Cancer Prevention and Control Postdoctoral Fellowship

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Training

REQUIREMENTS
Coursework: Postdoctoral trainees may choose to register for courses related to their areas of research interests and need for training. The fellow and the faculty mentor will develop the course plan for each trainee. Progress toward completing this plan will be monitored by the Program Advisory Committee.

Research: Each trainee will be required to design a research project prior to admission into the training program. The fellow and the faculty mentor will complete a full proposal and initiate the project once the fellowship has started. Semi-annual reports to the Advisory Committee will document the progress of the project. This reporting will allow the Advisory Committee to offer guidance to the fellow and mentor regarding the successful completion of the project.

The proposal also will include a timeline for data collection, analysis, presentation, and write-up of research results. This schedule should allow time for the fellow to apply for grant support that will follow completion of the fellowship, preferably through young investigator award mechanisms (i.e., KO1, K07, R29, Mentored Career Development Award RFAs). All fellows will be required to complete a funding application by the end of the training period and undergo a mock review.

Presentations: Each postdoctoral trainee will be required to make seminar presentations several times during the training period. The presentation schedule is as follows:

1. By the end of the first year, each fellow must have made a presentation at the CPC Grand Rounds on the research project in progress.
2. At the end of the second year of the fellowship period, upon completion of the research project, each fellow will present the results of his/her research.
3. The fellow will be required to submit an abstract to at least one professional conference (ASPO, AACR, ASCO or other professional conferences) to present the results of the primary research project.

Attendance at seminars series: All fellows are required to attend the weekly Cancer Prevention and Control Program Grand Rounds.

Fellows are encouraged to attend seminar series in other programs, depending on their area of research. Other seminar programs currently available include Epidemiology, Developmental Therapeutics, Biometry, Cancer Biology, Nutritional Sciences, Tumor Board, and Oncology Research.

Timeline:  This fellowship program is designed to provide trainees with multi-year, long-term research experiences.  A minimum of two years should be expected to complete this training program.

SALARY AND BENEFITS
The salary and benefits associated with this program are excellent. Postdoctoral fellows will hold appointed positions as research associates or regular faculty positions. These appointments will be offered on a year-to-year basis, renewable for two years, with an optional third year. In addition to a competetive base salary, $10,000 is allocated to each postdoctoral fellow for each year to cover educational and research expenses, including research supplies, assay costs, other research costs, fees or tuition for classes or training seminars, membership to professional organizations, and publication costs. The training program also offers $1,250 per year in travel funds for professional meetings.

As a research associate, the fellow will be a University of Arizona employee and will receive full employee benefits, including retirement benefits and health and dental insurance. Tuition waivers are part of the benefits package.

 

 

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