Faculty Leadership Position in Cancer Population Research

The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC) and the Department of Medical Oncology at TJU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is excited to announce a new faculty position who will serve as the Associate Director (AD) of Population Science in SKCCC and the Chief of the Division of Population Science in the Department of Medical Oncology. The AD will be a senior executive leader who will report to the director of SKCCC and the Chair of the Department. The candidate should be an accomplished funded investigator (PhD, ScD, MD, or MD/PhD) that has demonstrated ability to build multi-disciplinary teams and has an expertise and research focus in one or more of the following:

Molecular & genetic cancer epidemiology
Cancer risk assessment and screening
Discovering & validating biomarkers of cancer risk, progression and prognosis
Cancer prevention and control
Behavioral intervention in Cancer Care
Cancer survivorship
Outcomes research
Palliative care
Smoking/tobacco use
Geriatric Oncology
Health Disparities in Cancer
Implementation science

Investigators dedicated to improving the quality of cancer care for diverse populations through research who have an established track record of grant funding are strongly encouraged to apply.

The role will focus on enhancing population science research within the SKCCC and the Department; develop strategic initiative with basic, clinical, population and translational researchers throughout the Jefferson Enterprise, and expand community outreach, engagement and education efforts.

The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC) is an NCI-designated consortium cancer center that includes researchers from Thomas Jefferson University and Drexel University. The SKCCC has just achieved comprehensive status, and its community outreach and engagement component is ranked as “exceptional”. The SKCC has a successful population science Cancer Risk and Control research program with over $13m in peer-reviewed funding and 34 full members from 15 departments at Jefferson and Drexel. Jefferson has a network of 18 hospitals in the region, providing tremendous opportunities for data science and population health research.

Recruited faculty will be provided generous start-up funds, a competitive salary, and modern facilities, along with administrative and infrastructure services. Successful candidates will get access to cancer registries, and the evolving resources of various types of cancer biorepositories developed within the cancer center. Existing investigators work in biomarkers, disparities, obesity, behavioral studies, survivorship, toxicity reduction and aging. Successful candidates will have opportunities to mentor trainees at all levels from the Jefferson College of Population Health and Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health. In addition to membership in the SKCCC, primary and secondary faulty appointment(s)/affiliation(s) may be one or more departments/divisions of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College and/or the College of Population Health at Jefferson.

The SKCCC at Jefferson is located in the heart of Philadelphia with an abundance of opportunities for professional and social interactions in a vibrant urban cultural setting. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.
Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson’s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing
As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.

Inquiries and expressions of interest should be directed to:

[email protected]/ 215-955-4367