Research Associate: Multi-Omics & Microbiome Science

Job Description

Research Associate: Multi-Omics & Microbiome in Maternal Child Health

Position No. 31318

The Azad Lab ( is situated at the University of Manitoba and Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) in Winnipeg, Canada. Dr. Azad co-Directs the Manitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Centre (MILC) and is Deputy Director of the national CHILD Cohort Study. Join our team and study how early-life exposures and experiences shape lifelong health, focusing on infant feeding practices, human milk composition and the infant microbiome. Together, we apply this research in various contexts and geographic settings to understand the development and prevention of allergies, obesity, malnutrition and growth stunting. Our team is transdisciplinary, with backgrounds in molecular biology, epidemiology, statistics, bioinformatics, nutrition and maternal-child health.

Our team is passionate about improving the health and wellbe...