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 Foundation Funding Opportunities and Tips for Applying

Representatives from American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American Cancer Society (ACS), American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), and the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation will present on their funding opportunities along with tips for applying. Their presentations will be followed by a Q&A period where we'll be joined by UCSF faculty who have served on the review committees for these awards. Register here. Open to all.

Upcoming Career Development Opportunities

K12 Physician Scientist Program in Clinical Oncology Seminars

Strategic Service Roles & Building Networks. Oct. 13, 2-4pm
Concept to Completion, Strategies for Successful Clinical Trials: Types of Trials/Sponsors & General Activation Process for Clinical Trials - Nov. 17, 2-4pm
Clinical Trial Design & Data Analysis - Feb. 23, 2023, 2-4pm

Open to senior fellows and early career faculty

For information on the From Concept to Completion, Strategies for Successful Clinical Trials Certificate, click here or email Jennifer Seuferer.

Medical Student Research

Check out our new med student resource page on the OET website. This site is designed to help faculty and med students connect for research projects.

Summer Explore is an 8-week research experience after med students' 1st year. If you are interested in being a Summer Explore mentor:

Attend December 2022 Visit-a-Mentor Event. More info. To register.
List your name and project details on LabSpot either by adding the information yourself HERE and/or send us your information HERE and we will add to the HDFCCC LabSpot page.

Clinical Research Staff Project Support Grant

The Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is requesting applications from Clinical Research Staff to support research conference travel or publication fees up to $3000. For more information and to apply click here. Open to all HDFCCC clinical research staff.

UCSF Health Equity and Anti-Racism Research (HEAR) Symposium

Oct. 13-14, 9am - 12pm. Formerly the Health Disparities Research Symposium, this event showcases research on health disparities conducted by faculty and trainees at UCSF and other Bay Area institutions. Day 1 Registration. Day 2 Registration. Open to all.

Biostatistics Core Annual Workshop

Power Your Study by Appropriate Sample Size Justification - October 20, 12-3pm

Part1: Sample Size & Power Calculation (Alan Paciorek)

Part 2: Software demo & hands-on practice (Alan Paciorek, Li Zhang)

Open to all. More info here.

Scientific & Career Development Seminar Series for Junior Staff

Oct. 20, 4pm Parnassus Campus

This seminar series aims to provide career development and networking opportunities for Junior Specialists and Level 1 Staff Research Associates at UCSF. We are looking for volunteers to give a 10–12-minute scientific talk at the Oct. 20 event. The seminars will be followed by a networking event with light refreshments. Email Rachel Abrams for more details.

HDFCCC K12 Physician Scientist Program in Clinical Oncology (PSPCO)

Applications Due Dec. 1

PSPCO aims to foster the development of the next generation of clinical scientists to be effective partners with discovery scientists and conduct high impact and innovative patient-centered cancer research. Applications for our 2023 cohort of scholars are now open. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Open to early career faculty. View training plan, eligibility, and application requirements.

Postdoctoral Fellow Openings

Postdoc position in the Allan Balmain Lab at UCSF - to analyze the genetic and biological events involved in early stages of carcinogenesis. More info.

Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center - Postdoc positions open in their Cancer Prevention and Control Research T32 Program. More Info

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