Postdoctoral Fellow - Cancer Health Disparities (Hybrid)
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Job posting number: #7295872 (Ref:10028526)
Posted: December 13, 2024
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.
A postdoctoral position is currently available within the lab of Dr. Kimlin Ashing at the Beckman Research Institute. Dr. Ashing’s research seeks to advance the Science of Community Engagement especially focused on Health Services, Health Policy, Behavioral Science, Implementation Science, Psycho-oncology and Team Science to advance cancer prevention, improve outcomes, and increase community participation in health and biomedical research. Our model is a community participatory approach to build infrastructure, capacity, and advocacy in our diverse communities to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes that can be applied regionally, nationally, and globally.
This position is a one-year appointment with the possibility of extension for at least 3 years. The research program embraces team science drawing from i.e., implementation science, data science, geospatial, epidemiological, and machine learning approaches to better understand broad contexts including disease, biological, socioecological, behavioral, and patient outcomes aspects in diverse populations with a special emphasis on ethnic, cultural, systemic, and societal determinants factors. Our projects target diverse, multiethnic populations i.e., Asian, Pacific Islanders, Latinos and Blacks underrepresented in research. Our projects include tobacco related, cancer survivorship and disparities research in multiethnic US and immigrant populations i.e., Blacks and Caribbeans.
For more information about Dr. Ashing’s research, please visit here.
Your qualifications should include:
- A doctoral degree in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Public Health, Nursing, Biostatistics or Epidemiology within the past 3 years.
- A strong background in implementation science, scientific writing, behavioral research design, data management, and analyses.
City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
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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.
