Faculty Position Clinical Cancer Research- Virginia Tech
About The Position
Virginia Tech seeks an innovative clinician-scientist leader for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position at the associate or full professor level at the Patient Research Center (PRC), located at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC (FBRI). The PRC has received substantial state funding to launch its program, including clinical research support teams and facilities. The successful candidate will maintain a leading-edge, extramurally funded clinical cancer research program, with some patient-care responsibilities through clinical partner Carilion Clinic. The role also includes mentoring graduate and medical students and fellows. A translational laboratory-based research program may complement the candidate’s patient-based clinical research. The faculty member will join a growing cancer research community and hold a tenured or tenure-track appointment in an appropriate Virginia Tech department, potentially including the School of Medicine. The position is based at FBRI on Virginia Tech’s Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, Virginia, near the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Carilion Clinic, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, the Carilion Taubman Cancer Center, and Virginia Tech’s Animal Cancer Care and Research Center. FBRI’s research infrastructure includes more than 300,000 square feet of laboratory, core-facility, and office space, as well as human-subject research-dedicated 3.0T MRIs, high-field MR-guided PET for animal research, MR-guided focused ultrasound for cancer treatment, cellular and molecular imaging facilities, transcriptomics and genomics analysis, and a molecular oncology diagnostics laboratory. Applicants should have an active research program funded by federal agencies and/or industry that conducts human patient-based clinical research. Research may address cancer prevention, predictive analytics, diagnostics, therapeutics, or clinical research trials, using innovative contemporary approaches. Applicants should submit a full curriculum vitae and statements of research accomplishments and plans to posting #538363. The successful candidate must undergo a criminal conviction check.
Requirements
- M.D. degree and active medical license.
- Active research program funded through federal agencies and/or industry for human patient-based clinical research.
- Appropriate postdoctoral residency-fellowship training.
- Submit a full curriculum vitae and statements of research accomplishments and plans.
- Successful completion of a criminal conviction check.
Nice To Haves
- Ph.D. degree.
- A translational laboratory-based research program.
- Research experience using innovative contemporary approaches to cancer prevention, predictive analytics, diagnostics, therapeutics, or clinical trials.
Responsibilities
- Lead a strong, extramurally funded, leading-edge clinical research program in cancer research.
- Provide some patient care through clinical partner Carilion Clinic.
- Mentor graduate and medical students and fellows.
- Conduct patient-based clinical cancer research using approaches such as prevention, predictive analytics, diagnostics, therapeutics, or clinical research trials.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
