Post-doctoral Fellowship in Energy Balance and Cancer Survivorship, Kaiser Permanente
Category : Alumni
Description
Dr. Elizabeth Feliciano’s team at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (DOR) in Oakland, CA is seeking a post-doctoral fellow (100% FTE for at least 2 years) to investigate the influence of energy balance on cancer survivorship. The fellow will work on NIH- and foundation-funded projects including:
- investigating whether plant-based dietary patterns influence breast cancer outcomes;
- examining if the metabolic syndrome or body composition are associated with expression levels of genes in immune and metabolic pathways in breast tumors;
- examining whether muscle mass in colon cancer patients is related to functional status or chemotherapy toxicity; and
- understanding the role of frailty as measured by muscle loss in outcomes of oncologic and other surgeries in older patients.
Responsibilities include conducting independent epidemiologic and biostatistical analysis, writing manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication and presentation of abstracts at scientific meetings and assisting in study conduct (e.g., design requirements for databases and data validation) and grant writing. The successful candidate will have methodological training in epidemiology and biostatistics, statistical programming skills, content knowledge in nutrition and/or cancer survivorship, strong writing skills, experience publishing peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, and interest and experience in grant writing.
Essential Functions
- Supports well-defined research with some supervision from the Research Scientist.
- Prepares publications independently and drafts grant proposals for review by the Research Scientist.
- Provides input on study design, develops analytic plans and interprets study results for the Research Scientist.
- May work with other Research Scientists internal to DOR and scientists external to DOR.
- May provide consultation and direction to programmer analysts with regard to data management and analysis.
- Prepares and presents abstracts and papers at national scientific meetings and for peer-reviewed publications.
- Seeks consultation from senior scientists for specific scientific and administrative issues.
Basic Qualifications
- PhD or equivalent in, Epidemiology, Nutrition, Exercise Science or Public Health or related field.
- Proven proficiency in cancer research methodology/research study design, hypothesis testing and quantitative data interpretation and application.
- Proven proficiency in computer applications in a PC environment, including statistical software (eg., SAS/R.)
- Master’s level coursework in biostatistics including survival analysis.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Background/experience in methods to assess body composition and/or cancer epidemiology with an emphasis on energy balance or nutrition. Background in physical activity epidemiology within cancer will be considered.
- Preference will be given to applicants with strong analytic and writing skills, including a demonstrated ability to publish papers and write successful grant proposals.
How to Apply
- Please first submit a cover letter, CV, writing sample (published paper preferred), and references to Adrienne Castillo at Adrienne [dot] Castillo [at] kp [dot] org (Sr. Research Project Manager) and Elizabeth Cespedes Feliciano, ScD, SM at elizabeth [dot] m [dot] cespedes [at] kp [dot] org (Principal Investigator).
- They will accept materials until the position is filled.
- Check out careers at Kaiser Permanente here and view the position details online here (keyword 935960).
