Employment Opportunities

Current Post-Doctoral Opportunity (2023):

Dr. Pamela N. Munster is seeking a post-doctoral candidate to join her research team at UCSF. Dr. Munster is a clinical oncologist and scientist whose research focuses on the development of novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of cancer, with a special emphasis on familial malignancies. To this end, her group has explored combined targeting of DNA repair and epigenetic regulators in tumors deficient for homologous recombination DNA repair, also referred as exhibiting “BRCAness.” Significant preliminary work has identified combined PARP and DNA methyltransferase inhibition as a promising approach for treating cancer patients with a BRCAness phenotype.

Dr. Munster seeks a highly motivated post-doctoral candidate to lead an NIH R01 funded (in year 1) project to develop this new treatment paradigm. This project is comprised of significant preclinical and clinical research components designed to refine and optimize this approach using an array of in vitro and in vivo models, both already collected and to be developed by the candidate. Concurrently, a phase I trial testing this combination will be conducted by Dr. Munster. The candidate will leverage tissue and blood samples from this trial to gain mechanistic insight into what governs treatment response by interrogating patient tumor and liquid biopsies and develop patient derived xenografts.

The candidate for this position must be a self-motivated, independent scientist with a strong interest in translational research. The ideal candidate will have research experience using cell culture models and in vivo tumor models. Prior research experience in oncology, work with rodent models, and DNA/RNA sequencing approaches is preferred, but not required, however a commitment to work with and develop future small animal models is requested. Prior postgraduate research experience and a publication record is highly valued. 

We are located at the Helen Diller Cancer Center at the Mission Bay campus of the University of California, San Francisco. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and CV to [email protected].