Assistant​/Associate Professor

Description

Title: Assistant Professor or Associate Professor (Cancer Biology, Immunotherapy, Drug Discovery)

Position Number: Pending

Hiring Unit: University of Hawaii Cancer Center

Location: Kakaako

Closing Date: Continuous

Tenure Track: Tenure Track

Full Time/Part Time: Full time

Other Conditions: This advertisement is for an 11‑month, tenure‑track vacant faculty position, to begin approximately January 2027. The position will be funded by appropriated funds for the initial 3‑year appointment; subsequent partial external funding is expected. Continuation of appointment is contingent upon satisfactory performance. The University of Hawaii Cancer Center (UHCC; an NCI Designated Cancer Center) seeks an established investigator with research focused in gastrointestinal, genitourinary, breast, lung, or skin cancers (high incidence and with disparities in Hawaii), or cancer immunotherapy for a tenure‑track position in the Cancer Biology Program.

Opportunities for leadership positions are available. Core facilities for Genomics, Bioinformatics, Single Cell Genomics, Metabolomics, Analytical Biochemistry, Biostatistics, Pathology, Drug Discovery, Flow Cytometry, and Microscopy support translational research. The successful candidate will join a team of diverse and dynamic researchers devoted to groundbreaking research into the underlying mechanisms driving cancer and to developing novel diagnostics and therapeutics for cancer.

• Perform cancer research focused in gastrointestinal, genitourinary, breast, lung, or skin cancers (high incidence and with disparities in Hawaii), or cancer immunotherapy.
• Pursue an independent, nationally competitive research program; seek extramural funding from the National Cancer Institute and other peer‑reviewed sources.
• Collaborate with faculty members of the UH Cancer Center, the Hawaii Cancer Consortium, other UH departments, and community‑based health care providers on research projects, researcher training/mentoring, and other academic activities.
• Seek collaborative research opportunities where Hawaii has an advantage due to its special multi‑ethnic population with disparate outcomes and its unique flora and fauna as sources of anticancer compounds.
• May supervise postgraduate students (PhD or MS) and participate in graduate‑level teaching.
• Perform scholarly activities as assigned.

• Same duties and responsibilities as Assistant Professor but will require greater accountability for more complex projects.
• Serve as a role model within the UH Cancer Center, the UH, and in the national or international research, academic, and/or medical community.
• May assist in the administration of the program and with other related professional and scientific research endeavors.

• For Non‑Medical Degree (MD) holder: doctorate in biomedical sciences from a college or university of recognized standing.
• For MD holder: MD or other generally recognized equivalent medical degree from a medical school of recognized standing; U.S. Board certification or qualification in the involved specialty; must be eligible for licensure or licensed to practice in the State of Hawaii.
• Demonstrated ability in teaching and patient care (for MD).
• Demonstrated initiative, interest in scientific work, and adaptability.
• Demonstrated ability to generate independent research reports, publications, and grant proposals.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively meet, interact, and confer with others.

• For Non‑MD: four years of effective research with demonstrated increasing professional maturity and independence at the rank of Assistant Professor or equivalent.
• For MD: four years in the rank of Assistant Professor, or four years of other medical experience, or a total of four years of teaching in the rank of Assistant Professor and other medical experience, or one year at the rank of Associate Professor at another medical school of recognized standing.
• Recognition for having made a significant scholarly contribution to the involved clinical specialty (for MD).
• Demonstrated…