Commissioner's Fellowship Program, US Food and Drug Administration

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Job Code: 0000057150 POSTED: Jan 15
Salary: Open Location: Maryland
Employer: Food and Drug Administration Position 

Type: Graduate Training/Residency
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Description

Commissioner's Fellowship Program. 

You Can Make A Difference: The FDA Commissioner's Fellowship Program is a two-year program designed to attract top-notch health professionals and other scientists. The fellows train minutes from the nation's Capital at FDA's new state-of-the-art White Oak campus in Silver Spring, Maryland or at other FDA facilities. Coursework and Preceptorship: The fellowship program combines rigorous didactic coursework with the development of a hypothesis driven, regulatory science research project. The coursework is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the science behind regulatory review, encompassing the activities of the FDA across foods, drugs, biologics, devices, and cosmetics. Under the guidance of a FDA senior scientist committed to mentoring, fellows will also identify a specific aspect of FDA regulatory science to explore. The experience can be in a biology, physics, or engineering lab, in a clinical review team, in biostatistics, informatics, epidemiology, risk analysis, or other aspects of FDA science. Who Should Apply? Applicants must have completed all requirements for a Doctoral level degree (MD, DO, DDS, DPM, DVM, PharmD, or PhD) by September 30, 2009 to be eligible. Applicants with a BS/BA or MS/MA in engineering are also eligible. Candidates must be a US citizen, a non-citizen national of the US, or have been admitted to the US for permanent residence before the program start date. Applicants cannot be current FDA employees or FDA contractors (such as ORISE fellows). 

To apply, and for further information about the FDA Commissioner's Fellowship Program, please visit: www.fda.gov/commissionersfellowships/default.htm. FDA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is a smoke-free environment. Privacy Act Notice (PL 93-579): The information requested here is used to determine qualifications for employment and is authorized under Title 5 U.S.C. 3302 and 3361.