Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship in the Environmental Autoimmunity Group at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, located on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. We are seeking applicants interested in assessing the role of infectious agents in the development of human autoimmune diseases.

Molecular, serologic, and other approaches will be employed to study the presence and possible effects of a variety of infectious agents in cohorts of subjects with different systemic autoimmune diseases and controls. The role of genetic polymorphisms important in regulating responses to specific infections will also be investigated.

Along with exceptional facilities and resources, the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland provides a highly interactive and unique scientific environment with many areas of expertise creating an exceptional training opportunity.

We are seeking a talented, innovative, and enthusiastic researcher with a Ph.D. degree (or be near completion) or an M.D. degree with appropriate research experience or training, and less than three years of postdoctoral work. Highly competitive stipends are determined by educational degree(s) and number of years of relevant postdoctoral experience; Federal cost-of-living increases are also applied. Benefits include health insurance for the trainee and his/her family and travel to one scientific meeting annually. In addition, the NIH Fellows Committee and the Office of Intramural Training & Education sponsor a wide range of career development and social activities.

Applicants should initiate their application via the button below, or send an application including a cover letter describing their research experience and career goals, a curriculum vitae, bibliography, copies of recent publications or submitted work, and names and full contact information for three persons willing to serve as references to:

Frederick W. Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Environmental Autoimmunity Group
Program of Clinical Research, NIEHS
NIH Clinical Center, Room 4-2352
Bethesda MD 20892-1301 U.S.A.
E-mail: millerf@mail.nih.gov

The Environmental Autoimmunity Group of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is located on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.


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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is one of 27 research institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease.

The NIEHS traces its roots to 1966, when the U.S. Surgeon General announced the establishment of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences within the NIH. In 1969, the division was elevated to full NIH institute status. Since then, the NIEHS has evolved to its present status as a world leader in environmental health sciences, with an impressive record of important scientific accomplishments and a proud history of institutional achievements and growth under the leadership of former directors Paul Kotin, M.D. (1969–1971), David P. Rall, M.D., Ph.D. (1971–1990), and Kenneth Olden, Ph.D. (1991–2005).

Today, under the guidance of its 2006–2011 Strategic Plan, the NIEHS is expanding and accelerating its contributions to scientific knowledge of human health and the environment, and to the health and well-being of people everywhere.