Faculty Positions - Cancer Research

Rutgers Cancer Institute is growing! We invite applications for faculty positions in cancer research. New faculty are expected to establish or support an innovative, independent, and collaborative research program addressing important, fundamental questions in the broad areas of cancer biology. Candidates with a demonstrated ability to secure peer reviewed funding are preferred. We are also seeking applications from candidates with interests in precision medicine and phase 1 development.

Rutgers Cancer Institute is an NCI-designated, comprehensive and consortium cancer center that includes faculty members from across Rutgers University (including Rutgers Robert Wood Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences) and Princeton University. We are a leader in basic, clinical, prevention, and public health science, offering world-class quality cancer care providing the most advanced medicines and treatment options for patients in our health system network across the state.  Visit our website at www.cinj.org. To inquire about our available positions, please contact the Rutgers Cancer Institute Faculty Recruitment Office at cinjcareers @ rutgers.edu.

Highlighted Opportunities:

Tumor Immunology- Open rank, tenure track faculty position with a research focus in tumor immunology including cancer immunotherapy, immunometabolism, CAR-T therapy, checkpoint blockade, T cell biology, tumor antigens, tumor immune evasion, and viral and non-viral gene transfer and gene editing. The successful candidate will join a team of researchers and clinicians of the newly established Cancer Immunology and Metabolism Center of Excellence, a $30 million initiative co-directed by Drs. Christian Hinrichs and Eileen White.

Cancer Pharmacology- Open rank, tenure track faculty position with a research focus in cancer pharmacology including structure-guided drug discovery, DNA-encoded library screening, PROTAC and other innovative small molecule drug discovery technologies, or therapeutic antibody engineering and development.

Genomic Instability and Cancer Genetics- Open rank, tenure track faculty position with a translational or preclinical research focus that exploits the vulnerabilities of altered cancer genomes and dysregulated DNA repair, or the co-adaption between tumor environment and the evolving cancer cells. 

Pediatric Cancer- Open rank, tenure track faculty position with a research related to pediatric cancer or blood disorder, with interests in stem cell biology and transplantation; cellular therapies; immunotherapeutics; cancer predisposition syndromes; or gene therapies.

For details and to apply:  https://cinj.org/about-cinj/faculty-opportunities

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.