The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is recruiting currently licensed physicians, including developmental pediatricians, child psychiatrists, pediatricians, and pediatric neurologists, for research fellowship positions in the Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch (PDN) in Bethesda, MD. This multi-disciplinary clinical research program is focused on understanding the etiology and pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and related conditions. Specific research interests include autism, medical comorbidities of ASD, and evaluation of novel therapies for autism, OCD, and other psychiatric disorders. Fellows will have excellent mentoring and comprehensive training in all areas of clinical research, including descriptive studies, clinical trials, and neuroimaging studies. Fellows are encouraged to design their own research investigations, including collaborative studies with scientists inside and outside of NIMH. The research fellowship is 2 to 5 years in duration, with positions available in Spring/Summer 2009.

REQUIREMENTS: Current U.S. medical licensure


Application Instructions:

Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

To apply, please click on the button below, or contact:

Susan Swedo, M.D.
Chief, Pediatrics & Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch,
10 Center Drive-MSC1255
Bethesda, MD 20892
E-mail: nimh-asd@mail.nih.gov
Phone: (301) 496-5323

For further information, contact Dr. Swedo directly.


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The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. This public health mandate demands that we harness powerful scientific tools to achieve better understanding, treatment, and eventually, prevention of these disabling conditions that affect millions of Americans.

To fulfill its mission, the Institute:

• conducts research on mental disorders and the underlying basic science of brain and behavior;
• supports research on these topics at universities and hospitals around the United States;
• collects, analyzes, and disseminates information on the causes, occurrence, and treatment of mental illnesses;
• supports the training of more than 1,000 scientists to carry out basic and clinical research; and
• communicates information to scientists, the public, the news media, and primary care and mental health professionals about mental illnesses, the brain, behavior, mental health, and opportunities and advances in research in these areas.