Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Fellows meeting at NCI Shady Grove.

Outstanding opportunities for cutting-edge research in the basic, quantitative, social and behavioral sciences, and in clinical cancer prevention, have been the hallmarks of the CPFP since its inception.

Description | Eligibility | Application Guidelines

The application period for the 2019 Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program is now CLOSED. The application period for next year will open on May 1, 2019.

Program Spotlight: Drs. Loomans-Kropp and Pierre-Victor

Drs. Loomans-Kropp and Pierre-Victor

Current CPFP fellow Dr. Holli Loomans-Kropp, recently published a review in Precision Oncology titled “Cancer prevention and screening: the next step in the era of precision medicine.”  In February 2019, current CPFP fellow Dr. Dudith Pierre-Victor published a study, “Association of Nonadherence to Cancer Screening Examinations with Mortality from Unrelated Causes: A Secondary Analysis of the PLCO Cancer Screening Trial,"  in JAMA Internal Medicine. Learn more about this Program Spotlight.

Summer Curriculum

Principles and Practice of Cancer Prevention and Control Course

This four-week summer course provides specialized instruction in the principles and practice of cancer prevention and control. Learn more about the Principles Course.

Molecular Prevention Course

This one week course introduces timely topics in cancer biology and molecular epidemiology with relevance to cancer prevention. Learn more about the Molecular Course.

The Summer Curriculum application period is now CLOSED. It will re-open in November 2019.

Deadline Alerts

Summer Curriculum

The Summer Curriculum application period is now CLOSED. It will re-open in November 2019.

Fellowship Program

The CPFP application period is now CLOSED. It will re-open on May 1, 2019.