Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

The Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (the "Position") will conduct scientific research within the lab of Paul Thomas, Ph.D., Professor in the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division. Dr. Thomas's lab is researching innate and adaptive immunity to influenza and other respiratory viruses; T cell receptor repertoires in infection and cancer; influenza-associated immune-induced healing responses and pathology; and CD4 and CD8 T cell memory and recall potential.

The Position will be involved with pursuing the major scientific research goals of Dr. Thomas's lab with a focus on studying immune resilience in the context of catastrophic diseases, including severe respiratory viral infections and cancer. In this light, the Position's specific job duties will include:

Perform experiments in using human samples and run immunology assays including flow cytometry, single cell sequencing, and high throughput immune repertoire sequencing.
• Analyze and synthesize data gained from experiments into conclusions.
• Study the adaptive immune response to a variety of vaccine, infection-associated, and self antigens encountered by subjects with severe infections and/or undergoing cancer treatments.
• Build on medical expertise in T cell receptor specificity analysis, to define features of effective and ineffective antigen targets and develop in vitro and in vivo models to test features of diverse immune specificities.
• Participate and engage in institutional, division, and the lab's principal investigator's laboratory seminars and meetings.
• Write scientific articles, make presentations, and attend national and international scientific conferences to share research findings.
• Supervise and assist in the training of graduate or undergraduate students.
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ph.D. or higher degree in a closely related field of study or the equivalent.
  

The annual base salary range for this position is from $77,976 to $95,014, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

This position may be eligible for relocation assistance.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, income-based child care subsidy, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (22 days per year), paid sick leave (up to 30 calendar days per occurrence of a qualifying reason), paid holidays (13 days per year), and paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks).