Job Description

Job Summary

Allie Grossmann Lab is seeking a motivated postdoctoral scientist for preclinical translational investigations to study the how intracellular trafficking controls tumor immune evasion, tumor progression and metastasis. Please see our lab website here: https://medicine.utah.edu/pathology/research/labs/allie-grossmann/

This position is considered Category I: Mandatory and required on campus or health care facilities to support on-site operations. Employees hired into this category will be required to be physically located at the Huntsman Cancer Institute if they are healthy and without COVID-19 symptoms.

Postdoc with a primary duty consisting research-related work. Required to meet FLSA threshold to be paid on a salaried basis, otherwise employment record will convert to hourly.

Huntsman Cancer Institute is a National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, providing hope through research, education, and care. With over 1,800 employees and 170 faculty researchers, including HHMI and Damon Runyon Foundation Awardees, HCI maintains 200 clinical trials and over $93 million invested in cancer research. HCI is part of The University of Utah Health Care System, which is consistently ranked in the top 10 by the University Healthcare Consortium for quality among all academic medical centers in the United States.
For more information: https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/about-us/annual-reports/#2019reporttoourcommunity

Qualifications
Postdoc
Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Candidate should have a PhD in biology or related field. Knowledge or skill with routine cell culture, molecular biology and biochemical methods, and statistical analysis that is fundamental to a cancer research lab are required. Successful candidates will be highly self-motivated; capable of producing high-quality, reproducible results with appropriate controls; and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

This position affords the opportunity to work in a vibrant and highly collaborative community at the HCI. In addition, postdoctoral scientists will be mentored in gross and histomorphologic phenotyping of in vivo models and in conducting studies with patient tissue samples. Dr. Grossmann is a molecular and surgical pathologist at ARUP Laboratories and an investigator at the HCI.