Current Openings

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is seeking outstanding, internationally recognized and visionary scientists to lead independent research programs to conduct cutting-edge cancer research in the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG).

DCEG investigators are always looking for fellows. Learn about how to apply for fellowships in DCEG.

The Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics of the National Cancer Institute is recruiting a visionary senior investigator to serve as Director of the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch within DCEG’s Trans-Divisional Research Program. The position of Branch Director is equivalent to that of an academic department chair.

The Clinical Genetics Branch of DCEG at NCI is looking for an administrative coordinator who will provide administrative and scientific support, such as performing tasks for purchasing and travel-related matters, as well as meeting coordination and tracking. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, both oral and written, as well as a working knowledge of procurement, purchasing, and administrative systems.

The Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch (ITEB) of the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics (DCEG) is seeking bioinformatics scientists for doctorate-level contractor and postdoctoral fellowship positions. Successful candidates have the possibility to work on several exciting lung cancer and melanoma studies.

Opportunity: Research Analyst in Computational Pathoepidemiology (Contractor) for Stadtman investigator Dr. Mustapha Abubakar and other investigators in the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch (ITEB) of the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics. Position will involve data management, statistical analysis of epidemiologic and tissue-based data, study design and management, and preparation of summary reports for presentation and publication.

The Clinical Genetics Branch (CGB) seeks a physician to serve as staff clinician, conducting clinical evaluations and genetic risk assessments of individuals and families at high risk of cancer who are participating in CGB’s protocols.

The Clinical Epidemiology Unit (CEU) of the Clinical Genetics Branch (CGB), DCEG, is recruiting a staff scientist to assist with all aspects of an investigator’s global health-oriented research program examining the etiology, prevention, and control of HPV-related anogenital cancer, breast cancer, and oral cavity cancer. Specific duties will include coordinating study design (e.g., developing protocols, questionnaires, and specimen handling procedures) and implementation, study management (data coding and cleaning, specimen tracking, and human subjects’ approvals), statistical analysis, shared mentoring and supervision, and preparation of reports for presentation or publication.

The Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch (ITEB) is recruiting a staff scientist to assist with all aspects of ITEB's breast cancer research program and other related projects. Specific duties include assisting with study design, management, statistical analysis, and preparation of reports for presentation or publication.

DCEG's Laboratory of Translational Genomics (LTG) is recruiting a staff scientist to provide bioinformatics support for the research program of Dr. Ludmilla Prokunina-Olsson, Chief and senior investigator.

The Laboratory of Translational Genomics in the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, is recruiting a staff scientist to provide laboratory and bioinformatic support for the research program of Kevin M. Brown, Ph.D., senior investigator.

DCEG is recruiting is recruiting a staff scientist to provide a wide range of support for studies in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch (OEEB). This includes obtaining appropriate study approvals, working on procurements and subcontracts to support work with extramural investigators, coordinating data receipt and quality control, cleaning data, conducting statistical analysis, summarizing results, writing manuscripts, and providing support for oral presentations.

The Biostatistics Branch of the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics is seeking postdoctoral fellow(s) interested in developing statistical methods for analyzing novel types of data from studies of cancer. Such data include high-dimensional genetics and biomarker observations, data from electronic medical records, environmental and spatial data, and longitudinal and survival data.

DCEG seeks a postdoctoral fellow to develop scalable statistical methods and software for analyzing large-scale multi-ancestry genetic data in order to answer questions about health disparities and advanced genetic research in diverse populations, under the mentorship of Dr. Haoyu Zhang.

The Clinical Genetics Branch of DCEG seeks a motivated postdoctoral fellow who is interested in investigating the etiology of aggressive skin cancer types (melanoma, sebaceous carcinoma, and others) through epidemiologic and molecular approaches. 

Work on analyzing high-dimensional germline genomic data (e.g., whole-exome sequencing, SNP array, RNASeq, methylation array) derived primarily from multi-generational families with lymphoproliferative or gastrointestinal diseases, such as lymphoma, leukemia, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, and esophageal, gastric, or pancreatic cancer.

Dr. Steven Moore is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, or computer programming, interested in becoming a leader in the research areas of physical activity, obesity, and/or diet and cancer risk.

Dr. Rose Yang is seeking to recruit an applicant with training in epidemiology, computational biology, genetics/genomics, or a related field to study breast cancer and chordoma. Projects may include analysis of histologic/radiologic images and omics data for molecular and spatial characterization of tumor and tumor micro-environment (TME). Various approaches may be used to test hypotheses, including epidemiologic/statistical, computational pathology, and integrative genomic analyses.

Work with Dr. Mitchell Machiela, an investigator in the DCEG Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch, on conducting integrative analyses on the genetic etiology of cancer.

Recruiting: Postdoctoral fellow to conduct multidisciplinary epidemiological research on Burkitt Lymphoma, under the mentorship of Dr. Sam Mbulaiteye, senior investigator.

Learn how to use genome-wide association studies (GWAS), next-generation sequencing analysis, and genome-wide methylation analysis to study risk and progression of lung cancer, melanoma, and kidney cancer.

Dr. Emily Vogtmann, an Earl Stadtman investigator in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch (MEB), is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with interest in conducting research to understand the potential association between the human microbiome and cancer. The human microbiome is garnering significant interest in relation to health but is still relatively understudied in relation to cancer.

Dr. Mark Purdue is seeking to recruit a postdoctoral fellow with an interest in conducting epidemiologic research into occupational, environmental, and molecular/genetic risk factors for kidney cancer and other malignancies.

Study environmental risk factors for cancer and in developing and applying novel methods to assess exposures.

Work on environmental molecular epidemiological studies of indoor and outdoor air pollution and lung cancer; environmental and occupational molecular epidemiology studies of chemicals and particulates; and nested case-control studies of molecular biomarkers and lung cancer within prospective cohorts.

Seeking a postdoctoral fellow with an interest in conducting integrative studies on the etiology of bladder cancer.

The Radiation Epidemiology Branch of DCEG seeks qualified candidates for a postdoctoral fellowship to conduct interdisciplinary research on statistical issues in studying the role of radiation in cancer etiology, under the mentorship of Dr. Mark Little.

The NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join the research group of Kevin Brown, Ph.D., senior investigator in the Laboratory of Translational Genomics. The group studies the genetics underlying melanoma susceptibility and melanoma risk-associated phenotypes, focusing on translation of findings from genetic epidemiological studies including genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and family sequencing studies.

The NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics is recruiting a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join the Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson research laboratory. The lab, located in the brand-new Consolidated Research Laboratories building at the NCI-Shady Grove campus in Rockville, Maryland, conducts genetic, genomic and functional studies on bladder cancer and genetics of immunity. The goal is to identify and explore molecular mechanisms of germline variants identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for bladder cancer risk. To better understand disease mechanisms and translate the GWAS findings to the clinic, the analysis of germline variants is integrated with somatic genetics, transcriptomics, environmental exposures, and clinical outcomes.

Hormuzd Katki, Ph.D., a senior investigator in the Biostatistics Branch, is seeking an applicant with training in epidemiology or biostatistics for various epidemiologic or methodologic projects as part of an interdisciplinary team.

The Metabolic Epidemiology Branch of the NCI Division of the Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) is recruiting a highly motivated and talented scientist to study cancer risk and survival under the mentorship of Dr. Demetrius Albanes. Studies will have an emphasis on the role of nutritional factors, vitamin supplementation, and the metabolomic signatures of cancer risk, mortality and etiologic factors.

The Metabolic Epidemiology Branch (MEB) of the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow interested in studies of diet, the human microbiome, and metabolomics in relation to gastrointestinal and other cancers, under the mentorship of Dr. Rashmi Sinha.

The Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch of NCI's Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics seeks an applicant with interest and experience in epidemiology to conduct research on cancer among transgender and gender-expansive communities under the mentorship of Sarah S. Jackson, Ph.D., Earl Stadtman Investigator.

Fellowship offers an opportunity to explore the genetic risk of lung cancer by characterizing genomic loci associated with the disease in the general population. The focus of this position will be leading/co-leading international collaborative projects and designing and performing experiments while working closely with multidisciplinary experts such as bioinformaticians, clinicians, and statisticians.