Postdoctoral Fellow - Head & Neck Cancer

City of Hope; Duarte (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope offers a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the lab of Dr. Krupal Patel within the Department of Surgery.

The focus is on immuno-oncology for head and neck cancers, with translational preclinical studies and high fidelity models to identify biomarkers and therapeutic opportunities. You will lead immune phenotyping and tumor microenvironment profiling using multi-omic tools, and aim to translate findings to clinical applications.

Qualifications

• PhD or MD in life or biomedical sciences is required.
• Experience in tumour immunology and/or oncology is preferred.
• Understanding of statistical methods and clinical/translational research procedures.
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills and fluency in English (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Develop translational preclinical research studies focused on head and neck cancers.
• Draft original research articles and reviews and publish in peer-reviewed journals.
• Develop and present abstracts at national and international conferences.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Team collaboration

English fluency

Education

PhD or MD in life/biomedical sciences

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 Fellowship opportunity is immediately available for the highly motivated individual in the research group of Dr. Krupal Patel within the Department of Surgery. Dr. Patel leads an exciting and dynamic research group at the forefront of studies on the immuno‑oncology in head and neck cancers. The focus of the translational lab is to generate preclinical data with rational combination of novel therapies that can modulate tumour microenvironment. To accomplish this goal, the lab is focused on generating high fidelity ex vivo and animal models. Their goals are to identify key molecular and immunologic pathways activated by these novel therapies that can be targeted to enhance anti‑tumour immunity.

You will directly work on projects focused on head and neck cancers, specifically squamous and melanoma cancers. This work includes developing and performing translational pre‑clinical research studies, drafting original research and review articles and publishing in peer reviewed journals, and developing and presenting abstracts at national and international conferences.

You will also lead and conduct experiments focused on immune cell phenotyping and tumour microenvironment profiling with a variety of multi‑omic toolsets, with the goal of identifying clinical biomarkers and developing novel therapeutic opportunities. Prior experience with tissue culture, animal models, high‑parameter flow cytometry, spatial transcriptomics or proteomics, and cell gene engineering techniques is desired, but not required.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a very motivated and ambitious scientist to work on projects that may directly be translated to clinic.

Your qualifications should include:

• PhD or M.D. in life or biomedical sciences, or a related discipline is required.
• Experience in tumour immunology and/or oncology is preferred
• An understanding of statistical methods and clinical and translational research procedures
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills and fluency in English (both spoken and written).

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.