Location: New York City, NY
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
**About Us** The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe. **Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Postdoctoral Research Fellow- Translational Cancer Genomics & Health Disparities** We are seeking a highly talented and motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Balogun-Chakravarty Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Cancer Disparities at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. This is a joint position bridging the GI Oncology Service (Department of Medicine) and the Molecular Diagnostics Service (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), under the mentorship of Drs. Fiyinfolu Balogun and Debyani Chakravarty. Our laboratory investigates how community factors and socioeconomic status shape the genetics and biology of gastrointestinal cancers, integrating large-scale genomic datasets with real-world clinical data to advance precision oncology and health equity. We collaborate closely with clinicians across Memorial Hospital, community hospital partners, and MSK core facilities to conduct innovative translational research. - The successful candidate will join the interdisciplinary research teams of Drs. Fiyinfolu Balogun and Debyani Chakravarty bridging the GI Oncology and Clinical Computational Diagnostics Services. - The primary focus of this fellowship will be research studies investigating the influence of community and socioeconomic status on the genetics and biology o