We are seeking postdoctoral applicants to contribute to a new three-year research program funded by Connected Minds, a major research collaboration between York University in Toronto and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. The goal of Connected Minds is to understand how the interplay of humans and intelligent technologies produces unexpected, emergent properties at the community/whole society levels, predict how new technologies will disrupt the techno-social collective and use these predictions to drive new research and technology development.
The CINTHeA project is a collaboration between Connected Minds researchers at York University, Queen’s University and Baycrest. Working with industry and public sector partners, the CINTHEA project seeks to understand and address the challenges faced by older adults in maintaining their physical, cognitive, and social health. Neuroscience research will identify salient biomarkers for physical/cognitive/social health. In parallel, AI/robot research will focus on automatic detection of these neuro-markers while interacting with, assisting and engaging older adults in their communities.
Application Process
We welcome applicants with doctoral training in related fields, including cognitive neuroscience, kinesiology, rehabilitation sciences, robotics, computer vision and AI. Successful applicants will be supervised by CINTHeA faculty researchers and conduct research as part of an interdisciplinary team.
Please send a cover letter and cv to Ushieja De Zoysa no later than Sept 19, 2025. In your cover letter, please summarize relevant experience and indicate names of potential supervisors from the list below. Short-listed candidates will be invited to apply for a two- year Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellowship to support their participation in the CINTHeA project (deadline Sept 29, 2025).
CINTHeA Investigators & Collaborators
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| James Elder | York University | jelder@yorku.ca |
| Vincent DePaul | Queen's University | vincent.depaul@queensu.ca |
| Aijun An | York University | aan@yorku.ca |
| Allison Sekuler | Baycrest | vpr@research.baycrest.org |
| Amy Wu | Queen's University | amy.wu@queensu.ca |
| Elham Dolatabadi | York University | edolatab@yorku.ca |
| Farhana Zulkernine | Queen's University | farhana.zulkernine@queensu.ca |
| Geoffrey Chan | Queen's University | chan@queensu.ca |
| Gunnar Blohm | Queen's University | gunnar.blohm@queensu.ca |
| Jonathan Obar | York University | jaobar@yorku.ca |
| Kiemute Oyibo | York University | kiemute.oyibo@yorku.ca |
| Lauren Sergio | York University | lsergio@yorku.ca |
| Matthew Pan | Queen's University | matthew.pan@queensu.ca |
| Michael Kalu | York University | mkalu@yorku.ca |
| Michael R Jenkin | York University | michael.jenkin@lassonde.yorku.ca |
| Nicole Anderson | Baycrest | nanderson@research.baycrest.org |
| Shayna Rosenbaum | York University | shaynar@yorku.ca |
| Taylor Cleworth | York University | tclewort@yorku.ca |
| Tracy Trothen | Queen's University | trothent@queensu.ca |
| Vijay Mago | York University | vmago@yorku.ca |
| Joseph DeSouza | York University | desouza@yorku.ca |
| Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad | Queen's University | khz@queensu.ca |
| Lillian Hung | University of British Columbia | lillian.hung@ubc.ca |
| Meiying Qin | York University | mqin@yorku.ca |
| Michael Bazzocchi | York University | mbazz@yorku.ca |
| Qingguo Li | Queen's University | ql3@queensu.ca |
| Stephen Scott | Queen's University | steve.scott@queensu.ca |
| Susan Boehnke | Queen's University | susan.boehnke@queensu.ca |
| Susan Murtha | York University | smurtha@yorku.ca |