Full Job Description
Position Description
Join our team and be part of our bold new strategy for Precision Child Health, advancing discovery, prevention, and treatment for children worldwide.
The Department of Paediatrics is seeking an exceptional academic leader to serve as Head, Division of Infectious Diseases. This is a unique opportunity to lead an outstanding and diverse team of faculty, staff, and allied health professionals; mentor and support the next generation of Paediatric Infectious Diseases specialists; and advance the Division's clinical, research, and educational missions in alignment with the Department's strategic priorities.
The Division of Infectious Diseases provides paediatric inpatient care through its General Infectious Diseases and Immunocompromised Infectious Diseases consult services, as well as interdisciplinary, family-centred ambulatory care for infants, children, and adolescents requiring secondary, tertiary, and quaternary care. Across these settings, the Division offers a broad range of specialized, evidence-based services.
The Division also maintains extensive collaborations across SickKids, University of Toronto and beyond, both nationally and internationally, including with Microbiology, Transplantation, Public Health, other clinical disciplines and Research Institute programs.
Building on the strengths of Departmental faculty and the SickKids Research Institute, the successful candidate will help drive collaborative basic, translational, and clinical research that advances Precision Child Health and the strategic objectives of SickKids 2030.
The Division is fully accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada as a training program in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and is one of the oldest and largest such programs in Canada and internationally. Division members are actively engaged in teaching and mentorship at the undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, and continuing professional education levels through the University of Toronto.
The successful candidate will meet the following qualification: leadership and mentoring experience with a track record of academic and research excellence in the discipline of Infectious Diseases.
The successful candidate must be eligible for an academic appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor at the University of Toronto. Annual salary ($350,000 to $440,000) will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The successful candidate may also be eligible for an additional leadership stipend and will receive a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance, group insurance, a pension plan, vision care, an academic allowance, and relocation assistance and support services.
All candidates must be able to function proficiently in English, hold an MD, MBBS or equivalent thereto and be certified or eligible for certification by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or have comparable qualifications. Candidates must hold or be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Interested individuals should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae including a statement of research, education and clinical contribution, and names and addresses of three references by January 20, 2027, to:
Dr. Meredith Irwin, Professor and Chair, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8; email: [redacted]
