Cancer Clinical Epidemiology Training Program (T32) Postdoctoral Fellowship Trainees

We are soliciting nominations for postdoctoral fellowship trainees to be supported by our NIH Grant, T32 CA009679, Cancer Clinical Epidemiology Training Program. This program seeks to train physician-scientists and PhD postdoctoral fellows to be rigorous, independent academic investigators using a wide range of epidemiological methods to address clinical research questions using a variety of designs.

We have open slots available starting June 30, 2023.

Program Components:
• Annual stipend with funds to cover tuition and limited travel to support 2 years of research in cancer epidemiology. Completion of cancer-related clinical research project under close supervision of methodology preceptor (primary mentor) and other members of a mentoring team
• Didactic course work in clinical epidemiology research methods and cancer epidemiology
• Seminars and workshops focusing on professional development, including grant writing and the responsible conduct of research, regulatory affairs, and protection of human subjects
• Career mentoring
• Trainees are expected to enroll in the Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) program

Eligibility:
• Candidates must have earned a PhD and/or MD at the time of application
• Candidates must be a United States citizen or have resident alien status

The deadline to submit completed applications is December 1, 2022, or when all openings in the program are full.

Detailed application instructions can be found at: https://www.med.upenn.edu/t32cancerepi/

Program Directors:
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
George A. Weiss University Professor
[email protected]

Richard Aplenc, MD, PhD, MSCE
Professor of Pediatrics
[email protected]

Contact MSCE Admissions, [email protected]