Faculty Position - Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, Implementation Science

Faculty Position - Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, Implementation Science

Location

Memphis, TN

Category

Faculty

Department

Epidemiology and Cancer Control

Shift

Weekday Day

Position Type

Full Time

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

JR3820

SJCRH

The Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control e Children’s Research Hospital is recruiting Faculty Members at the FULL, ASSOCIATE or ASSISTANT level as we expand our Department’s mission to conduct implementation science research to complement a well-established research program consisting of highly innovative clinical, biological, and population-health sciences research (both observational and interventional studies) among survivors of childhood cancer. Further, we conduct research to translate our findings into effective strategies to avert or mitigate cancer-treatment-related complications and improve the quality of life of childhood cancer survivors in alignment with implementation science activities.

We seek creative and collaborative scientists with specific expertise and experience in implementation science as we grow and further expand the mission.

Our research uses state-of-art approaches to assess and evaluate adverse outcomes and to design interventions to optimize health. Our Department, and associated Cancer Center Programs in the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center, include a diverse team of investigators with expertise in epidemiology/biostatistics, oncology/cardiology/neurology/nursing, genetics/bioinformatics, psychology/neuropsychology, exercise science/rehabilitation, symptoms/patient-reported outcomes, and health behavior/health services research. We have a growing number of faculty with experience and training in implementation science.

We actively collaborate across Cancer Center Programs, engaging with both clinic- and laboratory-based researchers to advance clinical care and knowledge on childhood cancer and associated late effects, encompassing biological, clinical, and social determinants and mechanisms.
There are extensive opportunities for stand-alone implementation science research and integration into existing research activities.

Our Department is home to both the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study with over 38,000 childhood cancer survivors diagnosed from  in North America, and the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort with over 6000 clinically assessed childhood cancer survivors treated e Children’s Research Hospital since 1962. These foundational studies are funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and are unparalleled resources for research, with comprehensive characterizations of cancer treatment exposures/doses, whole genome/whole exome sequencing of germline genomes, patient-reported outcomes, and an extensive array of clinically-, laboratory- and survey-ascertained late effects outcomes and measurements.

Our Department encompasses a strong T32 Postdoctoral program, >150 staff members who supports maintaining and expanding activities of the two cohort studies and many ongoing R01-equivalent projects which are built on the two cohort studies.

Join us in the exciting, rewarding mission of improving lives of childhood cancer survivors through rigorous, cutting-edge research that has strong institutional support and commitment!

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a world-class research institution dedicated to pediatric cancer and other catastrophic diseases of childhood. We are the first and only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children and have been recognized with the highest possible ranking of “exceptional” in our two most recent five-year reviews by the NCI. Our mission is to advance research and cures for pediatric cancer, the number one cause of death by disease for U.S. children past infancy.

St. Jude is a highly interactive environment offering its faculty a remarkable opportunity to perform cutting-edge independent and collaborative research while receiving long-term institutional support past start-up to facilitate innovation and discovery.

We value diversity among our faculty, are committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community,…