Join an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in a City Ranked Among the Nation’s Most Livable

The Department of Medicine at The University of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) is recruiting an exceptional physician scientist, MD or MD/PhD, in medical oncology research, to join our faculty. 

Research Focus

Focus will be on mechanisms underlying the development and treatment of breast cancers and includes bench and translational studies, genomics, precision medicine and therapeutics. The physician scientist will be expected to engage in active collaborative research and expand clinical and/or translational research in the division and obtain/maintain independent extramural funding.

Lead our highly collaborative team in multi-investigator research projects. The UW Carbone Breast Cancer research team is actively engaged in improving breast cancer outcomes through translational science. This multidisciplinary research extends across campus including the schools of Medicine, Engineering, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine and engages breast cancer advocates. Horizontal collaborations include those across Wisconsin, through the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium, national oncology cooperative groups and industry partners.

Key Responsibilities

Opportunities exist for pursuit of clinical research in candidate’s area/s of interest. The candidate will lead dedicated disease-specific research staff and have access to substantial programmatic research funds.

Develop a research program, as well as provide inpatient and outpatient clinic attending services at UW Hospitals and Clinics locations in Madison. Responsibilities will also include providing clinical teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as clinical research endeavors. Responsibilities of the tenure track candidate will include:

• 20-30% direct patient care at UW Health approved locations, including ambulatory, inpatient and consult service attending.

• 70-80% academic (protected) time for research activities and/or for educational and other scholarly activities, which includes pro-actively supporting efforts to improve diversity in clinical trial participants.

• 5% administrative academic time, and other administrative and community service may be added as appropriate to the interests of the successful candidate.

We invite applications for Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor.

The department will not be able to support a request for a J-1 waiver. If you choose to pursue a waiver and apply for our position, neither the UW nor UWMF will reimburse you for your legal or waiver fees.

 

The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring eligibility for employment in the United States on or before the effective date of the appointment. University sponsorship is not available for this position.