At Humber River Health, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care. We make technology work for staff and physicians;
giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors. Humber River Health is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen’s University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital.
Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.
HRH’s Research Institute fuels the hospital’s strategic vision by executing and expanding the hospital’s innovation initiatives through scientific rigor, clinical research and academics.
This research institute will foster groundbreaking healthcare solutions and fuel a robust incubator and accelerator capability.
HRH is a member of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN) and is deeply involved in research and academic collaboration.
The Vice President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) will play a pivotal role in driving HRH’s research strategy and advancing scientific rigor and clinical research in healthcare as part of our new Healthcare Lives campaign.
This executive position is pivotal in advancing our commitment to applied research and requires a visionary and entrepreneurial leader with a proven track record in translating research activity into actionable, real-world healthcare advancements, strategic planning, and fostering collaborative partnerships internally and externally.
The ideal candidate is an accomplished leader, with a clear sense of the future and the importance of research and innovation in an applied form.
Possessing superb entrepreneurial instincts, and an approach that encourages creativity by others, the VPRI will also advance equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility across all research and innovation activities.
This executive role demands a dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial leader with a strong background in research, management, and a proven track record of leading and facilitating innovation and advancing knowledge translation and commercialization.
A PhD and an MD (preferred), a relevant Master's degree, and an affiliation with an academic institution is required.