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Staff Scientist 1 [Deputy Program Head, Sequence Enhancements, Tools, and Delivery (SeqPlus) Program] NLM NCBI IEB is looking for an outstanding candidate with extensive experience in sequence data generation, curation, analysis, and management. PMO Head/Supervisory IT Specialist (Policy/Planning) The position is located in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Information Engineering Branch (IEB). Chief, Applied Clinical Informatics Branch (ACIB) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is recruiting a Chief of the Applied Clinical Informatics Branch (ACIB) in the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC). LHNCBC is a research and development organization within NIH that focuses on advancing the use of clinical (human) data for research by judicious application of data science, computational sciences, and biomedical informatics to support cutting-edge biomedical research. In 1968, Congress established LHNCBC to further biomedicine through innovations in computer and digital communications technology, data science research, and computer applications development. Digitized Document Collection from USPHS Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee Now Publicly Available Through NLM Leaders from the Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation, descendants of the men who were treated unethically in the study, visit with NIH leadership in September 2023 to view contents of the physical collection before the release of the digitized collection. NLM Launches a New Online Exhibition – Promising Future, Complex Past: Artificial Intelligence and the Legacy of Physiognomy The National Library of Medicine (NLM)’s newest online exhibition “Promising Future, Complex Past: Artificial Intelligence and the Legacy of Physiognomy,” explores the history of physiognomy and its influence on contemporary artificial intelligence and computer science technologies that gather and interpret body data. Technical Information Specialist The NLM's Division of Library Operations (LO) is seeking experienced and talented Technical Information Specialists. LO collects and curates biomedical information and makes it available to a global audience. This announcement will be used to fill multiple positions to advance automated indexing efforts, coordinate serials cataloging and metadata management, preserve and manage NLM collection, and lead product teams related to consumer health, common data elements, and the library catalog. Senior Acquisitions Librarian The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is one of 27 Institutes and Centers at the National Institutes of Health. NLM is a global leader in biomedical informatics and computational health data science and the world’s largest biomedical library. NLM’s legislative mandate is to support the essential work of acquiring, organizing, preserving, and disseminating biomedical information. NLM provides public access to this information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The following position will be posted to USAJobs.gov from October 10, 2023 until October 20, 2023. NLM Names Acting Director and Acting Chief, Information Engineering Branch for NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information Kim Pruitt, Ph.D., has been named Acting Director for the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). In this role, Dr. Pruitt will oversee the development and deployment of advanced computational solutions aimed to meet life and health science information needs and facilitate open science and scholarship through a growing array of data, literature, and other information offerings and services made available by NLM. She steps into this role as NCBI’s most recent director, Stephen Sherry, Ph.D., transitions to a new role as NLM’s Acting Director following the retirement of Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D. on September 30. Archivist The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is one of 27 Institutes and Centers at the National Institutes of Health. NLM is a global leader in biomedical informatics and computational health data science and the world’s largest biomedical library. NLM’s legislative mandate is to support the essential work of acquiring, organizing, preserving, and disseminating biomedical information. NLM provides public access to this information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. NLM Announces 2023 Lindberg-King Lecture The National Library of Medicine (NLM) will host the annual Lindberg-King Lecture on Friday, December 8, 2023, via NIH Videocast. IRP Lectures Ada Lovelace Day, held every year on the second Tuesday of October, was created to celebrate one of the first woman computer programmers. It is an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). It aims to increase the roles of women within the STEM sectors and support women already working in STEM. IT Specialist (SYSADMIN/APPSW) The IT Specialist (SYSADMIN/APPSW) candidate will be expected to: • Serve as the expert intermediary between the systems administration and application functions/teams in the Applications Branch (e.g., developers, networking team, infrastructure security team, infrastructure systems team). • Coordinate projects and activities, and manage the deployment, maintenance, and upgrade process of applications developed by different development groups and teams. • Work with software application developers to architect, configure, and troubleshoot application servers and the software running on the developed applications. • Oversee and ensure systems administration, patching, networking, and provisioning support of application servers within the OCCS applications platform. • Manage approximately 400 application servers in support of the NLM mission and ensure support for applications residing on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. • Direct and oversee provisioning and patching scripts for on-premises application servers and AWS Cloud. • Create, maintain, and administer automated testing frameworks that allow in-depth testing of User Interfaces, modules, and security of custom software applications across multiple programming languages and platforms. • Maintain the integrity, security, and availability of NOSQL databases and database-like technologies, and troubleshoot server issues, including tuning performance, isolate and fix application problems, and apply security patches. • Analyze and evaluate new systems engineering technologies, and develop and coordinate lifecycle development processes and tools to facilitate agile development methodologies. • Identify future-state objectives for the development environment, and provide guidance on best practices to maintain the development environments and support the rapid development and testing of web based solutions. • Provide analysis and guidance on program related information technology (IT) issues or problems where new analytical techniques must be developed to identify and evaluate findings. • Identify and maintain firewall rules needed to allow application communication, and create and maintain approximately 2500 firewall rules in support of application network communication. Staff Scientist 1 -- Data Wrangler This is a full-time leadership position defining technology strategy and priority by providing expert advice and consulting to assure coherence between evolving NIH FHIR projects and core FHIR specifications being developed in the broader biomedical informatics community (industry and academia). The Senior Research Scientist will be appointed to a position in the Senior Biomedical Research and Biomedical Product Assessment Service (SBRBPAS). Candidates for this position must have outstanding expertise in health data standards, especially FHIR and its implementation in health software applications. Clinical/clinical research expertise, such as experience specialized in processing clinical/clinical research data, is a plus. Candidates should have experience in working in a biomedical research and development environment. Outstanding communication skills and a collaborative work style are critical. NLM Selects Dr. Richard H. Scheuermann as Scientific Director for the National Library of Medicine Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has named Richard H. Scheuermann, PhD, as NLM’s new Scientific Director following a nationwide search. He is expected to begin his role as NLM Scientific Director on September 10, 2023. Senior Research Scientist This is a full-time leadership position defining technology strategy and priority by providing expert advice and consulting to assure coherence between evolving NIH FHIR projects and core FHIR specifications being developed in the broader biomedical informatics community (industry and academia). The Senior Research Scientist will be appointed to a position in the Senior Biomedical Research and Biomedical Product Assessment Service (SBRBPAS). Candidates for this position must have outstanding expertise in health data standards, especially FHIR and its implementation in health software applications. Statement on the retirement of Patricia Flatley Brennan from Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, Acting Director, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan, NLM director, will be retiring from NLM and federal service on September 30, 2023. Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on Updating the NIH Mission Statement NIH is seeking feedback on a proposed update to its mission statement. As the largest public funder of biomedical and behavioral research in the world, it is important that the mission statement accurately reflects NIH’s goal of turning scientific discoveries into better health for all. Review and submit your input by November 24, 2023. Update on Access to Coronavirus-related Articles in PubMed Central (PMC) COVID-19 Collection After End of Public Health Emergency Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) collaborated with publishers and scholarly societies to expand access to coronavirus-related journal articles in PubMed Central (PMC), a digital archive of peer-reviewed biomedical and life sciences literature. Through this collaboration, more than 50 publishers made more than 350,000 coronavirus-related articles accessible under various article-level license terms through the PMC COVID-19 Collection (previously the PMC COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Initiative). This collaboration made a significant collection of coronavirus-related information immediately accessible to researchers to accelerate discoveries about COVID-19. Job Openings at NLM Visit USAJOBS for additional opportunities at NLM, NIH, and throughout the federal government. Deputy Director, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC) The NIH National Library of Medicine’s Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC) is looking for a Deputy Director to share responsibility with the Director for overall program development, program evaluation, policy formulation, direction, and coordination of all LHNCBC activities. In addition, the Deputy Director will serve in a key leadership role in assisting the LHNCBC Director in overseeing the diverse scientific and technical staff. Deputy Director for Operations and Innovation The National Institutes of Health (NIH), is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Deputy Director, Operations and Innovation (DDOI), National Library of Medicine (NLM), NIH. The DDOI, NLM shares with the Director responsibility for NLM’s research, operations, and public services and ensures that health disparities research within NLM will advance DEIA goals by reducing health inequities. NIH is the foremost agency for funding biomedical research in the U.S., with a $47.5 billion budget supporting its mission to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and to use that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. NLM is one of NIH’s 27 Institutes and Centers, with a workforce of approximately 690 Federal staff and 750 contractors and an annual budget of approximately $490 million. NLM’s organizational structure includes five major divisions and six office units, including a vibrant intramural research program and a national extramural research and training program. The DDOI, NLM brings extensive scientific achievement in biomedical informatics, operational experience in large research institutions, and expertise in innovation to guide the NLM towards excellence in service and research. Along with the Director, NLM, and co-equal with the NLM Deputy Director for Policy and External Affairs, The DDOI provides strategic leadership for NLM operations, maintains situational awareness, develops and implements strategic management models characterized by accountability and innovation. The NLM provides the world with vast biomedical literature resources and biomolecular data repositories that together serve millions of people every day. Director, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is recruiting for Director of the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC) through the Senior Biomedical Research and Biomedical Product Assessment Service (SBRBPAS) and Associate Director of NLM for Clinical Data Management. The candidate should have expertise in clinical data generation, management, and analysis as well as strong leadership capabilities to provide strategic vision and operational oversight to the Center. Supervisory Bioinformatics Specialist The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking a Supervisory Bioinformatics Specialist Data Center IT Specialist The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is seeking a Data Center IT Specialist. Data Center IT Specialist The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is one of 27 Institutes and Centers at the National Institutes of Health. NLM is a global leader in biomedical informatics and computational health data science and the world’s largest biomedical library. NLM’s legislative mandate is to support the essential work of acquiring, organizing, preserving, and disseminating biomedical information. NLM provides public access to this information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. NLM Senior Investigator Zhiyong Lu, PhD, Elected as the International Academy of Health Informatics 2023 class of Academy Fellows Zhiyong Lu, PhD, FACMI, Senior Investigator in the Computational Biology Branch of the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Intramural Research Program, has been elected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI). SNOMED CT International Edition Download SNOMED CT International Edition releases and related international files from this page. Click on the file name to see more information and to download the release file. NLM distributes the SNOMED CT International Edition and derivatives to licensed individuals via the UMLS Terminology Services. Please see the Licensing page to learn more about licensing and how to register to obtain an Affiliate License. ClinicalTrials.gov Gets a Modernized Look for an Improved User Experience The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the launch of the modernized ClinicalTrials.gov. on an updated platform that will accommodate growth and enhance efficiency. Informed by user feedback, the modernized website includes an updated look and feel that improves functionality for searching, viewing, and downloading information about clinical trials. The new look includes simple web components that improve navigation and make important information easier to find. Program Analyst (Evaluation and Data), National Library of Medicine This position involves evaluating and data reporting on health information outreach, engagement, and training activities. It is located administratively within the Office of Engagement and Training (OET), Division of Library Operations (LO), National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH). OET fulfills NLM strategic goals to "Reach more people in more ways through enhanced dissemination and engagement" and "Build a workforce for data-driven research and health." Application Period: 06/12/2023 to 06/16/2023. Senior Advisor, Health Data Standards and Terminologies (HDST) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is recruiting for a Senior Advisor for Health Data Standards & Terminologies (HDST) to lead the Office of Health Data Standards and Terminologies (HDST) which is in the Division of Library Operations, one of the core components of the NLM. Application Period: 06/09/2023 to 07/30/2023. Technical Information Specialist, National Library of Medicine These positions (involving conservation of born-digital and physical collections, advancing automated indexing efforts by applying scientific vocabulary and/or metadata content, and management, preservation, and access to NLM collections) are located in the Division of Library Operations (LO), in the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Through teamwork NLM collects, preserves, makes available, and interprets one of the world's richest collections of historical material related to health and disease. Application period: 06/08/2023 to 06/12/2023 NLM Researchers Uncover the Diversity of Viroids and Viroid-like Agents Viroid-like cccRNA detection pipeline NLM’s LitVar 2.0 Provides More Accurate & Comprehensive Way to Search for Genetic Variants in Biomedical Literature A team of researchers from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Broad Institute developed an improved web-based system, LitVar 2.0, to help researchers and clinicians search for genetic variants and related information in the biomedical literature. A paper about this powerful LitVar 2.0 system was published in Nature Genetics. News, Events, and Updates Connect with NLM 2023-2024 NLM Associate Fellows Announcement The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a global leader in biomedical informatics and computational health data science research and the world’s largest biomedical library, is pleased to announce its 2023-2024 class of Associate Fellows. News, Events, and Updates The NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine provides individual awards of up to $10,000 to support research in the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Jerry Sheehan, Deputy Director of Policy and External Affairs is leaving NLM to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Mr. Sheehan has been appointed as OECD’s new Director of Science, Technology and Innovation Jerry Sheehan, Deputy Director of Policy and External Affairs is leaving NLM to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Mr. Sheehan has been appointed as OECD’s new Director of Science, Technology and Innovation. Staff Scientist 1 - Computational Analysis of Human Regulatory Genomics The National Library of Medicine’s (NLM), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is recruiting for a Staff Scientist 1. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Data Center Facilities Management Specialist The NLM Office of Computer and Communications Systems (OCCS) is seeking to recruit Data Center Facilities Management Specialist position. NLM Email Lists NLM-AnnouncesDaily announcement-only list of new and updated content on the NLM website, the NLM Technical Bulletin, Musings from the Mezzanine, NCBI Insights, and Circulating Now. NLM Email Lists NLM-AnnouncesDaily announcement-only list of new and updated content on the NLM website, the NLM Technical Bulletin, Musings from the Mezzanine, NCBI Insights, and Circulating Now. National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health This set of tooling services brings together many health and biomedical vocabularies and standards to enable interoperability between computer systems. Is Misinformation the Problem? Re-examining the Infodemic Join for the 2023 NLM Science, Technology, and Society Lecture taking place this Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. ET. NCBI Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer The National Library of Medicine’s (NLM), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is recruiting for a Staff Scientist 1. The position serves as the Deputy Director, NCBI, and as such, serves as the senior expert and consultant to NLM top management. NLM is one of the 27 Institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Job Openings at NLM Visit USAJOBS for additional opportunities at NLM, NIH, and throughout the federal government. Computational Modeling Sheds Light on Human Cognition and the Origins of Brain Disorders Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) used computational modeling to uncover mutations in the human genome that likely influenced the evolution of human cognition. This groundbreaking research in human genomics could lead to a better understanding of human health and the discovery of novel treatments for complex brain disorders. The study was published in Science Advances. NLM Researchers Uncover the Diversity of Viroids and Viroid-like Agents Viroid-like cccRNA detection pipeline STAFF SCIENTIST 1 - (Medical Genetics and Human Variation Program Deputy Director) The National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Information Engineering Branch (IEB) is recruiting for a Staff Scientist 1 to support the Medical Genetics and Human Variation (MGV) Program, which includes dbGaP, ClinVar, GTR, and dbSNP. NLM is one of 27 Institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). STAFF SCIENTIST 1 (SeqPlus Product Owner) The National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Information Engineering Branch (IEB) is recruiting for a Staff Scientist 1 position. The position is in the IEB Sequence Enhancements, Tools, and Delivery Sequence Plus (SeqPlus) program, which includes eukaryotic, prokaryotic, and viral Reference Sequence (RefSeq) databases, Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), Conserved Domains Database (CDD), NCBI Pathogen Detection Pipeline, NCBI Datasets, and sequence visualization and analysis tools. NLM is one of 27 Institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). NLM Announces 2023 History Talks The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the 2023 History Talks. All talks are free, available via live stream globally, and archived by NIH VideoCasting. We invite you to join this year’s History Talks: |
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