The Premier Resource for All Your Professional Needs
DIA members are some of the world’s most respected professionals—the very people leading organizations are looking to hire. Whether you are looking for the perfect job, or seeking the ideal candidate, the DIA Career Center is the place to start.
Faculty Positions in Broad Areas of Cancer Research at UAB
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Application
Details
Posted: 15-Mar-24
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Academic / Research
Sector:
College / University
Internal Number: F2159P
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine (UAB SOM) and the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB are leading the recruitment of up to 10 investigators for a major strategic portfolio increase across basic and population science and translational research efforts in cancer. Recruitment is for tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-earning faculty applicants with an MD, PhD or MD/PhD at all ranks and includes academic appointment in one or more of 28 academic departments across the Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM), many of which rank in the top 10 nationally in NIH funding.
All applications will be considered, but priority will be given to strategic scientific focus areas identified by the O’Neal 2021-2026 Strategic Plan and in disease areas identified by O’Neal Community Outreach and Engagement as particularly relevant to our catchment area, i.e., the State of Alabama.
Strategic Scientific Areas:
Disease Focus Areas:
- Obesity and Metabolism in Cancer
- Lung cancer
- Cancer Immunology
- Prostate cancer
- Cancer Imaging
- Breast cancer
- Target Identification and Therapeutic Development
- Colon cancer
- Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
- Cervical cancer
- Mitigating the morbidity of cancer and its treatment.
- Multiple Myeloma
- Brain cancer
Successful applicants will join one of the most prestigious comprehensive cancer centers in the country. The O’Neal was one of the first eight NCI-designated Cancer Centers in 1972 and has been continuously funded for 46 years. It is the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in a four-state region in the Deep South. The O’Neal treats over 5,000 new cancer patients annually and is engaged in comprehensive and integrated efforts in cancer care and delivery research. Additionally, we have particular interest in candidates with backgrounds in biomedical informatics and data science who have interest in one or more of the focus areas.
The O’Neal has over 400 members conducting outstanding cancer research in four scientific programs. Center members receive approximately $100 million in extramural cancer research funds annually, including multiple program project and large “team science” grants. The O’Neal has 11 shared resources that enable cutting-edge science and a robust clinical trial infrastructure that supports the seamless translation of this science. UAB is one of 42 institutions with an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award, which supports translational research and creates a collaborative environment that synergizes with the O’Neal to promote junior investigators.
Driven by an intensely collaborative and entrepreneurial character, UAB is one of the leading economic engines of the State, with a nearly $4 billion budget and a statewide economic impact exceeding $12.1 billion annually. UAB is Alabama’s largest employer with nearly 28,000 employees, and one in every 20 jobs within the state of Alabama is either held directly by a UAB employee or is supported as a result of UAB’s presence. With nearly 1,700 faculty and almost 1,200 medical and graduate students, the UAB HSOM ranks 26th nationally in federal research funding and in the top 15 for all public institutions. Total research expenditures at UAB exceeded $715 million in 2022.
UAB is a diverse and vibrant academic community that values and is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and which works in a team environment.
Applicants will need to submit a CV and 1- to 2-page letter of interest, and a diversity statement. Within the letter of interest, candidates should include specifics regarding their interest in the position, relevant leadership experience, their high-level vision for this role, and a summary of accomplishments (clinical, diversity, innovation, collaboration, etc.). Statements of diversity should outline your efforts/experience in promoting diversity and inclusive excellence. For more information about our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion, visit: https://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/about/diversity-inclusion.
Materials will be reviewed immediately and will continue to be reviewed until the positions are filled. All inquiries should be sent to Kristine Mims, Program Director I for UAB HSOM Strategic Leadership Recruitment by emailing krismims@uab.edu.
UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of race, national origin, age, genetic or family medical history, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation. UAB also encourages applications from veterans and individuals with disabilities.
A pre-employment background investigation is performed on candidates selected for employment. In addition, physicians and other clinical faculty candidates who will be employed by the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (UAHSF) or other UAB Medicine entities must successfully complete a pre-employment drug and nicotine screen to be hired.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham pursues the frontiers of education, research and health care within a bold, collaborative culture that strives to be first, best and one-of-a-kind. We offer 137 degree programs to prepare our students for the challenges of a new world economy in a dynamic living and learning environment that inspires and nurtures achievement, social responsibility and enterprise.