Postdoctoral Positions in the Yale Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program

The Yale School of Public Health and the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center (YCC) have a Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) T32 training award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH T32 CA/06/2020 07/31/2030). Below are key aspects of the training program:

• The Yale CPC Training Program aims to train pre- and post-doctoral fellows in seven thematic areas: cancer etiology cancer outcomes lifestyle behavioral interventions aging and cancer implementation science community-engaged research and cancer data science.
• The program is enabled by over 35 faculty members at the Yale Schools of Public Health Medicine and Nursing who have an outstanding track record in CPC research and mentoring of junior investigators.
• Fellows will also directly participate and interact with the YCC Research Programs and other research centers and groups at Yale that are relevant to their areas of interest.
• Our training program will include a comprehensive mentoring program; structured CPC Fellows research in progress meetings; and additional training activities focused on career development strategies.
• We will select highly qualified candidates who wish to pursue a career in CPC. It is our goal that CPC Fellows will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to function independently and develop and carry out innovative impactful studies filling key gaps in CPC research potentially changing the standard of care and impacting policy.
• Selected postdoctoral candidates will receive stipend support and may request training related expenses based on NIH policy.

Compensation and Benefits

Stipend is based on Yale postdoctoral compensation guidelines and is commensurate with experience. The initial appointment is for one year with the expectation of renewal based on performance and continued funding.

Postdoctoral Compensation: Benefits: must meet NIH eligibility requirements for appointment to NRSA training particular applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents at the time of application.