Duties

This position is located in the Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS), Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Coordination (DPCPSI), Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
New opportunities in areas of AI such as multimodal AI and generative AI present enormous opportunity to advance the NIH mission but with these come increased risks to scientific transparency, privacy, and alignment of AI to ethics principles and the Nation's goals for health equity. To address these challenges in ways that benefit the NIH mission, NIH must change from being a consumer of AI technologies to being an innovator of AI in collaboration with experts in mathematics, computer science, AI, and ethics. This change requires NIH to enhance interagency partnerships that engage outside experts and to leverage novel funding mechanisms that keep pace with rapid developments in AI. Without these efforts it will result in a continuation of the status quo where new AI capabilities are developed without the necessary attention and expertise to address the ethical and social challenges.
This position in ODSS would develop and oversee NIH-wide research initiatives in AI as well as coordinate activities across the ICs, with other HHS agencies, and with other science funding agencies such as DOE and NSF. This position will require deep expertise in AI and an understanding of the needs of biomedical and health applications.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

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How You Will Be Evaluated

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• Required Documents

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• How to Apply

  Thank you for your interest in this position. We are accepting applications through vacancy announcements NIH-GR-DE-24-12407708 and NIH-GR-MP-24-12407723 from May 13 through May 22, 2024 at the links below.
  To apply to this position, please log into your USAJOBS account and go to the links below between May 13 through May 22, 2024 to submit your application. Please read and follow all instructions in the announcement, complete the online application, and submit the required documentation specified in the "Required Documents" section no later than the closing date.
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  DE- https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/789834600
  MP- https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/789836500

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  Agency contact information

  Karen Harris

  Phone

  301-402-1529

  Email

  harrisk@mail.nih.gov

  Address

  National Institutes of Health
  6701 Rockledge Drive
  Bethesda, MD 20892
  US

  Next steps

  If interested, we encourage you to apply during the opening period May 13 to May 22, 2024.

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Required Documents

Clarification from the agency

You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National. Foreign nationals or legal permanent residents are not eligible for consideration. This job is also open to USPHS Commissioned Corps Officers and Call-To-Active Duty (CAD) Candidates.