Research Assistant Professor - Surgery, Surgical Oncology

Job Description

The incumbent will ideally have research experience in pancreatic cancer. The Assistant Professor will manage research projects related to targeting the organ-specific interactions of genetic, epigenetic, and microenvironmental factors in metastatic tumors. The Assistant Professor may lecture or conduct demonstrations and teach across UM schools. The Assistant Professor will partner and collaborate with other faculty in the Department of Surgery, Cancer Center members, and perhaps other departments throughout UM, to advance research, knowledge, training, and education.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Reporting to the Division Director and/or Dpt Chair, the incumbent will conduct, collaborate, and manage scientific research and investigations.
• Participates in the management of the daily operations of his/her research laboratory.
• Conducts regular lab or research team meetings.
• Supervises, mentors, and manages postdoctoral fellows as well as graduate students engaged in collaborative research projects.
• Explores and develops appropriate research collaborations both within the Department, the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and outside of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine departments and schools.
• Collects and analyzes data.
• Writes and submits scientific papers and abstracts, as well as submits grant proposals.
• Presents ongoing work and findings to colleagues and at academic/research conferences.
• Participates in the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Junior Development Program.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in biological and biomedical science and/or equivalent area.
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of scientific techniques.
• Some experience in running a lab, funded research projects, and/or supervising post-docs.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work with diverse constituencies.
• Computer literacy.
• Completion of successful academic and research work that has resulted in authorship and/or co-authorship of papers in peer-reviewed journals while serving as a faculty member and/or as a scientist.
• Demonstrates ability to develop collaborative research projects in a manner consistent with the mentor's research plan and contribute towards the making of scientific advances in the field of work.
• Demonstrates ability to teach in the laboratory setting and/or through presentations of papers and/or seminars.
• Successful track of research projects/funds and contribution to grant applications that are collaborative in nature and/or demonstrates ability to write competitive grants independently.
• Demonstrates desire to move towards scientific independence through submission of grant applications, development of independent research projects, or collaboration with scientists other than the primary mentor with whom the scientist works.

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