T32 Fellow, OPTICS Training Program in Population Science

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Company Overview
The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe. One of the world’s most respected comprehensive centers devoted exclusively to cancer, we have been recognized as one of the top two cancer hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report for more than 30 years.

Job Description
MSK welcomes applications for Postdoctoral Fellows who wish to pursue training in Oncology-Focused Population Sciences.  MDs and PhDs who wish to pursue advanced research training and receive intensive mentorship in any area of cancer-focused population sciences are encouraged to apply.

OPTICS (Oncology focused Postdoctoral Training In Care Delivery and Symptom Science) is funded by an NCI-T32. It affords trainees protected time and access to resources to support intensive focus on an impactful research project. The program focuses on training aligned with one of 4 themes: Data Science, Risk Mitigation, Symptom Science or Care Delivery. Fellows do not need to have a specific project or mentor identified to apply.

This is a great opportunity for MDs or PhDs interested in pursuing a research career in any area of cancer‐related population sciences, including but not limited to cancer data science, symptom control and survivorship, health informatics, cancer care delivery, implementation science, and epidemiology. 

To apply, please head to our website, www.mskcc.org/optics, and submit your application materials to Samantha Vasquez at vasques2@mskcc.org by Friday, January 31, 2025.  You must be a researcher with a MD/DO or PhD/ScD and a United States citizen or permanent resident (green card holder).

Inquiries about the program may also be made to the OPTICS Program Directors:

Katherine Panageas DrPH: Data Science track panageak@mskcc.org

Deb Schrag MD: Care Delivery track schragd@mskcc.org

Jonine Bernstein PhD: Risk Mitigation (Epidemiology) track bernstej@mskcc.org

Jun Mao MD: Symptom Science track maoj@mskcc.org

Salary Range: $55,439 – $100,940.

Closing

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