Head, Translational and Clinical Immunotherapy
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 6 Oct 2019
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- Job Type
- Senior Management & Heads of Department, Heads of department / Chairs of department
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part Time
Job Details
Work type: Continuing
Location: Parkville
Centre for Cancer Immunotherapy, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) Alliance Partners, Melbourne
The University of Melbourne (UoM) and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac) wish to recruit a laboratory-based researcher who will build an independent cancer immunology research team to be located in the new Centre for Cancer Immunotherapy, in the VCCC building. A further crucial aspect of the role will be to foster translation of advances made in the laboratory program into clinical trials across the ten-member VCCC partnership.
The Head of Clinical and Translational Immunotherapy (‘The Head’) will be both a qualified cancer clinician and an internationally credentialed leader in laboratory research in cancer immunology or immunotherapy. They will have a track record of leadership of a significant research program in immunology and cancer at the national and/or international level.
The Head’s own research group will be located in the VCCC Centre for Cancer Immunotherapy on Level 13 of the VCCC building, which can house a total of 60 wet-laboratory researchers and up to 50 additional dry-laboratory researchers. This provides ample accommodation for the Head’s own research group, which will be co-located with the research groups of senior colleagues (Group Leaders) from Peter Mac, the University of Melbourne and other members of the VCCC alliance.
The Head will lead a laboratory-based research program in a clinically relevant area of immunology with relevance to immuno-oncology and provide strong links to clinical trial activities at all the VCCC member organisations.
The Head will work closely with the Director of the Centre for Cancer Immunotherapy (Centre Director) to develop additional laboratory -based research programs, but the primary and essential role will be to facilitate and support the rapid translation and clinical application of new discoveries for the benefit of cancer patients. The scope of this key role extends across all members of the VCCC alliance, their affiliated health services and to clinical and translational research across a broad variety of tumour streams including children’s and adolescent cancers.
With the Centre Director, the Head will also closely coordinate the activities of the VCCC Centre for Immunotherapy with those of Peter Mac’s extensive Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Program, the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research and School of Biomedical Sciences and with other laboratory-based cancer immunology research activities across the VCCC alliance.
The Head will further provide transformational leadership in fundamental and clinical immunology and immuno-oncology across University of Melbourne as well as dedicated service for the University and the broader community beyond their leadership within their academic fields and disciplines.
Position Description
PLEASE DO NOT APPLY via the University website.
To apply please go to:
https://petermac.mercury.com.au/ViewPosition.aspx?id=Rek7FGsMRaw=&jbc=ere
For further information please contact:
- Joe Trapani (+61) 03 8559 5955
- Carol Ginns (+61) 03 8559 5034
Applications close: 06 Oct 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Company
The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.
Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.
Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.
Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.
The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.
In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.
More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.
For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au
*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015
- Mini-site
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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