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<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Job Vacancy Announcement-
<b>Health Scientist Administrator (Program Officer) Learning and Memory Program<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Health Scientist Administrator (Program Officer)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Learning and Memory Program
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">National Institute of Mental Health<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Department of Health and Human Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The National Institute of Mental Health, (NIMH),
<b>Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science</b> announces openings for Health Scientist Administrator (Program Officer) to guide and manage a grants program supporting basic research in neuroscience of learning and memory. The Program Officer will
lead an extramurally funded and innovative program employing </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">causal experimental designs, cutting edge neurobiological and behavioral approaches, and multiple
levels of analysis </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">to decipher the mechanisms underlying learning and memory at the circuit level in animals and humans.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">
This program </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">supports research on a range of cognitive processes, including working memory, episodic encoding, consolidation, retrieval and learning processes
that encode higher cognitive functions such as spatial processing within working memory and quantitative processing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">This individual will identify and formulate program needs to achieve an integrated and responsive effort in the field of learning and memory that combines
<span style="color:black;background:white">causal experimental designs, cutting edge neurobiological and behavioral approaches, and multiple levels of analysis
</span>to decipher the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in <span style="color:black;background:white">
healthy humans and animals. </span>As one of the program officers in this branch, the selected candidate will stimulate, plan, advise, and direct program activities for a portfolio of research projects and grant or cooperative agreement awards in the area of
learning and memory.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The candidate will also develop collaborative activities among federal agencies to foster multi-disciplinary projects with a goal to
develop new principles and new methodologies to expand studies of circuit-level mechanisms of learning, memory and higher order cognitive processes. The candidate will be responsible for maintaining and further developing innovative scientific directions and
adopting research technologies developed through the </span><a href="https://www.braininitiative.nih.gov/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0678BE;background:white">BRAIN Initiative</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#293340;background:white"> and </span><a href="https://www.neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/connectome/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0678BE;background:white">Human
Connectome Project</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#293340;background:white">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Qualifications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Applicants must be a U.S. citizen and have a Ph.D. (or equivalent doctoral degree) in an academic field of the health or pertinent sciences (i.e., neuroscience, learning and memory, cognitive neuroscience, etc.)
<span style="color:#293340;background:white">from an accredited college or university, including acceptance of the dissertation.
</span>Degrees in fields that emphasize learning and memory processes are preferred. A publication record and evidence of a familiarity with current literature in neuroscience of learning and memory and/or cognitive neuroscience are essential. Prior research
experience spanning the fields of systems levels neuroscience is highly desirable. Fluency in written and spoken English is required, and motivation to serve as a team member in the Behavioral Science and Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch is necessary.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;background:white">
<span style="color:#293340">This position requires working both independently and collaboratively. Strong organizational, oral, written, and communication skills are also required. Salary will be commensurate with the experience of the candidate. A full package
of federal Civil Service benefits is available, including retirement, health and life insurance, long-term care insurance, leave, and a Thrift Savings Plan (401K equivalent). The successful candidate is subject to a background investigation and public financial
disclosure requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;background:white">
<span style="color:#293340">For medical and scientific specialties, qualification requirements, evaluation criteria, and application instructions, please view the vacancy announcement at </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://jobs.nih.gov/globalrecruitment/"><span style="color:#0678BE">https://jobs.nih.gov/globalrecruitment/</span></a></span><span style="color:#293340">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#293340">How to Apply: Interested candidates should send a letter of interest, including a curriculum vitae, to </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:NIMHsearch@mail.nih.gov"><span style="color:#0678BE">NIMHsearch@mail.nih.gov</span></a></span><span style="color:#293340">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;background:white">
<span style="color:#293340">The NIH encourages the application and nomination of qualified women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities. HHS and NIH are Equal Opportunity Employers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">**** The National Institute of Mental Health, Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science announces openings for Health Scientist Administrator (Program Officer) to guide and manage a grants program supporting basic research in
neuroscience of learning and memory. Interested candidate who wish to be considered for a position are encouraged to apply via T<span style="color:black">he Global Recruitment Unit (GRU) -Health Scientist Administrator (HSA) Program Officer announcements that
are </span><b><u><span style="color:#0432FF">open and close on 1/27/2021</span></u><span style="color:black">.</span></b><span style="color:black"> See links to the vacancy announcements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Michele<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Michele Ferrante, PhD
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