HDFCCC Career Development Resources for Faculty, Trainees and Staff

Connecting the UCSF cancer community with education, mentoring, and career development across all trainee levels.

Featured Career Development Opportunity

Cancer Health Disparities

UCSF DREAM Lab Research and Resources

March 15, 3pm - 4:30pm, Virtual

Researchers from the UCSF DREAM Lab present their multidisciplinary work that is studying and addressing health disparities at the population level, where they use a multilevel approach to investigate contributing factors ranging from omics to environment. Open to all. Part of the HDFCCC Postdoc Professional Development Series. More Info/Register

Upcoming Career Development Opportunities

Mentor a High School Student!

The CURE Internship for underrepresented high school juniors, is seeking faculty, postdocs or graduate student mentors this summer. Interns must be supervised directly Monday – Thursday from June 5 – August 4, 2023. Mentoring teams encouraged so daily supervision can be divided between 2 mentors (for those who aren’t in the lab every day). For each intern, mentors will receive a $500 stipend. Email Jennifer Seuferer if interested.

UC Love Data Week

Feb. 13 - 17

A week-long offering of workshops on all things data. Topics include using library collections for computational research, getting started with qualitative analysis, and data visualization dos and don'ts. Open to faculty, trainees and staff. More Info/Register

Med School Application Essay Mentoring

Applications due Feb. 28

HDFCCC staff members who are applying to med school are matched with current UCSF medical students for 1x1 essay mentoring. Space is limited, please apply early. More Info/Apply

Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials - Career Development Award

2-year program to support early stage physicians from historically underrepresented groups and physicians who have demonstrated commitment to increasing diversity in clinical research. More Info

HDFCCC K12 Physician Scientist Program in Clinical Oncology Upcoming Seminars

Clinical Trial Design & Data Analysis - Feb. 23, 2023, 2pm-4pm

Building, Leading, and Sustaining an Effective Team - April 6, 2pm-4pm

Clinically Driven Discovery Science in Cancer - From Bench to Bedside Workshop - July 25-28, 2023

Open to early career faculty, senior fellows, postdocs and grad students

Hosted by the Graduate Career Consortium, you can talk with hiring managers from public health, IP/patent law, science policy, industry research, K-12 education, and other fields. Participating employers include Morrison Foerster, Merck, Pfizer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and more. Open to Postdocs, PhD and Masters students. More Info/Register

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