Tenure-Track Faculty, Population Science in Medical Oncology

The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC) and the Department of Medical Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are seeking a tenure-track faculty member for an open-rank position. This role focuses on advancing population science to improve cancer outcomes across the continuum of care. The successful candidate will establish an independent, externally funded research program and contribute to multidisciplinary initiatives within a vibrant academic environment.

Practice Info

• Tenure-track faculty position (open-rank) within the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC) and the Division of Population Science in the Department of Medical Oncology.

• SKCCC is an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, comprising investigators from Thomas Jefferson University and Drexel University.

• The Cancer Risk and Control research program includes more than $13 million in peer-reviewed funding and 34 full members across 15 departments.

• Jefferson Health is a large, integrated enterprise health system with a network spanning urban, suburban, and regional care settings.

• Current population science strengths include biomarkers, cancer disparities, screening, behavioral science, and aging.

• Consortium partnership with Drexel University strengthens capacity in geospatial analytics, health policy, and obesity-related research.

Responsibilities

• Establish and sustain an independent, externally funded research program in population science aligned with the strategic priorities of SKCCC and the Department of Medical Oncology.

• Publish high-impact, peer-reviewed scholarship that advances cancer prevention, treatment, survivorship, and outcomes research.

• Contribute to multidisciplinary research initiatives that span basic, clinical, translational, and population science domains across Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Health, and Drexel University.

• Mentor graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty in population science and related disciplines, consistent with academic rank.

Compensation

• Generous start-up support

• Competitive salary

Benefits

• Modern research facilities

• Robust administrative and research infrastructure

• Medical (including prescription) insurance

• Supplemental insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Life and AD&D insurance

• Short- and long-term disability

• Flexible spending accounts

• Retirement plans

• Tuition assistance

• Voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts

• Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service

Shift & Schedule

• Work Shift: Workday Day

Requirements

• Advanced methodological expertise enabling rigorous, multilevel, data-driven research that integrates behavioral, clinical, social, environmental, and system-level factors.

• Expertise in implementation science, health economics, geospatial analytics, advanced quantitative methods, and related approaches that strengthen the design, evaluation, and scalability of complex interventions across the cancer continuum.

• Data-intensive population science expertise, including clinical epidemiology, computational epidemiology, population informatics, or related fields that leverage electronic health records, enterprise data systems, cancer registries, geospatial data, and other real-world data sources.

• Cancer control research focused on survivorship, spanning from the point of diagnosis across the remainder of the individual's life course.

• Demonstrated commitment to multidisciplinary collaboration.