Postdoctoral Fellow - Cardiometabolic Oncology

City of Hope • Duarte, CA

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About The Position

Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the City of Hope of City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research. Leveraging multiomics, mouse genetics, hiPS cells, and electrophysiology, our lab works on molecular mechanism of cardiometabolic oncology. The postdoctoral fellow will be co-supervised by Dr. June Wha-Rhee and Dr. Zhao Wang.

Requirements

• PhD or M.D.
• Experiences in iPSCs and/or mouse models/handing (mouse genetics experience preferred)
• Experience in cardiovascular disease and/or immunology (cardiac immunology preferred)
• Training in molecular and cellular biology
• Proven track record of successful research projects and publications
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities

Responsibilities

• Investigate metabolic regulation and immune crosstalk in CVD during cancer treatment.
• Explore shared molecular mechanisms linking CVD and cancer progression.
• Apply cutting-edge techniques including spatial transcriptomics and single-cell multiomics and integrate multi-omics data to identify therapeutic targets and biomarkers.
• Study cardiomyopathy across models of diabetes, cancer, and pressure overload.
• Collaborate in an interdisciplinary team and contribute to high-impact publications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees