Georgetown University

Postdoctoral Position in Cancer Population Science

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center - Cancer Population Science

The Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (GLCCC) is seeking outstanding candidates for an NCI-funded ​T32 ​postdoctoral training program in Cancer Population Science (CPaS). We are currently recruiting for Spring, Summer and Fall of 2025. 

The program focuses on preparing trainees for independent clinician-research careers with a focus on clinical and community translational research. Training faculty have a wide breadth of domain-specific expertise with NIH-funded research programs in behavioral science, health disparities, cancer and aging, health services/health policy, quality of life, symptom assessment and survivorship in cancer populations.​​ ​ This includes research in supportive care interventions, implementation science, psychosocial oncology, tobacco control, cancer screening, cancer genetics, cancer energetics, and environment and cancer.​

The program offers 2-3 years of funding, competitive salary and benefits, as well as funds for travel and research support. The fellows will have protected clinical time to provide direct clinical care to cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers. Clinical supervision will be provided by the Director of Psychosocial Oncology. Research mentors will help the fellows to develop t​​heir own program of funded research and have access to a robust training environment.

GLCCC is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in the nation’s capital. Fellows participate in all phases of research, from study design through manuscript preparation, and participate in a formal didactic program. There also are opportunities to participate in multidisciplinary grant writing​,​ the development of new projects​,​ and ​to ​mentor undergraduate and graduate students.

Highlights of the training environment ​​of the CPaS Program include:

  • An established clinical consortium with access to the largest cancer population in the Mid-Atlantic
  • Georgetown Lombardi Institute for Cancer and Aging
  • A Minority Underserved NCORP site
  • The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention
  • Two funded CISNET modeling groups
  • The Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Genomics Research
  • The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science
  • The McCourt School of Public Policy
  • The MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare
  • The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers
  • The MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Department of Psychiatry

Applicants should have a PhD in clinical psychology, clinical health psychology, or behavioral and preventive medicine with the goal of training in direct cancer care and cancer-focused research. Applicants must hold a PhD from a program accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), and have completed (or will complete by the start date) an APA-accredited internship program. Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents only.

Program details and application can be found at: lombardi.georgetown.edu/education/cpas-program

Direct additional questions to cpcpostdoctraining@georgetown.edu

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