St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-posted 4 months ago
Memphis, TN
5,001-10,000 employees

The St. Jude Fellowship in Pediatric Cancer Predisposition offers training in germline precision medicine, which holds great promise to optimize the clinical care of children with cancer. As such, it is critical that pediatric hematology/oncology practitioners understand and learn how to incorporate recent exciting yet complex discoveries surrounding germline genomics into the daily management of their patients. This one-year program provides fellows with advanced training in cancer genetics as well as ample research opportunities focused on hereditary predisposition to cancer.

  • Enhance clinical expertise in the diagnosis and evaluation of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes.
  • Develop a multidisciplinary approach to the management of individuals affected by hereditary cancer predisposition.
  • Apply knowledge obtained from tumor and germline genomic testing to understand mechanisms underlying cancer risk, tumor formation, and impacts on cancer treatment for patients with hereditary predisposition to cancer.
  • Candidates should be American Board of Pediatrics eligible for pediatric hematology-oncology or should have received equivalent training as judged by the program directors.
  • International applicants must be ECFMG certified and H1B eligible.
  • Professional development allowance
  • Research allowance
  • Personal computer for use during the fellowship
  • Tuition assistance
  • Dependent care assistance
  • Moving allowance
  • Employer-contributed retirement savings plan
  • Onsite health and fitness facility
  • Flexible health and dependent care savings accounts
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance (cost shared)
  • Disability, long term disability, and group life insurance
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