Director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (NCSDR)

July 24, 2019

THE POSITION: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Director, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (NCSDR). NHLBI is a national and international leader in heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders.  The NCSDR Director position offers an exciting opportunity for scientific and managerial leadership in basic, translational, clinical and implementation sleep and circadian research, sleep research training, and sleep public health; the coordination across multiple specialties, agencies and public interest organizations; and communication of complex clinical issues to a broad audience.

Responsibilities will include:  transferring knowledge generated from basic and clinical research to the public health activities within the DHHS, Federal agencies, and the private sector; coordinating the Federal Government’s efforts in research, health education, and research training related to sleep-disordered breathing and the fundamental function of sleep and circadian rhythms; supporting extramural research, training, education, and dissemination of health information to health care professionals and the public and other activities related to sleep, circadian biology and sleep disorders; coordinating sleep research activities with related activities of other Federal agencies, other NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs), and public and professional profit and nonprofit organizations; preparing a comprehensive plan for conducting and supporting research on sleep, circadian biology, and sleep disorders and working to facilitate implementation; and providing leadership and coordination over the Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board for the recommendations made to the Director, NIH, the Director, NHLBI, and executive leaders within other NIH ICs, as well as other Federal agencies.  The NCSDR Director must have a remarkably broad range of skills and experience and superior managerial and leadership qualifications, as well as clinical understanding of sleep and its widespread ramifications across all ages.

Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET, August 12, 2019. 

 

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