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 position is currently available within the lab of Dr. Kimlin Ashing at the Beckman Research Institute. Dr. Ashing’s research seeks to advance the Science of Community Engagement especially focused on Health Services, Health Policy, Behavioral Science, Implementation Science, Psycho-oncology and Team Science to advance cancer prevention, improve outcomes, and increase community participation in health and biomedical research. Our model is a community participatory approach to build infrastructure, capacity, and advocacy in our diverse communities to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes that can be applied regionally, nationally, and globally.

This position is a one-year appointment with the possibility of extension for at least 3 years. The research program embraces team science drawing from i.e., implementation science, data science, geospatial, epidemiological, and machine learning approaches to better understand broad contexts including disease, biological, socioecological, behavioral, and patient outcomes aspects in diverse populations with a special emphasis on ethnic, cultural, systemic, and societal determinants factors. Our projects target diverse, multiethnic populations i.e., Asian, Pacific Islanders, Latinos and Blacks underrepresented in research. Our projects include tobacco related, cancer survivorship and disparities research in multiethnic US and immigrant populations i.e., Blacks and Caribbeans.

For more information about Dr. Ashing’s research, please visit here.

Your qualifications should include:

• A doctoral degree in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Public Health, Nursing, Biostatistics or Epidemiology within the past 3 years.
• A strong background in implementation science, scientific writing, behavioral research design, data management, and analyses.

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

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