Location: Rockville,MD, USA
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD)
Senior Scientific Officer (Associate Director)
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is recruiting for an Associate Director (AD) for the Cancer Imaging Program (CIP). This is a full-time government position in Rockville, Maryland.
This position will serve as the AD within the Office of the Associate Director (OAD), CIP. The AD of CIP serves as the primary NCI official with overall responsibility for research, education, and coordination of activities related to oncologic imaging for the extramural NCI community. This involves the planning, conduct, coordination, and evaluation of national and international laboratory and clinical research programs designed to identify and develop new imaging approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, as well as research activities in oncologic molecular imaging.
The AD formulates the major overall scientific and operational policies of the program related to a comprehensive and complex series of activities supported by grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and partnerships with universities, private industry, and other federal agencies. Oncologic imaging encompasses a wide range of fields, including leading technological development initiatives in imaging such as conventional and interventional radiology, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, magnetic resonance, and photoelectronic imaging.
As supervisor for the CIP staff, 20% of their time is devoted to personnel issues, including recruiting, performance evaluations, and budget management. The position is primarily devoted to scientific leadership and priority setting. The AD will provide leadership for pre-clinical and clinical efforts in support of NCI's Imaging Drug Group, a collection of programs to stimulate development and dissemination of new imaging agents. The AD will also establish effective partnerships with academia, industry, and other Federal agencies to ensure that innovative imaging technology is developed and successfully transferred, enhanced, and commercialized.
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of, and experience in, grant and contract processes and policies, broad knowledge of cancer research, and administrative and managerial experience. This includes the planning, analysis, evaluation, coordination, and integration of research support across program areas and boundaries of responsibility within the NCI, NIH, and other supporting agencies.
This is an exploratory ad to gauge interest and develop a possible candidate pool. A vacancy announcement (VA) for a Supervisory Physician, GP-602-15, will be posted on WWW.USAJOBS.GOV at a later date.
Interested candidates should send their resumes to ...@mail.nih.gov.
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HHS, NIH, and NCI are Equal Opportunity Employers.
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