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Tenure Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Cancer Research

Virginia Tech, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022


Tenure Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Cancer Research

Job Description

Virginia Tech (VT) is recruiting to fill a tenure track faculty position at the assistant professor level in cancer research. This new faculty position represents part of a major research initiative by VT located at our new state-of-the-art facility at the Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus in Washington DC (CNRIC) of the Children’s National Hospital (CNH). The faculty member will be part of the Cancer Research Center – DC within Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute (FBRI).

Applicants should have an earned doctorate (PhD, MD and/or DVM), postdoctoral research experience, a record of accomplishment of research productivity through high quality publications and some record of past or preferably current extramural funding. The new faculty member will join several teams of VT cancer researchers already in place at the CNRIC as well as cancer and immunology researchers from the Children’s National hospital located at the CNRIC. The successful candidate will primarily be expected to maintain a high-quality, extramurally-funded research program. They will also have the opportunity to participate in some teaching of graduate students and to serve as a research mentor for VT graduate, medical and undergraduate students. A competitive salary, space, and start-up package will be provided.

The CNRIC is located in Washington, DC sited on the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus in a newly renovated research building with advanced facilities, including adjacent teams of researchers from CNH’s genetic medicine research center and rare disease institute. Johnson and Johnson’s J-Lab facility and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority program are also located in the same building.

Please submit your application to posting #530801 including full curriculum vitae, detailed statement of research accomplishments and plans, teaching/mentoring philosophy and a statement on diversity and inclusivity. To complete the application, the applicant should also have at least three references post their letters of support to the same site.

Virginia Tech recognizes the critical importance of diverse teams of scholars. It seeks to diversify its faculty along multiple dimensions, bringing talent, experience and insights from multiple perspectives to work together in collaborative teams to solve the most pressing challenges in the biomedical and health sciences. Virginia Tech is a public global land-grant university, committed to research, teaching and learning, and outreach to the Commonwealth of

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