Personalized Medicine Scientist

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It’s More Than a Career, It’s a Mission.

Our people are the foundation of our success. By joining our growing team at Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI), a subsidiary of McKesson, you will have the opportunity to become part of one of the largest community-based cancer programs to advance oncology treatments and improve outcomes for cancer patients across the globe. We look for mission-driven candidates who have a desire to advance the fight against cancer and make a difference in the lives of patients diagnosed with cancer every day.

Our Mission

People who live with cancer – those who work to prevent it, fight it, and survive it – are at the heart of every decision we make. Bringing the most innovative medical minds together with the most passionate caregivers in their communities, we are transforming care and personalizing treatment. Through clinical excellence and cutting-edge research, SCRI is redefining cancer care around the world.

The Person alized Medicine Scientist will serve as the primary scientific resource enabling SCRI’s Personalized Medicine program.

The Person alized Medicine Scientist will act as a scientific consultant to enable one of two primary programmatic functions:
1) SCRI’s Personalized Medicine operations strategy or
2) SCRI’s Personalized Medicine population sciences strategy. In either function, the Personalized Medicine Scientist will be required to assimilate clinical, molecular, and clinical trial data to help support SCRI’s Personalized Medicine strategies which include molecular cancer conferences and other educational activities, collaborating with personalized medicine staff to build presentations that will be presented to physician leaders, investigators, and research staff, and tracking program metrics.

The Scientist will develop and maintain a knowledgebase of clinically actionable oncology-specific mutations and matched targeted therapies, immunotherapies, and clinical trials.

The Person alized Medicine Scientist will act as a consultant to oversee scientific aspects of the Personalized Medicine program and will interact with investigators, study sponsors, research colleagues, and other healthcare providers.

Duties include and are not limited to:

• Prepare, schedule, and help facilitate Molecular Tumor Boards and molecular education seminars for multiple facilities at SCRI Strategic Sites
• Analyze patient molecular profiles to identify potential targeted therapies, clinical trials, or contraindications
• Interact independently with medical oncologists, research staff, and care teams to assist in interpreting molecular profiling results
• Assist in the identification of patients for both molecularly-targeted and non-molecularly-targeted clinical trials and coordinate with research sites for screening
• Develop and foster relationships with physicians and research staff in order to provide scientific advice to advance Personalized Medicine
• Capture metrics for ongoing Personalized Medicine efforts including molecular profiles ordered and Molecular Tumor Board outcomes
• Track the total number of patients reviewed at molecular tumor boards, data inquiries requested, and average time for patient case review. Report metrics monthly to leadership.

• Master's Degree required, PhD preferred
• 1+ year work experience and a working understanding of cell biology and cell signaling pathways
• Must have a working knowledge of oncology-specific therapeutics and mechanisms of action
• Must have an understanding of cancer genomics and sequencing technologies
• Must have an understanding of clinical and records-based research process
• Education may be substituted for partial experience