Funding & Career Opportunities
New opportunities will be added to this page, please check back for new postings. Postings here are for both internal and external opportunities for faculty and trainees.
Translational & Genomic Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology Research
The University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics and the Masonic Cancer Center seeks applicants for its highly successful training program in translational and genomic pediatric cancer epidemiology research. Fellows gain experience across the spectrum of pediatric cancer research from etiology to outcome of therapy to survivorship, with a goal of interdisciplinary cross-training. Contact Dr. Logan Spector (spector@umn.edu) with questions.
Georgetown Lombardi T32 postdoctoral training program in Cancer Population Science (CPaS)
The program is currently recruiting postdocs for this T32-funded program Cancer Population Science (CPaS). Highlights of the training environment of the CPaS T32 Program includes:
› An established clinical consortium with access to the largest cancer population in the Mid-Atlantic
› Georgetown Lombardi Institute for Cancer and Aging
› A Minority Underserved NCORP site
› The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention
› Two funded CISNET modeling groups
› The Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Genomics Research
› The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science
› The McCourt School of Public Policy
› The MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare
Direct additional questions to cpcpostdoctraining@georgetown.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow Position Accepting Applications – American Cancer Society
The Department of Population Science at the American Cancer Society is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral position in cancer survivorship in conjunction with the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. Prospective candidates should have an interest in conducting and interpreting complex analyses using epidemiological data. Projects may include analyses of existing large scale -omics data such as genetics, transcriptomics, and markers of aging. The selected candidate will join a dynamic research team and have access to a vibrant research community, which can include consortium collaborations. There will also be opportunities for obtaining funding to further develop an independent research career.
Preferred qualifications:
- Have an MD or PhD in one of a variety of fields, including but not limited to medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, genetics, or other related fields, or be pursuing a degree in these areas
- Experience using R statistical software
- Proven record of scientific publications and research excellence
- Previous experience with analyses of large-scale -omics data, bioinformatics, and using code from publicly available repositories (e.g., GitHub) is desirable
The successful candidate will have excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills, be self-motivated and be able to work in an interdisciplinary team.
Applicants should submit a CV and cover letter that describes their professional qualifications. The cover letter should be addressed to Dr. Clara Bodelon. For questions about this position, contact Dr. Clara Bodelon: clara.bodelon@cancer.org
NC TraCS Accepting Applications for TL1 Postdoc Program
NC TraCS is recruiting candidates for a one-year postdoc research and training experience to translate a product/idea/research results in any of these areas:
- Commercialization/entrepreneurship: patenting, start-ups, preclinical work, developing regulatory strategy
- Clinical trials/regulatory: preparing to go from lab to clinic, regulatory submissions
- Health systems: implementing/applying research results in the health care system
Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
For more information, view the NC TraCS Postdoctoral Training Program slide presentation.
Contact Susan Pusek, susan_pusek@med.unc.edu, with any additional questions on eligibility.
Volunteer with the UNC Office of Undergraduate Research
There are a variety of additional opportunities to contribute your expertise throughout the year in workshops and symposia organized by the OUR (such as teaching undergraduates how to prepare a talk or a poster, and offering advice to undergraduates on finding a research mentor and developing a summer fellowship proposal, in addition to advice about graduate school and career choices). If you have an interest in such “one-time” activities, please contact us at our@unc.edu.