Health Specialist, Office of Strategic Development and Partnerships

NIA's Division of Neuroscience (DN) offers a fast-paced, collegial work environment in support of cutting-edge research and advances in all areas related to brain aging and behavior, with a focus on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (ADRD). DN plays a critical role in working across the federal government and with other partners to prioritize and implement the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease. The 2021 NIH Alzheimer's Research Summit: Path to Precision Medicine for Treatment and Prevention highlighted important opportunities and challenges for our work.

DN supports research and training to further the understanding of neural and behavioral processes associated with the aging brain. Areas of special emphasis include brain-behavior relationships and how the processes of aging and age-related cognitive decline intersect with the development of AD and other dementias of aging. An important component is the support of basic, clinical, and epidemiological studies of AD and related dementias of aging, including development of improved biomarkers and development of new therapies. The basic theme throughout the division is to understand the aging nervous system in order to foster the maintenance of health and improve the quality of life of the older population.

Role

Health Specialists play an essential role in assisting with the administration of research grants and contracts, and to help foster and evaluate critical, new opportunities to extend the NIA’s impact on the health of older adults. Health Specialists provide support in research resource management, technical administration, and programmatic evaluation of research grants and contracts.

The successful candidate will provide project management for a number of Division-wide activities and resources, such as the NIA Global Unique Identifier (GUID), NIH NeuroBioBank, logistics contracts for scientific meetings and workshops and will work closely with diverse stakeholders. The office coordinates scientific activities and reporting across the Division and facilitates collaborations within NIH and with other federal and nonfederal funding agencies supporting Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias research, as well as the division’s participation in public private partnerships. Expertise in project management, data science, contracts.

Who Should Apply?

Health Specialist candidates must have graduate-level training (e.g., a Ph.D., M.D., M.S., MPH) with a background in neuroscience. Expertise related to aging is preferred but not required. Interested parties should be U.S. citizens or Nationals. Foreign nationals or legal permanent residents are not eligible for consideration. Candidates must indicate their U.S. citizenship status on their CV or within their email application submission.

How to Apply

Interested parties should contact Suzana Petanceska.

DHHS, NIH, and NIA are Equal Opportunity Employers.

NIH is dedicated to building a diverse community in its training and employment programs and encourages the application and nomination of qualified women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.