September 18 2025
Application Deadline: October 20, 2025
The NRG Oncology Brain Tumor Committee represents one of NRG Oncology’s seven Disease Site Committees. The Disease Site Committees and five Non-Disease Specific Scientific Committees develop, conduct, monitor, and report results of clinical trials and translational science projects aimed at improving outcomes (survival and quality of life) for cancer patients. The seven Scientific Core Committees assist in protocol development, provide special expertise relevant broadly to NRG Oncology’s scientific agenda irrespective of tumor type, and provide quality control of clinical trials and translational science projects.The principal responsibilities of the neuro-oncologist/medical oncologist Vice Chair of the Brain Tumor Committee include:
- Provide assistance to the Brain Tumor Committee Chair as needed and in particular as a link to the brain tumor neuro-oncology and medical oncology communities. This includes engaging the neuro-oncology and medical oncology communities.
- Provide and seek neuro-oncology and medical oncology input, advice, and expertise to the Chair and to investigators developing, conducting, and leading clinical trials within NRG Oncology.
- Build and maintain neuro-oncologist and medical oncologist involvement.
- Assist in selection of Core and General Committee membership selection, with particular attention to maintaining an engaged and diverse neuro-oncology and medical oncology membership.
- Provide a framework for collaborative participation designed to support the development and/or conduct of timely, feasible, and innovative clinical trials.
- Monitor the developing, active, and yet-to-be published studies or committee activities.
- Actively help prepare investigators in refining their study concepts, as well as presentations to various committees, and help review developing concepts and protocols, especially from a neuro-oncologic and medical oncologic perspective.
- As necessary, help recruit subject matter experts for review and input of developing concepts and also to potentially serve as protocol PIs or named modality-specific lead investigators.
- Assist in ensuring that the modality-specific QA components of each trial are being adequately addressed, by participating in oversight and also by recruiting appropriate investigators for these functions.
- Support inclusive and engaged Core and General Committees, supportive of broad input, cross-committee communications, operational processes, and timely engagement of liaisons.
- Support the mentoring and training of young and/or new investigators who are interested in working with NRG Oncology.
- Serve as an advocate for NRG Oncology in all affairs.
- Engage across NRG Oncology; liaise with other committee chairs, participate in NRG Oncology meetings, and keep NRG Oncology Group Chairs informed of trends, changes, or concerns of note.
- Collaborate with NRG Oncology leadership and members to write and edit scientific grants to support NRG Oncology research activities, including NRG Oncology grants when applicable.
- Support the conduct of activities that are compliant with regulations, NRG Oncology Policies and Procedures, and practices that ensure potential conflicts are disclosed and managed.
- Represent the Brain Committee to other working groups, committees, and task groups as required, within, and beyond NRG Oncology; examples include, but are not limited to the NRG Oncology Developmental Therapeutics Committee, Medical Oncology Committee, etc.
- Active monthly participation at the NRG Oncology Brain Committee calls, and also on calls with NRG leadership regarding issues pertaining to the Brain Committee. In person attendance at least once a year at the NRG semi-annual meetings.
NRG Oncology Committee Vice Chairs must be at an NRG Oncology Member Institution and eligible to receive federal funding. Nominal funds from federal grants to offset related effort and travel to NRG Oncology meetings is provided. Committee Vice Chairs are appointed by the NRG Oncology Group Chairs for a six-year term, renewable once.
Applicants for the position should forward a signed and dated cover letter (on institutional letterhead) addressing specific interests and qualifications for the role as well as your NIH biosketch to committee-nominations@nrgoncology.org.In addition, candidates are required to have either completed the NRG Oncology Member Information Form or have formally elected to opt-out. Information about the form is posted on the NRG Oncology website at https://www.nrgoncology.org/NRG-Member-Info. The deadline for the application submission is October 20, 2025. If you have questions about the position, forward those to committee-nominations@nrgoncology.org and we will have an appropriate party get back to you.