Jobs at NHGRI
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) offers a variety of professional opportunities, ranging from taking part in scientific and clinical operations, behind-the-scenes support, and public outreach. View our current openings to learn more and find the perfect position for you.
NHGRI seeks to identify an outstanding Director to lead its Center for Genomics and Data Science Research (CGDSR) to provide both scientific and administrative leadership of research groups within the Center, with the expectation of being an internationally recognized, highly accomplished researcher in genomics, with well-respected expertise in cutting-edge computational methods and approaches.
NHGRI seeks to identify an outstanding Director to lead its NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), a trans-NIH genome sequencing center that produces more than 50 trillion bases of DNA sequence data per month and provides NIH investigators access to well-established, high-throughput DNA sequencing capacity.
NHGRI has four position openings for Health Scientist Administrators (Program Director and Scientific Review Officer). Program Director positions will have a special concentration in informatics and data science and will be located in the Division of Genomic Medicine, the Division of Genome Sciences, or the Office of Genomic Data Science. Scientific Review Officers will reside in the Division of Extramural Operations and will organize peer review meetings for all areas of genomic research at NHGRI.
NHGRI seeks a DATA Scholar to work with the larger community to develop metrics, standards, use cases, etc. that will assist NIH-supported data resources to share language models built on sequence data.
NHGRI is recruiting a staff scientist in the Genomics of Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Section to provide bioinformatic and statistical support for the research program of Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., MPH, D.Sc.
Dr. Criswell’s group is hiring a fellow to develop and apply bioinformatic and computational approaches specifically to integrate multiple omics data types to elucidate the biology and underlying heterogeneity of autoimmune disorders.
Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute, at NIH.
Funded postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Shawn Burgess, within NHGRI's Translational and Functional Genomics Branch.
An NIH-funded postdoctoral position is available in the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section (CCDGS), a new section in the Center for Precision Health Research at NHGRI, under Dr. Neil Hanchard.
A postdoctoral training position is currently available in the Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch (CSGB) of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).
NHGRI is seeking a postdoc to join the Systems Biology and Genome Engineering Section in Bethesda, Maryland.
Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute, at NIH.
Last updated: September 28, 2023