Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Cancer Immunology
 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) | |||||||||
parental leave, paid holidays, sick time, tuition reimbursement
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 United States, Washington, Seattle | |||||||||
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 Mar 19, 2025 | |||||||||
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Cancer Immunology
Overview Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington. With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality. At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. The M. Dhodapkar lab is seeking a highly qualified and motivated Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to work in a collaborative environment leading research on interactions of tumor cells with host immune system in myeloma. The focus of our lab is to study interactions between cancer and immune system in the setting of precursor states and clinical malignancy, focusing on myeloma and harness it to develop new therapies to prevent or treat myeloma. This position will focus on studies harnessing interactions between tumor and immune cells in the tumor micro-environment in prevention and therapy of myeloma, leveraging novel mouse models developed by our lab and cancer patient-derived samples, with functional, single cell, spatial, and computational approaches. The position will provide opportunities to advance translational applications in the areas of immunotherapies and disease modeling, and for collaborations with colleagues in UW and other cancer centers. This position is ideally suited for a candidate who enjoys working collaboratively across disciplines, mentoring junior scientific investigators, and contributing to an innovative academic environment to forge new scientific directions. Responsibilities
Handling projects independently, including literature reviews, experimental design, and data analysis, under the guidance of the laboratory PI.
Qualifications
Please include a cover letter with your application detailing your interest in this position. The annual base salary range for this position is from $77,976 to $95,014.40 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications. Additional Information We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class. We desire priority referrals of protected veterans. If due to a disability you need assistance/and or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to Human Resources at hrops@fredhutch.org or by calling 206-667-4700. | |||||||||