The UCLA Career Development Program in Population-Based Cancer Prevention and Control Research

UCLA Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research

School of Public Health and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Apply to the Career Development Program

Now accepting applications!

The Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research, of the School of Public Health and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA, is now accepting applications for a post-doctoral career development program in population-based, multi-disciplinary cancer prevention and control research. The program is funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health and is led by Roshan Bastani, PhD, Patricia Ganz, MD and Barbara Berman, PhD. The program offers:

  • A strong foundation for a career in cancer prevention and control research
  • Mentored research opportunities with senior faculty of national and international renown
  • Coursework opportunities, including the option of completing a Masters-level course of study in public health
  • A venue for interdisciplinary scholarship within the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research, the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the UCLA School of Public Health, and the greater UCLA campus
  • Compensation of $60,000 per year plus benefits and research support

Who should apply: Applicants must hold a doctoral level degree (e.g., PhD, MD, EdD) and must also be US citizens or permanent resident aliens. New graduates and those in mid-career are encouraged to apply.

Applications are accepted throughout the year. For admission into the program in 2010, priority will be given to those applicants who apply by February 1, 2010.

Apply now!

For more information, contact:

  • Barbara Berman, PhD
    Program Co-Director
    UCLA Division of Cancer Prevention & Control Research
  • 650 Charles Young Drive South
    A2-125 CHS, Box 956900
  • Los Angeles, CA, 90095-6900
  • Phone: (310) 794-9283
    Fax: (310) 206-3566
  • bberman@ucla.edu