Faculty Position Clinical Cancer Research- Virginia Tech

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Roanoke (VA); On-site; USD 280,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Tech seeks to recruit an innovative clinician-scientist leader to its Patient Research Center at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position at the associate or full professor level. The clinician-scientist will have an MD with an active medical license and preferably a PhD, plus postdoctoral residency-fellowship training.

An active federally funded human clinical research program is expected.

Qualifications

• MD degree with active medical license; PhD preferred; postdoctoral residency-fellowship training.
• Active research program funded by federal agencies and/or industry for human patient-based clinical research.
• Possible translational laboratory-based research program.

Responsibilities

• Lead a strong extramurally funded clinical research program in cancer research.
• Some time devoted to patient care with our clinical partner Carilion Clinic.
• Mentor graduate students and medical fellows.

Education

MD degree

PhD preferred

Postdoctoral residency/fellowship training

Job description

Job Description

Virginia Tech (VT) seeks to recruit an innovative clinician-scientist leader to its Patient Research Center (PRC) at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC (FBRI - https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/) for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position at the associate or full professor level. The PRC initiative has received substantial funding support as part of the state’s Biomedical Research Diamond (https://cardinalnews.org/2026/02/20/friedlander-a-smart-investment-for-southwest-virginia/) to launch this major exciting new program, including provision of clinical research support teams and facilities.

The clinician-scientist will have an earned M.D. degree with active medical license and preferably also have a Ph.D. as well as appropriate postdoctoral residency-fellowship training. They should have an active research program that is funded through federal agencies and/or industry for human patient based clinical research, while they may also have a more translational laboratory-based research program as well. They will join a dynamic and growing community of scholars including scientists, physicians and physician-scientists focused on next generation approaches to cancer research directed at having dramatic impacts on precision prevention, diagnoses, and treatment of cancers such as blood, brain, G.I., lung, breast and bone.

Applications from investigators using innovative contemporary approaches to study cancer in patients such as prevention and predictive analytics, diagnostics and/or therapeutics including clinical research trials are welcomed. The faculty member will join 45 other faculty led teams at the FBRI of which 12 are cancer researchers including several physician-scientists (https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/research/research-centers/cancer-research-center-roanoke.html https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/research/research-centers/cancer-research-center-DC.html). The primary responsibility for the position is to lead a strong extramurally funded leading-edge clinical research program in cancer research with some time devoted to patient care responsibilities with our clinical partner, Carilion Clinic (https://www.carilionclinic.org/heart) and will include some research mentoring of graduate and medical students as well as fellows.

The position will be located at the FBRI on Virginia Tech’s health sciences and technology campus in Roanoke, Virginia, immediately adjacent to the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Carilion Clinic, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, the new Carilion Taubman Cancer Center (https://mcdmag.com/2026/09/carilion-taubman-cancer-center-reaches-construction-milestone/) and Virginia Tech’s Animal Cancer Care and Research Center (https://cancercare.vetmed.vt.edu/). In addition to the position at the research institute, the faculty member will also have a tenured or tenure-track appointment in an appropriate VT department from among multiple colleges, including the School of Medicine.

Research infrastructure at the FBRI currently includes over 300,000 square feet of lab, core facilities and office space (http://fralinbiomed.info/buildingtour). Facilities at the research institute include multiple human subject research-dedicated 3.0T MRIs, high field MR guided PET for animal research, MR-guided focused ultrasound for cancer treatment, multiple cellular/molecular imaging facilities including transcriptomics and genomics analysis as well as a next generation molecular oncology diagnostics laboratory.

Required Qualifications

M.D. degree with active medical license and preferably also have a Ph.D. as well as appropriate postdoctoral residency-fellowship training. Applicants should have an active research program that is funded through federal agencies and/or industry for human patient based clinical research, while they may also have a more translational laboratory-based research program as well. Applications from investigators using innovative contemporary approaches to study cancer in patients such as prevention and predictive analytics, diagnostics and/or therapeutics including clinical research trials are welcomed.

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

Starting salary of $300k, commensurate with experience and rank

Hours per week

40+

Review Date

January 11, 2027

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its motto,Ut Prosim(That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive communitydedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college,Graduate School, andHonors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension officesandresearch institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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