Open Rank Tenure Track or Tenured Faculty Positions in Cancer Research

Virginia Tech (VT) is recruiting to fill several tenured/tenure- track faculty position at any rank in cancer research. These new faculty positions represents part of a major research initiative by VT located at both our main medical center campus in Roanoke (https://hst.vt.edu/campus.html) as well as our facility at the Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus in Washington DC (CNRIC - https://map.concept3d.com/?id=1353#!bm/?ce/40016?ct/40015?s/) of the Children’s National Hospital (CNH - https://www.childrensnational.org/).  The faculty members will be part of Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute (FBRI - https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/) Cancer Research Centers.

Applicants should have an earned doctorate (PhD, MD and/or DVM), postdoctoral research experience, a record of accomplishment of research productivity through high quality publications and a record of successful extramural funding commensurate with the seniority level for which they are applying.  The new faculty members will join thirteen teams of VT cancer researchers already in place at the FBRI cancer research centers in Roanoke and Washington DC as well as additional cancer researchers from across the Virginia Tech campus and at the Children’s National Hospital. The successful candidates will primarily be expected to maintain a high-quality, extramurally-funded cancer research program. They will also have the opportunity to participate in some teaching of graduate students and to serve as a research mentor for VT graduate, medical and undergraduate students. Competitive salaries, space, and start-up packages will be provided.

Applicants with particular expertise and emphasis in cell and gene therapies whether using experimental laboratory approaches and/or computational modeling and informatics approaches are of particular interest for these searches.

Applicants should have an earned doctorate (PhD, MD, and/or DVM), postdoctoral research experience, a record of accomplishment of research productivity through high quality publications and a record of successful extramural funding commensurate with the seniority level for which they are applying.

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Regular

Commensurate with experience

40+

January 6, 2026

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

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