MD: Bethesda:  The Physician Scientist Development Program, NIH
Application deadline: October 31st of the year preceding the typical July 1 starting date
Posted 03/02/2010 maz 

Overview:  The Physician Scientist Development Program (PSDP) is a mentored, pre-tenure track junior faculty position.  The program last for three to five years during which time the incumbent designs and implements an
Integrated, translational research program.  The key elements of support for the program are that it is prospectively and stably funded, that defined mentorship is provided, and that the program takes advantage of the research environment of the intramural National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the NIH Clinical Center.  The participant, with the assistance of the mentor, will design a translational research project that is of interest to the candidate and exploits the research strengths of the intramural NIH environment.

The mission of NHGRI is not simply to generate the sequence of human beings and model organisms and to catalog their genes, but to use the information and technology generated by the HGP to improve human health. 
We seek to promote training and research opportunities for physicians committed to pursuing translational research by providing an optimal environment in which to develop the skills necessary for world class, translational genomics research.  

Qualifications:  The applicants are expected to be board certified or board eligible in an ACGME specialty or subspecialty.  Must have the strongest desire to do research, are talented and insightful clinicians and can identify a relevant research topic.  This is not a fellowship and the applicant should have finished or is about to finish a fellowship.  The program provides and extremely generous set of resources: a competitive  salary, support for a full time laboratory technician, and part-time support from a clinical research coordinator as well as office a laboratory space. 

Contact:          Leslie Biesecker, M.D.
                        Director, Physician Scientist Development Program
                        Building 49, Rm. 4A80
                        49 Convent Dr., MSC 4472
                        Bethesda, MD 20892-4472

                        Phone: (301) 402-2041          
                        Fax:     (301) 402-2170          
                        E-mail:  lesb@nhgri.nih.gov

                        URL:  http;//www.genome.gov/10002060