Overview
Tenure-Track Faculty Member, Cancer Prevention and Control
University of Iowa, College of Public Health
Iowa City, Iowa
The University of Iowa College of Public Health, in close collaboration with the NCI-designated Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC), invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position in cancer prevention and control at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. Cancer prevention and control have been identified as critical areas for growth at Iowa, both within HCCC’s research portfolio and in response to pressing public health needs in the state, which faces among the nation’s highest and rising cancer incidence rates.
The new faculty member will join a highly collaborative academic health environment and play an essential role in strengthening research that spans cancer etiology, prevention, screening, survivorship, disparities, and population health. The position is based in the College of Public Health but tightly integrated with HCCC, offering access to the full range of the university’s health sciences expertise and partnerships.
Supporting research in alignment with state priorities, Iowa offers a distinctive combination of assets that create a compelling platform for discovery and impact:
The College of Public Health, among the top 10 publicly funded colleges of public health in the country, it is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in public health scholarship, teaching, and community service with collective areas of excellence in rural health, community engagement, and comparative effectiveness.
The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa’s only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. The NCI designation recognizes the Cancer Center and its faculty for advancing research that improves prevention, detection, and treatment. Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center coordinates all cancer-related research, education, and patient care by faculty from 41 departments and six colleges, as well as University of Iowa Health Care and Children’s Hospital.
Iowa Cancer Registry, one of the nation’s longest-standing SEER sites, housed directly within the College of Public Health. Iowa’s structure allows investigators easy and timely access to population-based data, a distinctive advantage that has fueled decades of impactful cancer epidemiology and outcomes research.
Together, these assets—augmented by the Residual Tissue and Virtual Tissue Repositories, the Implementation Science Center, the Iowa City VA Medical Center and robust community partnerships through the Iowa Cancer Consortium and the Department of Health and Human Services—provide an unparalleled environment for advancing cancer prevention and control science.
The successful candidate will be an established, extramurally funded investigator with a strong record of scholarship in areas such as epidemiology, behavioral science, cancer communication and decision-making, health disparities, survivorship, implementation science, or health policy.
Screening of complete applications will begin immediately and continue until the completion of the search process. Inquiries, nominations, referrals, and CVs with cover letters should be sent via the Isaacson, Miller website:
https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/university-iowa-college-public-health/tenure-track-faculty-member-cancer-prevention
Natalie Leonhard, Partner
Samuel Ruth, Senior Associate
Kendra Moleé, Senior Search Coordinator
Isaacson, Miller
