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Job Description:
The College of Health Sciences (COHS) and the Chao Family
Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) at the University of
California, Irvine invite applicants for a full/tenured
faculty position at the Associate or Full Professor rank. The
COHS and CFCCC seek candidates with cancer-related research
expertise in the one of the diverse fields of cancer
population science, including cancer epidemiology, risk
exposure, health disparities, screening, prevention and
intervention, implementation science and translational
research, symptom science and survivorship research and health
policy. We especially encourage applicants with innovative new
perspectives and research interests that embrace
interdisciplinary approaches,
and those whose area of
research addresses cancers and health disparities of
particular importance to the CFCCC catchment area of Orange
County.
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The candidate will also provide expertise in the form of
teaching, workshops and mentoring. Depending on the successful
candidate’s health-specific expertise, they will be housed in
an appropriate department in one of the four COHS schools:
School of Medicine, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, School
of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, or Wen School of
Population & Public Health.
Candidate
Qualifications:
Successful candidates are expected to have an established
extramurally funded research program, participate in
departmental teaching and mentoring missions for
undergraduate, master’s and/or doctoral students, engage in
multidisciplinary research with members of other CFCCC
programs, and provide professional service to the program, the
university, and the community. All applicants must have a
doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, DrPH, DVM, DO, PharmD or MD) and a
strong record of research accomplishments and publications to
merit appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level.
Relevant faculty experience at an academic institution with a
medical center and cancer center, and a research background in
an area relevant to cancer (such as health outcomes, equity,
or disparities) are required.
Qualified applicants must also have demonstrated an ability to
work with diverse groups of colleagues, and to teach, mentor,
and develop educational opportunities designed to promote the
success of underrepresented postdoctoral fellows, and graduate
and undergraduate students.
Review of applications will continue until the position is
filled.
To apply, please log onto UC Irvine’s recruitment site located at
https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF09431
Applicants should complete an online application profile and
upload the following application materials electronically to
be considered for this position:
1.
Cover Letter (Required)
2.
Curriculum Vitae (Required)
3.
Statement of Current and Future Research Plans (Required)
4.
Statement of Teaching (Required)
5.
Statement of Inclusive Excellence Activities - Statement
addressing past and future planned contributions to inclusive
excellence that will advance UCI's Commitment to Inclusive
Excellence (For more information about the UCI Inclusive
Excellence Activities Statement, please visit
https://inclusion.uci.edu/recruitmentresources/)
(Required)
6.
Contact information to request three reference letters (Required)
The salary range for this position is $140,538
- $469,638.
The posted
UC salary scales set
the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment.
See Professorial
Series (Adjunct, Clinical X, HS Clinical, In Residence, Ladder
Rank) and Professor of Teaching Series – Health Sciences
Compensation Plan.
This position may include membership in the health
sciences compensation plan,
which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.
UC Irvine (UCI;
https://uci.edu) is one of ten
campuses of the highly regarded University of California
system. With approximately
37,000 students, 1,500 ladder-rank faculty members, and over
$500 million per year of
extramural grant funding, the campus offers a wealth of
opportunities for research collaboration and is
ranked among the top 10 public
universities in the US. UCI Health Affairs comprises UCI’s
biomedical research, medical education, and clinical
enterprises, a multifaceted organization dedicated to the
discovery of new medical frontiers, the teaching of future
healers, and the delivery of the finest evidenced-based care.
The UCI Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences (COHS)
is home to the School of Medicine, the Sue and Bill Gross
School of Nursing, the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, and the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public
Health, and includes the Institute for Clinical &
Translational Science (funded by the NIH National Center for
Advancing Translational Sciences) and the Chao Family
Comprehensive Cancer Center (funded by the National Cancer
Institute). UCI Health, the clinical enterprise, is the fourth
largest healthcare system in California and includes UCI
Douglas Hospital, recognized as one of America’s Best
Hospitals for 22 consecutive years by U.S. News & World
Report, as a National Magnet Hospital for nursing excellence,
and recipient of an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
The UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) is one
of 57 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive
cancer centers in the United States and the only one based in
Orange County. First designated by the NCI in 1994 and
competitively renewed in 2021, the CFCCC is one of the health
institutes and centers in the UCI Samueli College of Health
Sciences. CFCCC members are drawn from the UCI Schools of
Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Population & Public Health, Biological Sciences, Physical
Sciences, Information & Computer Science, Engineering, and
Business. Three formal research programs are linked by eight
CFCCC Disease-Oriented Teams that bring together basic,
translational, patient-centered, and clinical investigators to
facilitate the movement of CFCCC discoveries through the
pipeline into the clinical arena. Clinical cancer research
includes a large portfolio of early-phase and
investigator-initiated trials under the Stern Center for
Cancer Clinical Trials & Research, which coordinates all
cancer-related trials. CFCCC research is further supported by
six shared resources that provide members access to
state-of-the-art technology, equipment and expert
consultation. CFCCC clinicians saw over 4,800 new cancer
patients in 2023, with more than 780,000 outpatient encounters
and 60,000 infusion center visits at practice sites across
Orange County including Orange, Yorba Linda, Newport Beach,
Costa Mesa, Irvine, and Laguna Hills. An adult hematopoietic
stem cell transplant and cellular therapy program was launched
in 2020, the only such program in Orange County. More
information about the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
and cancer services at UCI is available at
http://www.cancer.uci.edu/.
The University of California, Irvine is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive
excellence. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other
protected categories covered by the UC anti-discrimination
policy.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to
disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or
judicial decisions within the last seven years determining
that they committed any misconduct, are currently being
investigated for misconduct, left a position during an
investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal
with a previous employer.
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“Misconduct” means
any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at
the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but
not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting
sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of
harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical
conduct, as defined by the employer.
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UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
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UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and
Third Parties
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APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in
Employment.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with
all applicable University policies and/or collective
bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time.
Federal, state, or local government directives may impose
additional requirements.
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