Sarcoma RCRF Research Associate

UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, founded in 1975, is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center. The Center’s mission is to reduce cancer occurrence and death in North Carolina and the nation through research, treatment, training, and outreach. This Research Assistant (RA) is a full-time position dedicated to supporting sarcoma registry enrollment, tissue procurement research, and emerging clinical trial efforts. The RA will serve as the primary point of contact for patient identification, approach, screening, and informed consent for tissue banking, registry and specimen-based sarcoma research protocols, as well as new early-phase clinical trials. This role requires close collaboration with surgical oncology, pathology, and research teams to facilitate consent and procurement process. The RA will additionally support several research efforts for the non-profit organization, Rare Cancer Research Foundation. These efforts will involve support biobanking and PRISM efforts – novel, individualized cancer testing for rare cancers.

Requirements

• Full-time position
• Support sarcoma registry enrollment
• Support tissue procurement research
• Support emerging clinical trial efforts
• Patient identification, approach, screening, and informed consent for tissue banking, registry and specimen-based sarcoma research protocols, and new early-phase clinical trials
• Collaboration with surgical oncology, pathology, and research teams
• Support biobanking and PRISM efforts for the Rare Cancer Research Foundation

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for patient identification, approach, screening, and informed consent for tissue banking, registry and specimen-based sarcoma research protocols, as well as new early-phase clinical trials.
• Facilitate consent and procurement process through close collaboration with surgical oncology, pathology, and research teams.
• Support biobanking and PRISM efforts for the Rare Cancer Research Foundation, focusing on novel, individualized cancer testing for rare cancers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed