Postdoctoral Fellow - Translational Biomarkers and Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer
- City of Hope
- Location: Duarte, CA
- Job Number: 7293681 (Ref #: 10028135)
- Posting Date: 1 month ago
- Salary / Pay Rate: $34.00 - $37.55 / hour
- Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.
The Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope is looking for a talented Postdoctoral Fellow to join Dr. Nikita Jinna’s laboratory in the Department of Population Sciences. Her research is centered around identifying novel and actionable biomarkers that may be underlying racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes. She is investigating alternative targetable pathways for the most aggressive breast cancer subtypes such as triple and quadruple negative breast cancers. She is also interested in studying early-stage drivers of the racial disparity in breast carcinogenesis, tumor progression, aging and differentiation for improved risk-prediction and early detection.
For more information about Dr. Jinna’s research, please visit here.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Conduct cutting-edge cancer health disparity research via state-of-the-art techniques and model systems such as CRISPR/Cas9, spatial transcriptomics, human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs), confocal microscopy, and fixed human breast tissue models.
- Have the opportunity to apply a multidisciplinary approach to addressing racial health disparities including immune-oncology, cancer metabolism, bioinformatics, pathology, proteomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, molecular imaging, and translational science.
- Have the opportunity to pursue T32 grant funding for their postdoctoral research as well as grant funding for future independent laboratory research.
Your qualifications should include:
- A Ph.D. degree in life or biomedical sciences, or a related discipline is required.
- Strong interest in translational cancer metabolism research.
Preferred qualifications:
- Less than 2 years of postdoctoral experience.
Additional Information:
- Provide CV (including peer-reviewed publications) and 3 references in one single document (PDF or Word).
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Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $34.00 - $37.55 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
