THE OPPORTUNITY This opportunity to join the Department of Pediatrics at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at the rank of Associate Professor, tenure track is an exciting one. Columbia University Irving Medical Center, one of the nation’s foremost academic health science center’s working together with one of the nation’s premier health systems, New York-Presbyterian Hospital. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian Hospital are recruiting for a full-time academic pediatric faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation at the Associate Professor (commensurate with credentials) on the tenure track. This position will be focused on research in the field of immunobiology of T-cells engineered with
chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) and creation of new cell therapies for pediatric cancer patients. The successful candidate will develop research goals objectives and studies from bench to bedside focused on gene therapy. The candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with the outstanding clinical and research faculty within the division and at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the
NCI-designated Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Mailman School of Public Health. Founded in 1959, The Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplant at Columbia Children’s Health, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital (MSCH) is one of the oldest and most comprehensive centers in the country focused on treating children with cancer and blood disorders. MSCH
has 202 inpatient pediatric beds, including a 54-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and 10 operating rooms. Our division is currently composed of 3 sections (Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation) with 21 full-time faculty, 4 research RN/NP’s, 8 clinical research associates, and 3 regulatory specialists and includes an
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