The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is seeking a tenure-track faculty member in neuro-oncology for its Department of Neuroscience and Hollings Cancer Center (HCC). This role is part of a strategic expansion in neuroscience and cancer research, focusing on cutting-edge approaches to understand, detect, or treat nervous system cancers, particularly glioblastoma, and investigations into brain mechanisms and novel therapeutics related to cancer. The successful candidate will join an expanding neuro-oncology research program and receive a competitive start-up package.

Practice Info

• Join an expanding neuro-oncology research program between the Department of Neuroscience and HCC.

• The Neuroscience Department consistently ranks in the top 20 in NIH awards and has a strong commitment to faculty mentoring and collegiality.

• HCC is an NCI-designated cancer center with more than 140 research investigators focusing on topics such as immunotherapies, cancer biology, cancer prevention, detection, and control, and development of cancer therapeutics.

• HCC also represents a selected list of national cancer centers with its own CAR-T cell therapy program.

• The Department of Neuroscience and HCC enjoy multiple NIH T32 training grants and an outstanding research community with access to numerous shared core resources.

Compensation

• Competitive start-up package

• Salary

Shift & Schedule

• Scheduled Weekly Hours 40

Requirements

• PhD and/or MD with appropriate research expertise.

• Outstanding record of high-quality publications.

• Strong potential to secure extramural research funding.

• Clear commitment to collaboration.