Postdoc oppertunities in enginering, chemistry, materials scinece, cancber biology and medicine, NCT (USA-2015)

The Cancer-Translational Nanotechnology Training (Cancer-TNT) Program is led by Drs. Jianghong Rao and Dean Felsher and funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).  The vision of this three-year postdoctoral fellowship program is to train a new generation of scientists with the skills and educational backgrounds from both enginering, chemistry, materials scinece, cancber biology and medicine.

General information: The Cancer-Translational Nanotechnology Training (Cancer-TNT) Program, is a diverse and synergistic 3-year training program bringing together 25 faculty and 9 Departments from three schools to train the next generation of interdisciplinary leaders who will pursue challenges in cancer research and clinical translation.

Key Features of the Program: Opportunities and challenges –

• Cancer nanotechnology is a rapidly growing field that requires close interactions of researchers from disparate fields of science, such as chemistry, materials science, cancer biology, and medicine.
• Postdoctoral trainees will cross train to develop interdisciplinary researchers in cancer nanotechnology translation. Our trainees’ skill sets will bridge multiple disciplines such as chemistry, molecular biology, bioengineering, molecular imaging, nanoengineering, and clinical cancer medicine.
• Trainees will be able to advance cancer research, diagnosis, and management.
• This program will provide the opportunity for talented scientists to learn the intracacies of merging nanotechnology with the biological and medical sciences, spefically for the use in cancer, in addition to becoming leaders for the rapidy growing field of cancer nanotechnology.
• This program is a diverse and synergistic 3-year training program bringing together 25 faculty and 9 Departments from three schools to train the next generation of interdisciplinary leaders who will pursue challenges in cancer research and clinical translation.

Application procedure: To apply for a Cancer-TNT fellowship position, you must submit the following as a single PDF file for items 1-5 by email to Billie Robles at brobles@stanford.edu:

1. Curriculum Vita
2. Proof of US citizenship/permanent residency status
3. Scanned copy of Undergraduate/Graduate GPA and GRE Scores
4. Career goal statement (one page max)
5. Research proposal describing a Nanotechnology-Cancer-Translational project (two page max). Include overall goal statement for compeling cancer research, project innovation and significance, and specific aims with reference to the nano-chemistry/engineering and cancer-biology/translational component
6. Three letters of recommendation addressed to Dr. Jianghong Rao and e-mailed directly from referee to Billie Robles.

1. MD or PhD degree
2. At the time of the award, the candidate must be a US citizen, or a non-citizen national, or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence and possess an Alien Registration Card (1-151 or 1-551) or some other verification of legal admission as a permanent resident. See more information on trainee eligibility
3. Should not have more than 1 year postdoc or research industry experience prior to the start of the fellowship program.

Application deadline: January 15, 2016