Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Medicine / Department of Surgery

The Findlay Lab in the Department of Surgery and Massey Cancer Center located at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia is recruiting a motivated and skilled  researcher for a Postdoctoral position. The chosen candidate will lead experiments on a federally funded project to investigate ‘lifestyle associated reactive metabolites and their negative impact on breast cancer risk’. Predominantly using cell line and dietary mouse models, the postdoctoral researcher will investigate the effects of Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) on epithelial-fibroblast cross talk in the mammary gland microenvironment and its consequences to breast cancer risk.

Further information on our research interests can be found at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvwMXqyrKG0  
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/how-we-cook-our-food-is-killing-us-scientists-in-sc-knowwhy/article_1a528150-660c-11e9-b22a-cff0cf48136a.html

Minimum Qualifications:

• PhD, MD, or MD/PhD required
• Requires an in-depth knowledge of relevant disciplines, processes or specialized fields
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team from culturally diverse backgrounds
• Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from various backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU

Additional Qualifications:

• Prior experience in cancer biology, normal development or cell biology
• Track record of productivity and independence
• Experience with mouse models is preferred but not required
• Driven to be an independent scientist

Thiswill be a minimum one-year appointment, contingent upon satisfactory annualreviews. Salary is commensurate with NIH guidelines and applicant experience.

Please note that if you are employed as a university employee working in any of the health system's facilities, you will need to follow VCU Health System policies, which will include but will not be limited to, vaccination requirements.

Benefits:

Full-time employees at VCU have available a variety of benefits options that include group health, dental, life and disability insurance, retirement plans, flexible reimbursement accounts, a 403(b) tax-deferred annuity and 457 deferred compensation plans. Detailed information about each benefit can be found at https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/benefits/postdoctoral-employee-benefits/

VCUis committed to hiring veterans! VCU will include a veteran's period(s) ofmilitary service in the calculation of their annual leave accrual rate. Thismay provide veterans with an increased leave accrual!

Virginia Commonwealth University is an equalopportunity employer

Please notethat if you are employed as a university employee working in any of the healthsystem's facilities, you will need to follow VCU Health System policies, whichwill include but will not be limited to, vaccination requirements.

Salary Range: Commensurate with NIH Scale

Position Details:

Department: Surgery
Employment Type: PD - Post Doc
Restricted Status: Yes
FTE: 1.0
Exemption Status: Exempt