{"id":3289,"date":"2014-11-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medschool.prd.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/2014\/11\/20\/job-posting-tenure-track-faculty-cancer-bio-university-of-pennsylvania\/"},"modified":"2018-12-10T15:38:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T15:38:22","slug":"job-posting-tenure-track-faculty-cancer-bio-university-of-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/2014\/11\/20\/job-posting-tenure-track-faculty-cancer-bio-university-of-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Posting: Tenure-track Faculty, Cancer Bio, University of Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>Department of Animal Biology<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Mari Lowe Center for Comparative Oncology Research<\/strong>\u00a0at the\u00a0<strong>University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine<\/strong>\u00a0are soliciting applications for a TENURE-TRACK faculty position at the Assistant Professor level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Applications from exceptional individuals at more senior academic ranks will also be considered.\u00a0 The Department and Center have a strong commitment to basic research in cancer biology, tumor microenvironment, and translational medicine in oncology.\u00a0 The School is located at the heart of the University\u2019s Philadelphia campus in a highly interactive biomedical research environment including the Abramson Cancer Center of the Perelman School of Medicine.\u00a0 Candidates with research interests in all areas of basic and translational research in cancer biology\/oncology including tumor microenvironment, mechanisms of metastasis, tumor biomechanics, tumor metabolism, tumor immunology, cancer genetics\/epigenetics and cancer stem cells are encouraged to apply. Investigators with specific interests in studying spontaneous cancer models in animals are especially encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants must have a Ph.D., MD, VMD\/DVM or equivalent degree and productive postdoctoral training. The successful applicant will receive a substantial start-up package, state-of-the-art research space, will have full access to advanced technologies platforms at numerous core facilities within the Abramson Cancer Center, and resources of Biomedical Graduate Group and Biomedical Post-doctoral Program at the University of Pennsylvania. The applicant will be expected to develop and lead an outstanding extramurally funded research program.<\/p>\n<p>Interested individuals should submit curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, and contact information for three references through the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s online application system:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/facultysearches.provost.upenn.edu\/postings\/200\">https:\/\/facultysearches.provost.upenn.edu\/postings\/200<\/a>.\u00a0 Applications will be accepted until the appropriate candidate is identified.<\/p>\n<p><em>The University of Pennsylvania is an Equal Opportunity\/Affirmative Action Employer.\u00a0 Minorities\/Females\/Individuals with Disabilities\/Veterans are encouraged to apply.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Department of Animal Biology\u00a0and the\u00a0Mari Lowe Center for Comparative Oncology Research\u00a0at the\u00a0University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine\u00a0are soliciting applications for a TENURE-TRACK faculty position at the Assistant Professor level.\u00a0 Applications from exceptional individuals at more senior academic ranks will also be considered.\u00a0 The Department and Center have a strong commitment to basic research in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[7,9],"class_list":["post-3289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-opportunities","tag-job-opportunities","tag-job-posting-faculty"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7477,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289\/revisions\/7477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}