Ohio: NCI-funded postdoctoral training program (cancer epidemiology), Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University invites applications to its 2-3 year NCI-funded postdoctoral training program.

Program Director, Robert C. Elston, PhD
Associate Director, Li Li, MD, PhD.

The program combines a mentored cancer research project designed by the fellow in collaboration with their mentors with a specialized curriculum of formal didactic training and individualized longitudinal curriculum. Stipends and research supply funds are highly competitive.

Requirements
• US citizenship or permanent residency.
• Terminal degree (PhD, MD or MD/PhD)
• Demonstrated skills in quantitative analysis and an interest in a career in cancer genetics research.

Review of applications will begin April 25, 2009 for positions starting 8/1/09.
For more information about the program and applications.
http://cancer.case.edu/training/computationalgenomics/

Applications from underrepresented minorities and women are encouraged.

LAUNCH YOUR CAREER AS AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR

Computational Genomic Epidemiology of Cancer
Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship

This program is designed to prepare fellows for careers as Independent investigators engaged
in research at the intersection of cancer research, genetics, epidemiology, biostatistics, and
computer science. Cancer researchers obtaining training in this program will have the skills vital to deciphering the complex pathways comprised of genetic and environmental risk factors for disease, and will ultimately be able to provide clinicians and their patients with valuable information for the prevention and treatment of cancer.

Undertaking innovative cancer research can require input from teams of scientists with a mixture of backgrounds, including molecular biology, oncology, medicine, genetics, epidemiology, biostatistics, and computer science. Researchers with interdisciplinary training across these fields are extremely valuable to such teams, as they can act as catalysts for the integrated work necessary to accomplish some of the most promising and cutting edge cancer research.

Robert C. Elston, PhD, Program Director

In employment as in education, Case Western Reserve University is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity.