Faculty Position Clinical Cancer Research

Job Description

Virginia Tech (VT) seeks to recruit an innovative
clinician-scientist leader to its Patient Research Center
(PRC) at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC (FBRI -
https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/ )
for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position at the associate or
full professor level. The PRC initiative has received substantial
funding support as part of the state’s Biomedical Research Diamond
(
https://cardinalnews.org/2026/02/20/friedlander-a-smart-investment-for-southwest-virginia/
) to launch this major exciting new program, including provision of
clinical research support teams and facilities.

The clinician-scientist will have an earned M.D. degree with active
medical license and preferably also have a Ph.D. as well as
appropriate postdoctoral residency-fellowship training. They should
have an active research program that is funded through federal
agencies and/or industry for human patient based clinical research,
while they may also have a more translational laboratory-based
research program as well. They will join a dynamic and growing
community of scholars including scientists, physicians and
physician-scientists focused on next generation approaches to
cancer research directed at having dramatic impacts on precision
prevention, diagnoses, and treatment of cancers such as blood,
brain, G.I., lung, breast and bone.

Applications from investigators using innovative contemporary
approaches to study cancer in patients such as prevention and
predictive analytics, diagnostics and/or therapeutics including
clinical research trials are welcomed. The faculty member will join
45 other faculty led teams at the FBRI of which 12 are cancer
researchers including several physician-scientists (
https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/research/research-centers/cancer-research-center-roanoke.html

https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/research/research-centers/cancer-research-center-DC.html
). The primary responsibility for the position is to lead a strong
extramurally funded leading-edge clinical research program in
cancer research with some time devoted to patient care
responsibilities with our clinical partner, Carilion Clinic (
https://www.carilionclinic.org/heart
) and will include some research mentoring of graduate and medical
students as well as fellows.

The position will be located at the FBRI on Virginia Tech’s health
sciences and technology campus in Roanoke, Virginia, immediately
adjacent to the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Carilion
Clinic, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, the new Carilion
Taubman Cancer Center (
https://mcdmag.com/2026/09/carilion-taubman-cancer-center-reaches-construction-milestone/
) and Virginia Tech’s Animal Cancer Care and Research Center (
https://cancercare.vetmed.vt.edu/
). In addition to the position at the research institute, the
faculty member will also have a tenured or tenure-track appointment
in an appropriate VT department from among multiple colleges,
including the School of Medicine.

Research infrastructure at the FBRI currently includes over 300,000
square feet of lab, core facilities and office space ( http://fralinbiomed.info/buildingtour
). Facilities at the research institute include multiple human
subject research-dedicated 3.0T MRIs, high field MR guided PET for
animal research, MR-guided focused ultrasound for cancer treatment,
multiple cellular/molecular imaging facilities including
transcriptomics and genomics analysis as well as a next generation
molecular oncology diagnostics laboratory.

Please submit your application to posting #538363 including full
curriculum and statement of research accomplishments and
plans.

Required Qualifications

M.D. degree with active medical license and preferably also have a
Ph.D. as well as appropriate postdoctoral residency-fellowship
training. Applicants should have an active research program that is
funded through federal agencies and/or industry for human patient
based clinical research, while they may also have a more
translational laboratory-based research program as well.
Applications from investigators using innovative contemporary
approaches to study cancer in patients such as prevention and
predictive analytics, diagnostics and/or therapeutics including
clinical research trials are welcomed.

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

Starting salary of $300k, commensurate with experience and
rank

Hours per week

40+

Review Date

January 11, 2027

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal
conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve),
Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a
hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be
leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution
that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the
world, Virginia Tech is an
inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and
creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse
enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and
professional students in eight
undergraduate colleges , a
school of medicine , a
veterinary medicine college,
Graduate School , and
Honors College . The university has a significant presence
across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C.
area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites
in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous
Extension offices and
research institutes . A leading global research institution,
Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research
annually.

Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional
development opportunities and university shared governance . These valuable
contributions to university shared governance provide important
representation and perspective, along with opportunities for unique
and impactful professional development.

Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or
applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including
pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic
information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation,
race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or
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by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an
accommodation, please contact Brittany Shelton at
sheltb@vtc.vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10
business days prior to the event.