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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.
Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.
Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.
Position Summary:
The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, in collaboration with departments in the School of Medicine and across the entire University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is seeking outstanding candidates for faculty positions at all ranks in basic and translational cancer research. This broad-based recruitment seeks several creative scientists in fundamental molecular, cellular and computational areas applicable to cancer etiology, progression, metastasis and therapy.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to: animal and non-animal models for cancer research, signaling, systems biology, cancer genetics/genomics/epigenetics, tumor virology, cancer immunology, development of therapeutics and biologics, immunogenomics, gene editing and data science/AI.
Applicants should have a strong record of recent accomplishments as a postdoctoral fellow or sustained productivity as an established faculty member. Appointment and rank in an academic department will be determined by the applicant’s qualifications. Initial consideration will be given for applications submitted by December 1st, 2025, with additional consideration given for applications submitted by January 16th, 2026.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Doctoral degree required.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience:
Doctoral degree with at least 2-3 years of postdoctoral research experience is preferred.
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities:
Not Applicable.
