Population Sciences Faculty - Multiple Positions - F79480- Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center 45001306 907 Floyd Avenue, MCV Main Campus, Virginia, United States, 23284 Faculty Teaching & Research Faculty Massey Comprehensive Cancer Ctr MBU Advertising Summary: Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine is a premier academic medical center located in the heart of Richmond. Accounting for almost half of
VCU’s sponsored research, the School of Medicine is internationally recognized for patient care and education. Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity employer. Unit: Massey Comprehensive Cancer Ctr and School of Medicine The VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center is seeking applicants for multiple open rank faculty positions to help advance research under the Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC)
program aims of identifying multi-level drivers of cancer risk, developing interventions to reduce cancer side effect burden and/or mitigate cancer within the catchment area, and improving cancer outcomes for survivors and their caregivers. A cross-cutting focus of the work across these aims is on advancing cancer health equity. Areas of interest that align with the strategic growth of the CPC program include cancer
research related to population precision health, social determinates of health, dissemination and implementation science, health equity research, community-based research, early detection and screening, telehealth, health services research, symptom management and cancer control, and cancer survivorship research. The candidates for these positions will bring their expertise to the overall mission of the cancer center
which includes a strong focus on reducing the cancer burden by addressing the confluence between biological, social and policy drivers on cancer disparities across the cancer care continuum. Appropriate academic department assignment will be based on the expertise and training of the candidate and they will work collaboratively with researchers within the CPC program as well as with researchers and
physician-scientists in the other programs. Purpose: This position is an open-rank faculty position that will play a key role in advancing the research mission and will be expected to work collaboratively with other members of the Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center so as to harness the considerable intellectual talent and scientific resources of VCU and focus them on solving the nation’s cancer problem. The faculty
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