Medicine Medical Oncology- Assistant Professor

Position Overview

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center invites applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. This position is part of a transformative cancer control research program focused on cancer prevention, lifestyle medicine, and survivorship.

We are interested in candidates who are team scientists, highly collaborative, and possess expertise in one or more of the following areas: exercise and physical activity; nutrition; obesity and body composition; symptom and toxicities measurement and management; patient reported outcomes; technology-supported behavioral interventions; biobehavioral mechanisms in cancer control; electronic health record bioinformatics and value-based models of cancer survivorship care; health disparities in specific survivorship subgroups such as LGBT, Hispanics, elderly;

cardiometabolic health in cancer survivors; and/or translational science and dissemination and implementation research.

• Conduct reliable and independent research in cancer prevention and survivorship.
• Write and submit scientific papers, abstracts, and grant proposals.
• Present ongoing work and findings to colleagues and at academic and research conferences.
• Participate in the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Junior Development Program.
• Supervise, mentor, and manage postdoctoral fellows and graduate students engaged in collaborative research projects.
• Participate in the management of the daily operations of the lab.
• Conduct regular research lab meetings.

• PhD, MD, or other doctoral degree in a related behavioral science discipline.
• Outstanding record of scholarly publications and extramural funding with exceptional promise in cancer prevention and survivorship research.
• Experience and expertise in one or more of the listed focus areas.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple departments and research programs.

Salary, rank, and academic track will be commensurate with experience and credentials.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.