What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physician Scientist position at University of Alabama at Birmingham?
🚨 PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS: COME BUILD WITH US AT UAB RADIATION ONCOLOGY.
We are recruiting physician-scientists at ALL RANKS to join the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
This is an exceptional opportunity for someone who wants to practice in an outstanding clinical environment while building an ambitious, well-supported research program within one of the country’s major academic medical centers.
🔬 We are particularly interested in physician-scientists with:
• Compelling wet-lab/basic or translational science programs
• Expertise in AI, computational oncology, biomarkers, or data science
• Research that bridges fundamental biology with clinical translation
• A desire to collaborate across disciplines and help define where radiation oncology goes next
Investigators with existing extramural funding are especially encouraged to reach out, and we have opportunities and recruitment packages designed to support established funded investigators looking to take the next step in their careers.
What can UAB offer?
🔹 Very competitive salary and substantial start-up support
🔹 An exceptional benefits package—among the best in academic medicine
🔹 A dynamic and growing group of physician-scientists, basic scientists, physicists, computational investigators, and clinical researchers
🔹 Outstanding infrastructure for basic, translational, clinical, and computational research
🔹 Extensive opportunities for collaboration across the UAB Heersink School of Medicine and O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
🔹 A department committed to giving investigators the resources, protected time, mentorship, and environment needed to build impactful research programs
Most importantly, we are building a collaborative, innovative team that wants to move the field forward.
We are hiring at the Assistant, Associate, and Professor levels, and we are interested in talking with both rising physician-scientists and established investigators considering their next opportunity. The official posting is open-rank/open-tenure and seeks MD or MD/PhD radiation oncologists.
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Come find us. We would love to meet informally during the meeting, hear about your science, and tell you more about what we are building at UAB.
👉 Learn more and apply:
https://uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/25834
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