Description

The overall goal of the proposed SOAS Training Program for Surgical Oncologists As Scientists—is to provide research training for surgical residents committed to a career in academic surgical oncology. The SOAS program will consist of three main training areas: 1) laboratory-based translational cancer research; 2) biospecimen banking in our College of American Pathologists (CAP)-certified biorepository; and 3) innovation and entrepreneurship.  The training consists of 2 years of mentored research (clinical or laboratory). SOAS is training the next generation of cancer surgeons as translational scientists, collaborators to non-clinician scientists, and future leaders in the biology of the tumor microenvironment (TME), biobanking, and innovation & entrepreneurship. Trainees will creatively focus on turning cancer-related problems into translational research opportunities that lead to clinically relevant solutions for oncology patients that thereby create both societal value and tangible economic worth. 

Requirements

Please email Caroline the following: personal statement, proof of citizenship/residency, 3 letters of rec, and a faculty mentor biosketch, CV. Please complete the application form: https://moorescancercenter.ucsd.edu/_files/2024_Jan_SOAS-Application-Form.docx and include the documents requested above.

Have a strong interest in a career in academic surgical oncology;
Be a categorical surgical resident in training in an accredited surgical residency (non-designated preliminary surgery residents are excluded);
Be a US citizen or have permanent resident status. Applications from underrepresented minorities are always encouraged. Our university possesses a student body that is 52% female and 65% minorities.