Open-Rank Faculty Position, Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Research Program
The University of Rochester; Wilmot Cancer Institute
Application
Details
Posted: 21-Oct-24
Location: Rochester, New York
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Academic / Research
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Salary Details:
Academic rank and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. The University of Rochester is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.
Required Education:
Doctorate
Internal Number: 144839
The Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Research Program within University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute (WCI) invites candidates to apply for a full-time tenure-track faculty position (all ranks considered). Successful candidates are expected to make significant impact with research and expertise in primary prevention and/or cancer control/care delivery supportive care for patients, survivors, and caregivers (e.g., integrative oncology, nutrition, exercise oncology, geriatric oncology, health disparities).
Faculty members are expected to interact with basic, translational, and clinical scientists across all research programs within the WCI. Maintain an innovative, independent, collaborative, and extramurally funded research program and participate fully in CPC Program meetings and activities. Work in partnership with more than 30 highly collaborative faculty and trainees conducting cancer prevention, cancer control and cancer care delivery research across 4 schools and 15 departments.
Ph.D., MD, DO, or equivalent doctoral degree.
Strong track record of independent funding at the R01 equivalent level (K99/R00 awardees also strongly considered).
Strong record of scholarly publications, production with recognizable and significant impact, and extramurally funded research ideally from the National Cancer Institute, other NIH Centers or Institutes, the American Cancer Society, PCORI, or other equivalent support.
Topic areas of high interest include novel behavioral and lifestyle interventions for the primary prevention of cancer, as well as the dissemination and implementation of novel and effective supportive care interventions into standard cancer care.
About The University of Rochester; Wilmot Cancer Institute
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers. It forms the centerpiece of the University of Rochester’s health research, teaching and patient care missions. The University of Rochester Medical Center is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian, and nonprofit research university.
The medical center includes Strong Memorial Hospital, the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, with its faculty practice (University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group), and the University of Rochester School of Nursing.
With more than 26,000 employees, URMC is the largest component of the University of Rochester, the largest private sector employer based in Upstate New York and the sixth-largest employer in the state. The direct and spillover impact of the University’s employee wages and spending, purchases, capital investments, and visitor and student spending, generate approximately 56,000 jobs across Upstate New York.
