Tenure-Track Faculty, Cancer Prevention and Control

The University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute (WCI) is seeking highly qualified candidates for full-time tenure-track faculty positions within its Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Research Program. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a nationally recognized program with over 40 years of NCI funding, focusing on lowering cancer morbidity and mortality through primary prevention and supportive care research. Successful candidates will maintain an independent, extramurally-funded research program and collaborate with a diverse team of scientists across various disciplines.

Practice Info

• The CPC Research Program has been conducting cancer control and cancer care delivery research with continuous funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for more than 40 years.
• WCI is comprised of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, an 86-bed inpatient and outpatient facility, and 11 additional outpatient locations covering a 27-county region.
• WCI is home to one of only two NCI-funded NCORP Research Bases in the United States in an Academic Medical Center.
• WCI is one of select few cancer centers in the U.S. with a Tobacco Center for Regulatory Research (CRoFT).
• The University of Rochester Medical Center was one of the first 12 academic medical centers in the country to receive a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) in 2006.

Responsibilities

• Apply for full-time tenure-track faculty positions (all ranks considered).
• Take on leadership responsibility within the Wilmot Cancer Institute and the URCC NCORP Research Base (as appropriate for experience).
• Interact with basic, translational, and clinical scientists across all research programs within the WCI.
• Maintain an innovative, independent, collaborative and extramurally-funded research program.
• Participate fully in CPC Program meetings and activities.

Compensation

• Compensation: $100,000 - $225,000 - negotiations beyond this range possible for more senior applicants.
• Academic rank and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
• Individual salaries will be determined within the job's salary range and established based on (but not limited to) market data, experience, and expertise of the individual, and with consideration to related position salaries.
• Alignment of clinical incentive-based compensation may also be applicable and will be discussed during the hiring process.
• Startup package available.

Qualifications

• Ph.D., MD, DO, or equivalent doctoral degree.
• Track record of independent funding at the R01 equivalent level (K99/R00 awardees also strongly considered).
• Track record of scholarly 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.
• 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).
• Investigators with experience in novel behavioral and lifestyle interventions for the primary prevention of cancer are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Investigators with research foci on the dissemination and implementation of novel and effective supportive care interventions into standard cancer care are also strongly encouraged to apply.
• Open to visa sponsorship.