Multiple Permanent Positions, FDA/CFSAN Risk Analysis Branch

The FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Analytics and Outreach, Division of Risk and Decision Analysis, Risk Analysis Branch is anticipating several federal permanent positions to become available for research scientists in the coming weeks, specifically:

The scientists selected will become members of a talented scientific team whose work focuses on analyzing and integrating diverse data streams to provide new insights and information that maximize the public health impact of FDA’s actions. The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition informs Agency, consumer, and stakeholder decisions with risk assessments and decision analyses.  They create models, new approaches and methodology, and develop new strategies to answer critical and complex public health questions. They leverage state-of-the art computational methods and create interactive analytical tools.  

Their portfolio is broad. Some of the FDA initiatives they support include the following.

The Division of Risk and Decision Analysis and Risk Assessment Branch currently includes biologists, engineers, statisticians, food scientists, environmental scientists, physical scientists, toxicologists, nutritionists, and veterinarians. They welcome creative scientists with varied backgrounds who are driven to tackle critical public health questions, who want to implement and expand their skills and knowledge, and who want to be a part of a vibrant collaborative team.

For more information about the Division of Risk and Decision Analysis, please contact Jane Van Doren, jane [dot] vandoren [at] fda [dot] hhs [dot] gov

Additional information about position announcements and applying:

Each position will be advertised separately on USAJOBS.gov and will be open for five days. Please note that the government can close the window for applications earlier when a sufficient number of applications have been received. As a result, interested applicants are encouraged to set up notifications for jobs of interest and to prepare their application materials ahead of any announcement so that they can submit them as soon as the advertisement appears. General requirements for each job series are available from https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series.