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15th Jan, 2026
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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.
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.
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.
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.
The Office of Administrative Management (OAM) is responsible for managing resources and services that maximize both human capital management and workforce planning on behalf of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), National Library of Medicine (NLM). The OAM also provides comprehensive management of administrative services including all or several of the following functions: budgetary and financial management services; purchasing, procurement, and contract administration; management and program analysis; facilities, property, safety, or space management to the NCBI staff.
This position is in the Office of Computer and Communications Systems (OCCS), Office of the Director (OD), National Library of Medicine (NLM), supporting the NLM Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO). The office is looking for an outstanding candidate with extensive experience in cybersecurity, vulnerability management, and adopting security best practices to safeguard NLM digital assets on premises and in the cloud. This lead IT specialist (INFOSEC) needs knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the specified duties efficiently and effectively in this job announcement. Candidates with IT, cybersecurity, or related degrees are preferred.
The Information Engineering Branch (IEB) is seeking multiple outstanding candidates at the Staff Scientist 1 level to support the scientific management of ClinicalTrials.gov, the largest publicly available clinical study registry and results database in the world. The ClinicalTrials.gov program makes information about clinical trials accessible to facilitate scientific research, advance public health, and inform the general public.
The IEB is looking for an outstanding candidate to work on NCBI’s ClinicalTrials.gov program, which makes information about clinical trials accessible to facilitate scientific research, advance public health, and inform the general public. This position is essential to ensuring the smooth day-to-day operations of the ClinicalTrials.gov database and meeting long-term program goals of providing complete and accurate information to meet stakeholder needs and objectives.
The Staff Scientist 1 will serve as the Technical Lead for NCBI RefSeq bioinformatics pipelines, including Foreign Contamination Screening pipelines and the Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline (EGAP). NCBI’s bioinformatics pipelines serve the research and clinical community and drive new life sciences discoveries, with ongoing development on making the data more useful and easily accessible, taking full advantage of new technologies such as Cloud computing and embracing FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).
The position provides insight and advice on issues and trends related to health data standards usage and needs from federal and commercial arenas. The position assists in coordinating product and system changes in response to ongoing development in the area of health data standards; provides support and backup for production issues related to RxNorm, UMLS, SNOMED CT, and MeSH; and participates as needed in development teams to improve HDST products and services.
The position of Staff Scientist 1 is located in the National Center for Biotechnology Information's Medical Genetics & Human Variation Development Team (MGVDT). The MGV program archives and disseminates data on human genetic variation and the associated health information for use by researchers and healthcare providers. The Staff Scientist 1 will serve as the Technical Team Lead for the database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP) Submission System team.
This position directs program activities to optimize the value of the ClinicalTrials.gov resource to stakeholders, while ensuring it meets policy and legal requirements. The Program Head manages over 40 scientific, technical, and administrative staff, is active in conducting and publishing research, participates in numerous scientific and policy activities and collaborations, and serves in an external advisory capacity.
This position will contribute to development and maintenance of solutions to support continued development of NCBI’s Sequence Read Archive (SRA) – the world premier archive of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data and is a part of international collaboration that includes archives in Europe and Japan. SRA makes biological sequence data derived from NGS available to the research community to enhance reproducibility and allow for new discoveries by analyzing and comparing data sets.
NLM/NCBI/IEB is seeking a motivated and skilled candidate to handle the processing of submissions to NCBI’s GenBank and set priorities for enhancing the submission process. The GenBank Genomes Curator will review and process incoming data submissions, interact with data submitters and genomic data users, and provide help desk support. The role involves receiving, processing, and maintaining genetic sequence data from genomes and chromosomes, as well as analyzing sequence data and collaborating with researchers to prepare data for public release.
The Staff Scientist role in SeqPlus is a pivotal subject matter expert for NCBI Datasets, with a comprehensive understanding of the data provided by NCBI Datasets. This position serves as an advocate for biologists and bioinformaticians, ensuring that user needs are met efficiently. The individual engages with users professionally, applying advanced problem-solving skills to help them access and utilize data effectively.
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