The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center is seeking a full-time Health Sciences Research Scientist 3 who will be responsible for performing translational cancer research in an NIH-funded laboratory with a focus on ovarian tumor biology immunology and immune therapy and the development of novel therapeutics for clinical applications. The successful applicant will work independently on complex research projects under the supervision of a senior Principal Investigator and will be responsible for supervising junior lab members including fellows students and research technicians. The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center is the Official Cancer Center of New Mexico and the only National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center in a 500-mile radius. Its more than 136 board-certified oncology specialty physicians include cancer surgeons in every specialty abdominal thoracic bone and soft tissue neurosurgery genitourinary gynecology and head and neck cancers adult and pediatric hematologistsmedical oncologists gynecologic oncologists and radiation oncologists. They along with more than 600 other cancer healthcare professionals nurses pharmacists nutritionists navigators psychologists and social workers provide treatment to 65 of New Mexicos cancer patients from all across the state and partner with community health systems statewide to provide cancer care closer to home. They treated almost 15000 patients in more than 100000 ambulatory clinic visits in addition to in-patient hospitalizations at UNM Hospital. A total of nearly 1855 patients participated in cancer clinical trials testing new cancer treatments that include tests of novel cancer prevention strategies and cancer genome sequencing. The more than 123 cancer research scientists affiliated with the UNMCCC were awarded 38.2 million in federal and private grants and contracts for cancer research projects. Since 2015 they have published nearly 1000 manuscripts and promoting economic development they filed 136 new patents and launched 10 new biotechnology start-up companies. Finally the physicians scientists and staff have provided education and training experiences to more than 500 high school undergraduate graduate and postdoctoral fellowship students in cancer research and cancer health care delivery. Learn more at httpcancer.unm.edu.
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