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The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, PA and the Center for Health Equity at SKCC is excited to announce new population science tenure-track faculty positions.
We are committed to attracting and retaining a distinguished and diverse faculty. Successful candidates must demonstrate a record of research excellence appropriate to their rank as well as the ability and willingness to mentor doctoral and/or post-doctoral trainees interested in health equity in cancer. The new faculty will become core faculty members in the Cancer Risk and Control program in the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, currently made up of a group of 37 faculty members from 15 departments across Jefferson and Drexel. We are open to negotiating joint appointments with Drexel University, thanks to a newly-revised consortium agreement between Jefferson and Drexel focused on cancer research.
These positions will form a new faculty cluster focused on Cancer Health Equity, and will include up to three tenure-track faculty members in addition to the existing faculty on the two campuses focused on disparities and equity. In addition to generous start-up packages offered to potential applicants, there will be additional infrastructure support for cross-school collaborations in the newly established Center for Cancer Health Equity. The Center for Cancer Health Equity is a developing entity, focused on quantitative approaches to assess the confluence of issues, both structural and social that lead to inequities in cancer health outcomes. The Center will provide infrastructure including access to EPIC-derived cohorts from 18 hospitals, quantitative staff, post-doctoral scholars, and the opportunity to advise PhD students from Drexel School of Public Health programs.
The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) is an NCI-designated consortium cancer center that includes researchers from Thomas Jefferson University and Drexel University. Recruited faculty will be provided generous start-up funds, a competitive salary, and modern facilities, along with administrative and infrastructure services. Further details can be found at: https://sidneykimmelcancercenter.jeffersonhealth.org/research.html
The SKCC at Jefferson Health is located in the heart of Philadelphia, a vibrant urban cultural science with an abundance of opportunities for professional and social interactions. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans. Jefferson seeks candidates whose experience, teaching, research, or community engagement has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.
Applicants should have expertise focused on structural racism, disparities, and the impact on cancer-related outcomes; healthcare access and associated policies, how structural racism is measured; or interest in how interventions and/or policy changes can be used to create racially just and equitable cancer health. outcomes.
We are particularly interested in investigators (PhD, DrPH, MD, DO, or MD/PhD) with research expertise in the following areas:
- Molecular epidemiology
- Social epidemiology
- Biostatistics
- Informatics
- Bioinformatics
Preference will be given to investigators focused on SKCC catchment area priorities including breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, and colorectal cancer. Established investigators with a track record of NCI grant funding as well as early-stage investigators with K99/R00 support are encouraged to apply.
Interested candidates should submit on-line application/CV;https://hr.jefferson.edu/careers.html Job ID 9279530
Qualified applicants should submit a single PDF file containing a C.V., contact information for three references, a 2 page research statement, and a Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (1 page). For the latter Statement, please outline your skills, experience, and perspective regarding your contributions to advance institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.Inquiries and expressions of interest should be directed to:
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 Magnetreg;-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.
Jeffersonrsquo;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 amp; Think Differently and Do the Right Thing
As an employer, the Jefferson Enterprise 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.