Director, Center Cancer Prevention- Faculty; Division of Cancer Prevention and Control

Job Title:

Director, Center for Cancer Prevention
- Faculty (Division of Cancer Prevention and Control)

Department:
Medicine | IM Cancer Prevention and Control

Tenure faculty (regardless of rank) - persons with the titles of professor, associate professor, assistant professor and instructor who serve on appointments totaling 50% or more service to the university and who are eligible for tenure or who have obtained tenure. Duties and responsibilities are assigned in accordance with the workload guidelines laid out in the pattern of administration of each faculty member’s tenure initiation unit (TIU) and, as appropriate, regional campus;

obligations will include research, service and/or teaching or clinical practice. These faculty will have earned doctorate or other terminal degree in the relevant field of study or possession of equivalent experience.

Director, Center for Cancer Prevention
- Faculty (Division of Cancer Prevention and Control)

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is establishing a new Center for Cancer Prevention dedicated to advancing innovative research, education, implementation, and community-based interventions focused on reducing cancer incidence and cancer-related disparities across Ohio and beyond.

As one of the nation's premier comprehensive cancer centers, Ohio State has a longstanding commitment to understanding the causes of cancer and developing evidence-based strategies that prevent cancer before it occurs.

Through expertise in epidemiology, behavioral science, genomics, implementation science, cancer screening, health policy, environmental health, community engagement, and population health, Ohio State is uniquely positioned to become a national leader in cancer prevention research and practice.

The new Center for Cancer Prevention will serve as a multidisciplinary hub that brings together researchers, clinicians, public health professionals, community organizations, government agencies, healthcare systems, and industry partners to accelerate the discovery, translation, implementation, and dissemination of cancer prevention strategies.

• Primary prevention
• Cancer risk reduction
• Behavioral and lifestyle interventions
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Obesity and metabolic health
• Environmental and occupational exposures
• Vaccination and infection-related cancers
• Genetic and familial cancer risk
• Precision prevention
• Risk prediction and stratification
• Screening and early detection
• Rural health and underserved populations
• Health disparities and health equity
• Community-engaged prevention research
• Policy and systems-level prevention strategies
• Dissemination and implementation science

The Center will support the mission of reducing the burden of cancer through scientific discovery, innovation, collaboration, and evidence-based public health action while addressing the unique needs of Ohio's urban, rural, and Appalachian populations.

The Division of Cancer Prevention and Control invites applications for the inaugural Director of the Center for Cancer Prevention.

The Director will be a nationally or internationally recognized leader whose scholarship, funding, and scientific leadership have significantly advanced the field of cancer prevention, cancer control, or population health.

The Director will lead the development and implementation of a bold vision for the new Center and establish Ohio State as a national destination for cancer prevention research, training, policy, and community impact.

Working collaboratively with institutional leadership, faculty investigators, healthcare leaders, government agencies, public health organizations, industry partners, and…