Senior Faculty & Associate Director, Basic Cancer Research

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center seeks an Associate Director for Basic Cancer Research (AD BCR) at a senior faculty rank. This role combines independent investigation with administrative leadership to advance interdisciplinary translational cancer biology.

You will mentor trainees, collaborate across programs, and help shape a program that integrates basic, clinical, and translational science while representing the center at national site

Qualifications

• Minimum: PhD, MD, or MD/PhD; relevant leadership experience; exceptional writing skills for grant applications and peer‑reviewed publications.
• Preferred: Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills; relevant NCI cancer center program leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Mentor graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty.
• Serve on the Lineberger Senior Leadership Team and assist in recruiting junior faculty.
• Build close working relationships with Program Leaders and Shared Resource Directors.
• Participate in team‑science initiatives.
• Review grant applications and investigator‑initiated clinical trials to ensure basic science integration when requested.
• Attend and actively participate in LCCC research program meetings to promote inclusion of basic science concepts.
• Represent the program at NCI site visits and annual External Advisory Board meetings, as directed by the Cancer Center Director.
• Collaborate with fellow Associate Directors to create a scientific community that reflects all NCI‑designated comprehensive cancer center components.

Skills

Grant writing

Leadership

Mentoring

Collaboration

Strategic planning

Education

PhD/MD/MD-PhD

Job description

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center seeks an Associate Director for Basic Cancer Research (AD BCR) at a senior faculty rank. This role combines independent investigation with administrative leadership to advance interdisciplinary translational cancer biology.

You will mentor trainees, collaborate across programs, and help shape a program that integrates basic, clinical, and translational science while representing the center at national site