We know of 1 jobs at AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY as of April 2024, including roles such as Post-Doctoral Fellow.
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JOB SUMMARY
The Fellow will design a tobacco and cannabis use (incl. e-cigarettes) research program focusing on the biological, psychological, social, and other factors predicting consumption or cessation, and/or relationships between tobacco/cannabis consumption with psychological and medical outcomes, cancer incidence, and mortality. Fellows will have access to survey data from the longitudinal Cancer Prevention Studies (CPS) cohorts. Blood biospecimens are available for analyses of genetic, metabolomic, and other biomarkers of cancer risk or protection. The CPS cohorts include assessments of stress, social isolation, social support, and quality of life, in addition to demographics, medical, behavioral, lifestyle and other constructs linked to cancer incidence, morbidity or mortality (e.g., cancer screening and health care utilization, medical conditions, medication use, anthropometric measurements, physical activity/sedentary time/built environment, dietary habits, hormonal/reproductive factors, sleep/light at night/shift work, etc.). Each post-doctoral fellow will train under behavioral and epidemiological scientists in the Society’s intramural research department to lead analyses, conduct, publish and present peer-reviewed original research.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyze data from Cancer Prevention Study cohorts and biospecimen repository to test specific questions or hypotheses related to tobacco and/or cannabis use and cessation of use.
- Publish original scientific research in peer-review journals and present at professional or internal ACS meetings.
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