"Post Doctoral Scholar Comprehensive Cancer Center | Palliative Medicine"

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our team. We are a growing group of five faculty, and one post-doc focused on various areas of supportive care research. Content areas include aging and cognitive impairment, management of pain and other symptoms, substance use, and medical cannabis in people with serious illness, particularly cancer. Methodologic strengths include qualitative methods, prospective cohort studies, clinical trials including single site pilots and large-scale multi-site clinical trials, and implementation science including implementation trials. An existing cancer focus is preferred, and if not, a desire to expand to the cancer space is highly desirable but not required.

Job Requirements

Doctoral / Professional degree required. Applicants may be physicians, other doctoral-level clinicians (e.g., PsyD, DPT), clinical PhDs (e.g., clinical psychologists), or non-clinical PhDs.

We are seeking individuals who are passionate about building and growing their own research programs and enjoy working collaboratively with like-minded scientists. Competitive salaries, moving stipends, and research funds are available.

OSU is a strong research institution. Fellows will have the opportunity to interact with post-doctoral scholars and faculty across the Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and University including the Colleges of Nursing and Public Health.

Palliative Medicine Division Overview

Our mission: Provide interdisciplinary expert care to patients and their families/caregivers who are navigating serious illness.

Our vision: Lead the way for person-centered care with each patient through clinical, educational, and research innovation.

Clinical: The Palliative Medicine team cares for seriously ill patients throughout their illness trajectory. The division is comprised of 16 board certified physicians, 15 advance practice nurses, 1 clinical psychologist, 4 physician fellows, 4 pharmacists, and 3 social workers. We have had over 11,000 inpatient and 6,000 outpatient encounters in the past academic year. Our five service lines cover University Hospital, Ross Heart Hospital, OSU East, and the James Cancer Hospital, and provide both inpatient and ambulatory care. Our areas of expertise include palliative care in cancer, heart failure, advanced lung disease, transplant, intensive care, neurologic conditions, geriatrics, and advanced liver disease.

Education: We educate trainees and practicing clinicians on primary palliative care principles from multiple disciplines and subspecialities. Our program has five ACGME-accredited Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship positions including Adult, combined Adult/Pediatric, and combined Oncology/Palliative Medicine track.

Research innovation and activities are described above.

How to Apply

To be considered, please submit your application electronically via Workday Application materials must include cover letter and Curriculum Vitae.