National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
POST: Post Doctoral Fellow(Toxicology & Carcinogenesis Training Program)
The Toxicology Branch of the Division of the National Toxicology Program (DNTP) at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is looking for postdoctoral trainees who want to build their careers by helping to create a safer world. This position is located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Activities of the Toxicology Branch support the National Toxicology Program, a government program established in 1978 to evaluate chemical and physical substances we encounter in our daily lives and our environment to identify any potential harm they might cause to human health and to develop and improved testing methods. The NTP's work focuses on:
Developing approaches and generating data that strengthen and broaden scientific knowledge about substances in our environment.
Providing information about potentially toxic substances to regulatory and research agencies, medical and scientific communities, and the public.
The NTP strives to obtain the best scientific data using the best research strategies and technologies. The program is committed to impartiality and rigorous scientific peer review and maintains its activities open to public scrutiny and input. The NTP also convenes conferences, workshops, and panel meetings on important public health topics to bring interested parties together to openly exchange ideas and debate issues.
Trainees will participate in activities and gain experiences applicable to regulatory or industrial toxicology. They will learn to perform all aspects of contracted toxicology studies for cancer and noncancer endpoints (e.g., reproductive and developmental effects, immune system function). Trainees will serve as project leaders in non-laboratory positions for contracted studies that evaluate the toxicity of substances of interest to the NTP. They will actively participate in the design, conduct, and evaluation of studies and have extensive interaction with staff from scientific disciplines such as chemistry, pathology, toxicokinetics, toxicogenomics, genetics, epidemiology, statistics, and molecular biology. They will also participate in NTP efforts to develop novel testing strategies for predictive toxicology and high throughput screening.
Trainees may choose in-depth study in one subspecialty area of particular interest, and it is envisioned that trainees would author reports in the NTP Technical Report series and manuscripts for peer-reviewed publications.
The postdoctoral training program funds fellowships at the NIEHS for up to five years. Stipends are determined by the amount of previous postdoctoral experience. Medical insurance is provided. Visa assistance is available for international applicants. Relocation assistance is not available.
REQUIREMENTS:
To be eligible for the applied Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Training Program, applicants may not possess more than five years of postdoctoral experience and must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent in toxicology or an allied science, M.D., D.V.M., or other equivalent professional degree.
Applicants should have expertise in the conduct of in vivo mammalian toxicology studies. Applicants receive consideration without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, age (with statutory exceptions), or any other non-merit factor. Minorities, women, and handicapped individuals are encouraged to apply.
Apply now and build your future with NTP at the NIEHS, a place consistently ranked among the Top 10 Best Places for Postdocs (The Scientist, Vol. 21, 2007).
TO APPLY:
Send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three persons as references to:
Rajendra Chhabra, Ph.D.
p: 919 541 3386
To learn more about NTP, visit http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ . Postdoctoral fellows are considered to be professionals-in-training and are not classified as NIH employees.
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