At MD Anderson, we believe our ability to generate compelling results stems from our visionary beginnings and our shared mission. From the first spark of an idea to its translation in our world-leading clinical practice, we remain invested and determined in our collective focus on one goal: end cancer.
MD Anderson is...
Committed to Individual Brilliance and Team Science: We work and collaborate with all those who have the best ideas toward ending cancer, whether in academia and industry, actively seeking to bring the best science to patients.
Integrated and All-Encompassing: There are opportunities to collaborate outside the hierarchy of an academic department, from basic science to clinical work to data science.
Mission Driven for Patient Outcomes: All work is done with the goal of ending cancer across the continuum, including prevention, early detection, treatment, education and survivorship.
Expansive and Strategic Resources
MD Anderson provides research tools and resources to fuel the discoveries of our scientists and help research go further, faster.
Tangible Resources
Resources also include access to a patient population of more than 100,000 each year and to industry-leading innovative technologies, including imaging capabilities in the preclinical and clinical settings, with over a dozen technologies available for radiologists to visualize tumors in both bone and soft tissue.
Research Platforms
Numerous teams within the institution offer dedicated technical expertise to address challenging problems.
Institutional commitment to research
$300M
Yearly internal research investments
$80M
Yearly intramural funding available
No. 1
in NIH cancer research funding
We have a unique approach engrained in our culture to fund bold research ideas, coming from anyone across the research enterprise, as well as proven innovations. Support and funding allows MD Anderson researchers to follow their passion, to tackle projects in areas of unmet medical need without hesitation, to obtain preliminary data, to focus more on science and to reach for more high-risk, high-reward research.
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Networking and professional advancement opportunities
Researchers at all levels gain experience and get involved in the important work, including junior faculty given leadership opportunities to engage in major projects (thus publications) early in their career.
Faculty Programs
MD Anderson is committed to developing training and mentorship programs for faculty members.
Trainee Programs
Programs at all levels help grow our research base and staff.
Community Collaborations
Betty Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery
I’ve found my community at MD Anderson. We celebrate our differences, which bond us — and strengthen our science.
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Within one institution, our research enterprise provides accessible mentorship, education and support, allowing all researchers a level of connectivity across disciplines without barriers or hesitation. We collaborate with peers in academia and leaders in industry to accelerate learnings between the lab and clinic. Our teams work with our neighbors in the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest medical center, and draw from the best minds locally, regionally and around the world to advance our science and to serve patients from all walks of life.
Be part of an elite team
We are seeking new talent at all levels and across all backgrounds with diverse interests and experiences.
We offer a range of positions/titles beyond typical faculty appointments, and there is no academic/institutional hierarchy when it comes to sourcing talented researchers. Over 80 years, we have developed comprehensive programs that allow new talent to start immediately (no working in a void or creating something new). Departments do not function in a siloed manner, and clinical and research faculty can form teams so there are experts from both areas.
Culture of Collaboration
Michael Curran, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Immunology
MD Anderson’s collaborative culture has been invaluable to my work.
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